AUTOMATION

Automation & Robots

SMW Mechatronic Grippers Automate Key Processes

The Motiact mechatronic gripper series is designed to perform precise, consistent, accurately monitored gripping operations in automated work cells.

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Okuma America Corp. Appoints New VP of Engineering & Factory Automation Group

Wade Anderson will lead Okuma America Corp.’s engineering department, which includes applications engineering, product engineering and quality assurance teams.

Automation & Robots

Job Shop Discovers and Fills a Fishing Need

The promise of a product line for improved mounting of electronic fish finders led this Missouri job shop to an automated turning process.

Automation & Robots

A Tale About an Automation Solution Discovered in Production Machining

A CNC Swiss production supervisor took to LinkedIn to describe how he discovered a rotary parts collector in the pages of our publication and has since purchased and benefited from it.
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A3 Commemorates 50 Years as an Organization

The Association for Advancing Automation now represents more than 1,280 member companies around the world.

Automation & Robots

Hemco Corp. Enclosures Protect Robotic Processes

The enclosures are designed protect robotic processes from contamination and personnel from hazardous fumes.

Horizontal & Vertical Lathes

Robotic Automation Options for Vertical Turning Centers

Custom robotic machine tending systems designed for specific high-volume machining applications can yield significant productivity and product flow benefits.
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Automation & Robots

Edge Technologies Bar Feeder Automates Short Production Runs

The Rebel 80 Servo v3 is a specialized solution for automating short production runs at an economical price.

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New Partnership Advances Development of Autonomous Manufacturing Cell

Trak Machine Tools has partnered with Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology to support the development and use of a fully integrated, autonomous manufacturing platform.

Automation & Robots

The Promise of a New Access-to-Capital Model

A free online loan prequalification tool currently offered in Colorado with the potential for introduction to other U.S. markets can enable manufacturers to more easily finance new technologies including automation equipment.
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