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Is Automation Right for Your Welding Operations?
- 06/20/09 Robotics On Line, June 2009 By Kevin Summers, Miller Electric Many manufacturers believe that converting their semi-automatic welding processes to a fast, productive, fully automated process is simply a matter of deciding to do it and then applying the money and time to make it happen. Like most things in life, however, it’s just not that simple. |
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Robotic Parts Feeding
- 06/20/09 Assembly, June 2009 By Adam Cort Historically, handing off work in process to a robot required that a part, or parts be presented exactly the same way time and time again. With the advent of advanced machine vision cameras and recognition software, however, robots are increasingly able to sort out parts of their own. |
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Kinematics Equations for Control of Robotic Systems
- 06/16/09 Control Engineering, June 2008 By Jason Goerges, ACS Motion Control Kinematic equations relate the Cartesian coordinate system to a crane’s spherical coordinate system. These equations also allow modern motion controllers to perform the calculations necessary for the smooth control of robotics. |
White Papers
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Making safety a priority when employing tool exchange systems
By Applied Robotics Tool exchange systems on robots should not threaten the welfare of the workers on the factory floor or adversely affect the total output of the production line. Here’s how to make tool exchangers work safely. |
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Mechatronics: New Answers Call For New Questions
By Bosch Rexroth For mechatronics to be truly successful, the development process must involve not only mechanical and electronic elements, but process elements as well: the key phases of design, integration, and implementation. |
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The 10 Most Common Mistakes Made When Purchasing Automation
By Milton Coleman, Bosch Rexroth Buying a piece of automation can be a very long and difficult process. Here is a list of the 10 most common mistakes made when purchasing automation equipment. This list was composed by a number of individuals who have both purchased and sold automation equipment. |
Application Stories
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Robotic vision enhances auto seam sealing
- 06/20/09 Vision Systems Design, June 2009 EFTEC Engineering developed an automation solution for Volkswagen, Skoda Auto, and Tata Motors that streamlines the robotic application of seam sealant to join the body and roof of automobiles. Vision alignment is needed for the various robots used on the lines. |
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Robot wires lighting fixtures
By Adept Technology BJB, a manufacturer of lighting products, teamed up with Adept Technology to develop the ADS.BASIC wiring system. It consists of a robot, a loading and unloading station, and a wiring and test station. Once the luminaire housing is fixed on the work tray, all further operations proceed automatically. |
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Vision-guided robotic workcell inserts packets in publishing material
Vision Systems Design, May 2009 By Winn Hardin The workcell at Market Resource Packaging, a contract packager for newspaper and magazine sample product inserts, can pick randomly placed sample packets from an infeed conveyor with a six-axis articulated robotic arm suspended upside-down from a portable metal frame, and place the packets on a glue bead on a flighted, outfeed conveyor. |
Resources & Literature
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igus publishes continuous-flex cables catalog
- 06/28/09
Catalog has an easy-to-use quick reference guide, application examples from a wide range of industries, and details on the latest Chainflex cables. |
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Hard Real-Time Standards-Based Platform for Manufacturing
Exceed expectations for reliability, performance, and hard real-time while reducing production costs and time-to-solution by standardizing on one technology platform, from sensors to servers. Windows Embedded brings the ease and familiarity of Windows to the development and use of industrial devices and systems. |
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Machine & Process Safety Engineering Guide
Omron STI's 1500+ page Engineering Guide to Machine and Process Safeguarding is now available. This two-volume set is the most comprehensive machine and process safety product and technical reference guide available in the industry today. |
Training & Seminars
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Online Robotics Training Program
This self-paced, interactive Robotics Technician Certificate training program offers an easy-to-use home study format that requires a computer and internet connection to complete. The CD-ROM based multimedia program is divided into 13 modules, each consisting of about ten sections, or major topics. |
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George Brown College offers Online Robotics Training
- 03/18/09
Robotics Technician Certificate is a computer-based home study program that enables students to study remotely, using CD-based curriculum, a robotic simulator and a traditional textbook to master robotics in manufacturing. |
Product Announcements
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EPSON releases RS3 Robot
- 06/25/09
RS3 is suitable for lab automation and other process heavy applications where large quantities of parts are presented to process or testing stations. |
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FANUC Robotics introduces M-1iA assembly robot
- 06/25/09
M-1iA is a lightweight and compact six-axis, parallel-link robot designed for small part handling, high-speed picking and assembly applications. |
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FANUC Robotics introduces world’s strongest robot
- 06/25/09
M-2000iA/1200 super heavy-duty robot is able to lift parts weighing up to 1350 kg (3,000 lbs). |
Company & Organization News
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National Instruments and MobileRobots collaborate
- 06/25/09 NI LabVIEW graphical system design software and MOBILEROBOTSindoors autonomous mobile platforms help engineers rapidly deploy service robot applications. |
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ABB Robotics selects eWON to deliver remote service
- 05/26/09 The role of eWON centers around the concept of logging a robot’s key performance data and sending this remotely to an ABB service center via GPRS technology. |
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Swedish Factory Fined After Robot Grabs Worker’s Head
Robotics Trends, May 2009 A Swedish company has been fined the equivalent of $3,000 for an incident in which an industrial robot grabbed a worker’s head and broke four ribs as he was attempting to repair it. As he approached, the robot arm, normally used to lift heavy rocks, reached out and grabbed the man’s head. |
Project News
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ABB to supply BMW with 2,100 robots
- 04/14/09 ABB will supply BMW with 2,100 industrial robots over five years, beginning in 2010, to support the carmaker’s operations in Germany, the UK and the United States. |
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AIST selects OIS ORBexpress for next-gen robotics platform
- 10/27/08 Japan’s AIST selected ORBexpress as the communications architecture for AIST’s new advanced robotics platform, OpenRTM-aist. |
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SmartTCP to automate welding at Kern Steel
- 09/17/08 The robotic welding solution combines hardware and software to automate robot programming and weld production of Kern’s high mix, low volume parts. |
Events
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SME Annual Conference
- 04/08/09 June 7-9, 2009 Philadelphia, PA The event will bring cover emerging trends, alternative approaches and the latest processes to improve and change the way we manufacture. |
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NIWeek Worldwide Graphical System Design Conference and Exhibition
August 4-6, 2009 - Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas National Instruments' NIWeek 2009 offers three days of interactive technical sessions, targeted summits, hands-on workshops and exhibitions on the latest developments for design, control, automation, manufacturing and test. The conference also features keynote presentations and demonstrations that highlight how engineers and scientists can use NI graphical system design to test, measure and fix inefficient products and processes to improve everyday life. |
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