Automation & Robots
Lights-Out Operation Enables Work/Life Balance
Overwhelmed with too much work, a former salesman in the machining industry started his own business, purchasing and installing production machines that allow him to run lights-out production and, consequently, see his family more.
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VR at UR: See Cobots in Another Dimension
Universal Robots’ expansive two-story IMTS booth in the North Hall features a VR headset interface that will give you exact tool and joint positions in real time as you manipulate the arm with the virtual gripper.
Read MoreRobots and Swiss Machines Collaborate at Hanwha Booth
Hanwha Machinery America’s booth features gang-tool type models including the new XD20/26II-V with re-designed B and Y2 axis, and a XD38II-NY also being exhibited with collaborative robots.
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Mitsubishi Electric Presents Integrated Factory Automation
Visitors to Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s booth will see examples of single source manufacturing, including IIoT systems, the M8 CNC series control platform, FR series robots, five-axis machining and a fully automated manufacturing (FAM) cell.
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Quick Changer Improves Change-Over Time
With Quick Changer, any operator can change the end-of-arm tooling on collaborative robots in a few seconds.
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Live Presentations on IoT, Machining Cell, Modular Machining System
Fuji Machine America Corp. is featuring a live presentation stage at its booth showing IoT practices, a robot machine cell and a DLFn modular machining system.
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Go North to Find Schütte's Multi-Spindles, South for Tool Grinders
Schütte USA are in two locations at this year’s IMTS with a sophisticated cell demonstrating automation applied using a FANUC robot in the South Hall and a presentation featuring CNC Multi-spindles in the Gosiger booth in the North hall.
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ABB Robots Help Shops Meet Production Challenges
The robots are ideal for both low- and high-volume production, tending vertical lathes, horizontal and vertical machining centers, five-axis machines, and grinders.
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Rõhm Acquires Master Workholding
The acquisition enables Rõhm to combine its 100 years of workholding experience with Master Workholding’s 30 years of experience to deliver a range of standard and custom workholding products and automation solutions for all CNC equipment.
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Röhm Products of America Announces Acquisition of Master WorkHolding
Röhm and Master WorkHolding have merged to deliver a more comprehensive range of standard and custom stationary and rotating workholding products and automation solutions for all CNC equipment.
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