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| Laser Welding in a Shifting Automotive World |
| While
changes in automotive designs, particularly related to EVs, disrupt
traditional joining processes, laser welding is uniquely positioned to
continue playing a critical role. |
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| Engineering Calculators Ensure Feed Line Performance |
| Before COE coil processing equipment is quoted and finalized, its performance is proven to the customer by our COE-developed “Science behind the Solution” engineering calculators. Using customer-supplied data, we verify exactly what equipment is needed to correctly and safely process these materials. Call 586-979-4400 with your requirements. |
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| Automated Platform for Simplified Building, Running, Monitoring of Cobot Applications |
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| OnRobot has launched D:Ploy, which automates robotic deployment for multiple applications directly on the factory floor with zero programming or simulation needed, according to company officials. The platform is designed for building, running, monitoring and redeploying collaborative robot (cobot) applications, reportedly allowing complete applications to be deployed and redeployed directly on the manufacturing floor in a few simple steps, with zero programming—all within a few hours. |
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| New Cobot Welding System from Miller Electric |
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| Miller
Electric Mfg. LLC has launched its Copilot collaborative welding
system, an entry-level cobot with advanced capabilities designed for
shops and welders new to robotic welding and looking for ways to meet
demand. Built and backed by Miller, the welder-centric design simplifies
the handling of quick changeovers for high-mix, low-volume parts. |
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| Free on April 25: MF LIVE on the Shop Floor Targets Automation |
| Sign up for MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor, a free, online event taking place April 25 that deep dives into recent shop-floor robotics applications. MF LIVE on the Shop Floor includes interviews with executives from Clips & Clamps Industries (Plymouth, MI) and Sukup Manufacturing Co. (Sheffield, IA) who will discuss their companies’ efforts to employ automation technology, and present videos featuring their technology in action. And, we’ll assemble a live panel to discuss automation implementation and answer attendee questions. |
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| High-Speed Bending Machine Produces Parts With Side Lengths to 13.8 In. |
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| New
from Trumpf, a fully automatic panel-bending machine for the North
American market. Designed to process complex parts quickly and
efficiently, the TruBend Center 7020 can bend parts with side lengths to
13.8 in. and handle material thicknesses to 0.15 in. in aluminum, 0.12
in. in steel, and 0.08 in. in stainless steel, extending over the entire
bending length. The machine can process parts to 6.6 ft. long, and is
ideal for large- and small-batch production. |
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| Cobot-Led Mobile Integrated Workstation for Welding, Machine Tending and More |
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| Compatible
with the Yaskawa HC10, HC10DT, HC10XP and HC10DTP cobots, the HC10
mobile workstation from Yaskawa Motoman is an economical solution for
integrating HC10 robots with the YRC1000 controller (sold separately)
into a single package, well-suited for arc welding, assembly, machine
tending and pick-and-place tasks. |
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| Mate Blog—Eliminate Nibbling to Save Rework and Consumables |
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| Nibbling
large holes with a small punch represents one of the most inefficient,
frequently overlooked fabrication techniques, explains a new blog post
from Mate Precision Technologies. While nibbling works, this process
causes problems that affect both the machine and the workpiece. One
problem: rough or scalloped edges on the workpiece that require
secondary operations. Post-punch rework such as this, typical in sheet
metal fabrication shops, can be eliminated with a simple
punching-process change and a minor tool investment. |
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| Oqton Teams with Valk Welding for Automatic Robotic Arc Welding Programming |
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| Oqton, an automation-software provider, and Valk Welding, provider of flexible arc welding robots, announced a partnership where Oqton’s software will become part of Valk Welding’s Automatic Robotic Programming (ARP) solution for high-mix, low-volume production. The Valk Welding ARP powered by Oqton reportedly enables 10-times faster programming than traditional offline programming solutions while allowing automated robotic welding that is three times faster than manual welding at a cost to four times lower than using manual labor. |
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| New from Pilz: Machinery Safety Evaluations |
| Pilz,
Canton, MI, has built-out its comprehensive Risk Assessment/Machinery
Safety Audit services with the introduction of Machinery Safety
Evaluations (MSEs), a new service to evaluate the safety of machines.
Metal formers now can obtain a simple, fast overview of the safety and
conformity status of their machines via a dashboard. |
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216-901-8800 |
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