Automation & Controls

News • December 10, 2019

Hurco forms preferred partnership with BMO Automation

Hurco Cos. Inc. continued its commitment to help customers navigate the ever-evolving technology landscape by partnering with BMO Automation, a company that shares Hurco's mission to help manufacturers increase productivity and profitability.

Products • December 10, 2019

C6025 Industrial PC

Beckhoff Automation has announced another addition to the popular family of ultracompact C60xx series Industrial PCs (IPCs) with the new C6025. This space-saving IPC delivers the high computing performance of the Intel Core i series in a fanless, small-form-factor device. The new Intel Core i U processors, with exceptionally low power requirements, have made this advancement possible.

News • December 5, 2019

OnRobot’s One System Solution grippers receive UR+ certification

The One System Solution grippers from OnRobot are now part of the UR+ program that tests and certifies EoAT products for seamless use with cobots from Universal Robots.

Articles • December 3, 2019 • Ken Schnepf

Living Large With 3D Printing

Ingersoll's MasterPrint 3D printer tackles extra-large parts seamlessly

Videos • December 3, 2019

Outpace the Competition with Okuma Automation Solutions

Searching for skilled labor and ways to increase overall efficiency and productivity has just gotten much easier with Okuma's automation solutions.

News • December 2, 2019

Tooling Tech Group appoints Nate Ruhenkamp sales manager

Macomb, Michigan-based Tooling Tech Group (TTG), a leading provider of highly engineered tools and automated assembly equipment to a wide range of industries, has announced that it has hired Nate Ruhenkamp as a sales manager for the company's compression mold and thermoform tooling offerings, as well as its Segen Quick Change standard products. He is responsible for managing this group's sales team, developing new business opportunities and creating synergy with the company's sales managers in the stamping, die casting and automation sectors.

News • December 2, 2019

Cobot handles multiple-operation machining task for medical device

Toolcraft, a machine shop in Monroe, Washington, was immediately impressed by the 30 µm repeatability and built-in force/torque sensing in Universal Robots' new flagship line of collaborative robots. The company needed to automate a challenging, three-operation machine tending task inside its CNC machine and has saved 23% on production costs and increased throughput 43% by using the UR5e cobot.

News • November 26, 2019

Mazak Discover 2019 draws thousands of attendees

More than 2,000 manufacturers from across North America attended Mazak Corp.'s Discover 2019 event held Nov. 5-7 and 12-13 at the company's North American manufacturing headquarters in Florence, Kentucky. The event featured over 30 live machine tool demonstrations, and Mazak unveiled for the first time in North America several productivity-enhancing technologies such as its new Mazatrol SmoothAi control, as well as a new mixed reality training and service support system.

News • November 26, 2019

Gripper helps Tomenson Machine Works boost quality and profitability

Tomenson Machine Works is a third-generation, family-owned manufacturer of precision hydraulic manifolds, with a focus on continuous improvement. The company turned to collaborative automation in its pin-stamping application to improve quality, profitability and worker satisfaction. The OnRobot collaborative RG6 gripper handles dozens of different part sizes with fast and easy changeovers, and sets the stage for ongoing automation in potential applications such as CNC tending, deburring and packaging.

News • November 21, 2019

Cobots give RCM Industries a global competitive advantage

RCM Industries Inc., a Wheeling, Illinois-based manufacturer of die-cast aluminum components for industries such as automotive and consumer products, found itself in competition with low-wage suppliers in Mexico for a large outsourced project. "We had to look at how to drive cost out of the product without reducing the value that we provide our customers," said Mike Higgins, RCM Industries director of sales and marketing. "Without the cobots, we would not have had a shot at that work."

Products • November 13, 2019

Sinumerik MC Controller

Siemens' new Sinumerik MC controller is a universal, open, industrial PC-based CNC system. Its optimized motion control, high-performance automation and integrated Windows 10 operating system make it a suitable control for fabrication and specialty machines, including woodworking, stone-cutting, laser and even conventional basic grinding machines. With an open operating concept, this new control system is also suitable for certain additive manufacturing, metal forming, adhesive applications, plate cutting, grinding and laser or waterjet cutting.

Products • November 13, 2019

Veo FreeMove Vision System

Veo Robotics announces the launch of Veo FreeMove, a safety-ratable, production-ready vision system for safe human-robot interaction. The Veo FreeMove system gives manufacturing engineers the freedom to combine the strength, precision and speed of standard industrial robots with the ingenuity, judgment and dexterity of humans.