Manufacturing Equipment and Components Reference Materials
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From Kaizen to Continuous Improvement, Explore Lean Principles
From: item America, LLCDescription: As sensible as it is to pursue gradual improvements based on Kaizen or CIP, that isn't always the perfect means of achieving the desired change in every single set of circumstances. However, the lean ...
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Less Waste, Added Value: Explore Digital Factory Equipment Engineering
From: item America, LLCDescription: Lean production principles can really come into their own in factory equipment engineering, geared specifically towards avoiding waste and boosting added value in production. ...
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See Spot Work!
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: Spot is out and about, and after years of showing us how it could run up and down stairs and perform some pet tricks, Spot is now being put to work. ...
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Autonomous Mobile Robots: Your Guide to Safety and Productivity
From: SICKDescription: Workplace safety and productivity go hand-in-hand. And while manually operated material handling equipment can undergo a great deal of wear-and-tear for a variety of reasons, many are turning to ...
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Five Manufacturing Industries that are Bringing Back America
Description: The demand for American jobs and products "Made in America" is sweeping the nation and several manufacturing industries are answering the call. We are beginning to see a trend to re-shore or bring ...
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Streamlining Post-Processing in Additive Manufacturing
Description: Automated turnkey hardware for post-processing is certainly a huge step forward for the post-processing stage of the production process chain with AM. ...
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Tech Tip: Using the chamfer and cold ring tools for socket fusion
Description: The process of chamfering the end of a pipe creates a smooth, beveled edge which reduces the amount of molten material that is displaced during the heat soak. It makes the insertion process easier and ...
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A Quick Look at What's in Store for the Robotics Industry in 2020
From: SICKDescription: In 2020, the robotics industry shows no sign of slowing down. In 2018, the International Federation of Robotics estimated that global robot installations surpassed 400,000 units per year. As this ...
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Looking Forward: Additive Manufacturing in 2020
Description: I've identified five key takeaways that are not only helpful for our customers and the wider user base of 3D printing, but Stratasys Direct Manufacturing as a key provider of 3D printing services. ...
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Choosing the Right Magnetic Measurement Equipment for Your Application Teslameters vs. Fluxmeters, Explained
Description: Testing magnets, assemblies, and sensors is a critical step throughout the entire manufacturing process to maintain quality and avoid costly stalls in production. Understanding the capabilities of ...
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3D Printed Tooling and Fixtures
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Additive manufacturing is not only useful as a production method for end-use parts, but also as a complement to other manufacturing methods in the machine shop. Industrial 3D printers produce ...
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Electrical Properties of Antero 840CN03
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: Antero™ 840CN03 is a Stratasys proprietary polyetherketoneketone (PEKK) based material and part of the polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family. It is a semi-crystalline, high-performance thermoplastic ...
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FAQ - Robotic Applications
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: Frequently asked questions and answers in regards to robotic applications for connectors ...
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Optimize Your Supply Chain by Getting Back to Basics
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: As a buyer or purchasing manager, you already know that the speed of change in our global economy and world is moving at unprecedented speeds. The Internet of Things (IoT) is driving the shortening of ...
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Parker Hannifin Brings Robotic Exoskeleton to Life with Digital Manufacturing
From: Proto Labs, Inc.Description: It all started seven years ago when then Parker Hannifin CEO, Don Washkewicz, challenged his team with the question, "What's the future of our company?" This triggered a flurry of activity to chart ...
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Choosing the Right EOAT Solution for Food Processing and Handling
From: Soft RoboticsDescription: The demand for increasing automation in food processing and handling continues to grow - and for good reason. Labor shortages. The ceaseless pressure to increase productivity.... ...
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Ro, Ro, Ro Your Boat
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: I've had an interest in robotics, dating back to my grad school days. So naturally I was intrigued by a recent article I saw on Futurism about how MIT scientists, funded by the city of Amsterdam are ...
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Robots to the Rescue: Tackling Dull and Dangerous Jobs
From: Soft RoboticsDescription: While we continue to hear concerns about robots taking jobs away from people, McKinsey Global Institute forecasts that robots can actually lead to the creation of new work for people ...
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Five Applications of Metal 3D Printing
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Metal 3D printing introduced a different, new way to fabricate parts. After hundreds of years of metal fabrication limited to cutting and forming operations, the idea of methodically building up raw ...
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Controlling Hexapod 6-DOF Alignment Robots via EtherCAT®
Description: The latest generation of PI hexapod controllers with integrated EtherCAT interface now make it very easy for users to integrate hexapods into automation systems without the need for to perform ...
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Disruptive Tech Collides with the Military
Description: American scholar Clayton M. Christensen and his colleagues defined the term "disruptive innovation" in 1995 as an innovation that creates a new market and displaces an existing one. As advances in ...
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Medical Robotics: Powering a Revolution in Healthcare
Description: Surgical robotics helps surgeons perform procedures with greater precision or from remote locations. Telepresence robots let medical specialists from around the world weigh in on a patient's diagnosis ...
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What Makes Surgical Robots Tick?
Description: In 1985, for the first time, a robot was used to assist in a surgical procedure on a human. A trail-blazing, adventurous team had modified an industrial robot that guided a needle in a brain biopsy ...
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Top 10 Questions to Ask When Choosing an EOAT
From: Soft RoboticsDescription: Without the proper end-of-arm tooling (EOAT), robotics adds little value to a production process. In fact, choosing the wrong EOAT can increase downtime and drive down productivity. Here are the ...
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Get It Right The First Time
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: Once upon a time, there wasn't much choice. Most 3D printers were large and expensive, needed their own separate environment, and a highly trained operator. But that all changed once low-priced hobby ...
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What Problems Can You Solve with Metal Additive Manufacturing?
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: With all of the hype around 3D printing, it can be easy to get lost in fascinating, intricate metal parts made with additive manufacturing. These parts, while impressive, are probably dissimilar from ...
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SBD Case Study
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Stanley Black & Decker, an S&P 500 company, is a diversified global provider of hand tools, power tools and related accessories, electronic security solutions, healthcare solutions, engineered ...
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Siemens Gas & Power
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Applying Markforged Technology to Cut Lead Times and Drastically Reduce Tooling Spend ...
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Spotted: O3X at Walmart
From: ifm electronic gmbhDescription: Bossanova - most people will probably think of a Brazilian music genre. Only a few will think of a stock-taking robot. However, a robot like that, built by the company Bossanova and equipped with an ...
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Fast, Economical Tooling Options for Prototyping and Custom Builds
Description: For manufacturing industries such as aerospace, automotive, marine, and wind energy, prototyping is a familiar part of the product development process, commonly used for R&D testing, product ...
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Markforged Design Guide: 3D Printing with Composites
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Designing for manufacturing is a critical part of the product development cycle. It prevents roadblocks in manufacturing and delivers successful parts well designed for the process. Designing for 3D ...
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Metal X Design Guide: Metal X Design Reference Sheet
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Listed dimensions are as designed for your final part unless otherwise specified. These guides serve as recommendations and may not reflect all implementations, since 3D printing is a geometry ...
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Begin to Benefit from Automation (Even if You Cannot Get a Robot)
From: SigmaNESTDescription: The average shop taking their first steps into automation doesn't need to break the bank by investing in lights-out production with advanced robotics. There is a simpler, less expensive way to impact ...
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Consumer-Centric Manufacturing and Its Impact on Packaging Strategy
From: Soft RoboticsDescription: The Fourth Industrial Revolution has ushered in a new consumer-driven manufacturing landscape. The consumer is truly king in this new world where companies like Amazon have set a new standard for ...
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Robots: The Future Has Arrived
Description: What's pushing the edges of robot development and capability today ...
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The Next Generation of Advanced Robotics
From: Lapp TannehillDescription: In this paper, we'll show you new trends in advanced robotics, as well as some tips for properly specifying and installing cables into your robot. ...
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CASE STUDY: Visual Inspection of Dust Extraction System
From: Palladyne AI Corp.Description: The company's risk mitigation team was looking for options to potentially replace the manual inspection process of having two employees on a scissor lift to examine the Dust Extraction System ducts. ...
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Could a rolling robot be rolling your way soon?
From: Critical Link, LLCDescription: A couple of months ago, in posting about neural networks, I wrote a bit about my experience with robotics when I was in grad school at UMass back in the day. Robotics have gotten a lot more ...
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Design Considerations for FDM Additive Manufacturing Tooling
Description: FDM production tools have many similar design and use considerations as traditional tooling, although the technology provides greater design capability and freedom./ ...
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Production Tooling with Additive Manufacturing
Description: This guide focuses on the business considerations for additive manufacturing (AM) usage in the production of tooling. Although traditional subtractive-based technologies for tooling fabrication ...
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Case Study: Kyusyu Sangyo University: Adams Simulation Incorporated DOE to Help Design Robot with Human Motion
Description: One of the most prominent areas of focus in the robotics industry today is the design of more human-like robots. Giving human features to robots offers tremendous advantages compared to traditional ...
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Case Study: Ten Tech LLC: MSC One Provides Ten Tech LLC Access to MSC's Complete CAE Platform
Description: MSC Software pioneered many of the technologies that are now relied upon by the Aerospace industry to analyze and predict stress and strain, vibration & dynamics, acoustics, and thermal analysis in ...
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In Pursuit of the Perfect Order Dispelling Myths About Automated Bin Picking
From: Soft RoboticsDescription: While manufacturers, retailers and distributors have increased efficiency in sourcing, production and logistics through advanced automation, the same is not true for fulfillment. The critical step of ...
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Application Spotlight: CMM Fixtures
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Quality assurance (QA) for most parts requires custom workholding. Inspection setups must be geometrically accurate, repeatable, and strong, which are all factors that contribute to significant time ...
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Disability-friendly Work Bench Design in a Long-standing Foundry
From: item America, LLCDescription: How to keep disabled workers and their skills in the business. ...
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Process Optimisation in Production - an Expert Opinion
From: item America, LLCDescription: Helpful insights into lean production - from a practical perspective. ...
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Research at the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management
From: item America, LLCDescription: Water is a serious business at RWTH Aachen University. ...
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3D Printing's Impact on the Value Chain
Description: 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing (AM), has been around now for several decades, expanding into new markets and industries in unique ways as innovators have embraced the technology. ...
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Sliding Into a Robotic Frontier
Description: We've seen plenty of innovative uses for ball-bearing slides. But James Post and his class may have set a new bar. ...
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Address More Manufacturing Challenges with Composite and Metal 3D Printing
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Both high-strength composite 3D printing and metal 3D printing are valuable fabrication methods. Used separately, they address a broad spectrum of manufacturing use cases. Together, they enhance each ...
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Composites & Metals: Complementary 3D Printing
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: Complex parts can be manufactured more efficiently via metal 3D printing - while all parts require design for manufacturing, metal 3D printing opens the door for more streamlined and optimized metal ...
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Markforged Case Study: Stanley Black & Decker
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: By leveraging Markforged's Metal X additive manufacturing, Black & Decker expects to slash capital costs on two different parts. ...
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Rapid Design Iterations for Early Product Stages with Desktop 3D Printing
From: UltimakerDescription: Honeybee Robotics is a design and engineering solutions firm known for contributions of critical planetary analysis technology to NASA's past three Mars missions. Their designs are "destined for work ...
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Mobile Steel Belt Conveyor Helps Increase Productivity and Safety
From: PRAB, Inc.Description: A custom parts manufacturing plant needed to improve its scrap handling process on a 1,000-ton stamping press operation that required seven to nine die changes per shift, three shifts per day over a ...
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Connectors in the Nuclear Zone
From: LEMO USA, Inc.Description: Radiation-proof connectors allow robots to work in places where humans cannot safely tread. ...
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Anglgear™: Made in the USA, Powering Industry Worldwide
From: Andantex USA, Inc.Description: Andantex USA's objective over the years has always remained the same: to provide innovative, high-quality gearboxes and solutions for use on industrial machinery. The Anglgear™ right angle drive ...
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Guide to 3D Printing on the Production Line
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: This white paper provides structure and clarity to applying additive manufacturing by demonstrating strategies and applications for integrating high-strength AM opportunities on the manufacturing ...
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MSR VTL Turntable Drive Solutions
From: Andantex USA, Inc.Description: Up to now, the conventional solution for VTL turntable drives has been composed of: a main drive (single motor and output pinion) for turning operations and a separate preloaded gearbox (Dual Pinions) ...
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Adaptive Bed Leveling
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: A level bed is critical to the success of any 3D print - every printer has a bed leveling procedure that allows users to ensure that prints execute properly. However, most of these procedures assume ...
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3D Printing Buyers Guide
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: 3D printing has become a powerful force in today's manufacturing industry. The process can take many forms, as the industry offers a variety of materials, methods, and machines. Many businesses ...
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Hexapod 6-Axis Micro-Robots - Enablers for Today's Advanced Camera Manufacturing... and Tomorrow's
Description: Optimization of MTF and throughput along with optical image stablization and calibration are benefits of using hexapod micro-motion robots - a novel motion technology that provides all six degrees of ...
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The Economics of 3D Printing
From: Markforged, Inc.Description: 3D printing is advancing into the realm of production, both in terms of work-holding to assist in machining operations and custom enduse parts. While the value of a printer may not seem apparent at ...
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Fastening Solutions Found Faster
Description: The record numbers of parts representing today's industrial production require short cycle times, high reliability and the greatest possible accuracy. These parts are smaller, made of diverse ...
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How to Use Additive Manufacturing to Improve Your Manufacturing Process
From: Rize Inc.Description: This white paper will outline three ways you can use additive manufacturing to improve your manufacturing process and the 3D printing capabilities required to implement those processes. ...
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Boston Engineering Speeds Prototyping by Using Their Rize One 3D Printer
From: Rize Inc.Description: Constantly looking for ways to increase his clients' speed to market, John DePiano, Director of Product Development at Boston Engineering, recognized that reducing the time it takes to develop parts ...
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Assessing the Potential of Additive Manufacturing for Lower-Cost Tools in the Automotive Industry
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: Additive manufacturing (AM) is making inroads into the automotive industry. Historically, AM was used primarily to produce prototype parts and models. Today, AM is also used to make tooling for ...
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Blizzard Ski Case Study
From: Red Lion Controls, Inc.Description: Blizzard, a leading ski manufacturer based in Austria, was looking for an industrial automation solution to extend manufacturing visibility and control across five machine production stations for wood ...
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Introduction to Additive Manufacturing for Composites
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: Additive manufacturing (AM) encompasses methods of fabrication that build objects through the successive addition of material, as opposed to subtractive methods such as CNC machining, that remove ...
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Precision Robotics and Automation: Hexapods Advance Production Processes
Description: Hexapods, six-legged parallel-kinematic machines, are quickly gaining ground in a broad range of industrial automation applications after "learning" how to directly communicate with PLC or CNC ...
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Optimize Production for Agile Manufacturing
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: Additive manufacturing technology is dramatically changing how things are made, and Fortus® 3D Production Systems from Stratasys® are at the forefront of this transformation. Fortus systems ...
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Production Floor Trends: Justifying Additive Manufacturing Through Jigs & Fixtures
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: There is an often-overlooked additive manufacturing (AM) application with potentially huge financial returns. Savings can be so large that they can justify the purchase of an AM (or 3D printing) ...
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The Effect of Additive Manufacturing/Metal 3-D Printing on the Bottom Line
From: SLM Solutions NA, Inc.Description: To many, metal 3-D printing, or additive manufacturing (AM), is way out there on the "someday" horizon. In reality, however, it's already in use in multiple industries, providing a highly favorable ...
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IPSUMM's New Flexible, Scalable IRIS Production Cells Promise to Revolutionize Conventional Manufacturing Processes
Description: IPSUMM's new flexible, scalable IRIS production cells promise to revolutionize conventional manufacturing processes - with a little help from Mitsubishi Electric. Newly expanding to a 18,000 sq. ft. ...
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RR Floody's Powerful New Flexible Feeder System Pairs Mitsubishi Electric robot and Cognex Vision System
Description: RR Floody's powerful new Flexible Feeder System pairs Mitsubishi Electric robot and Cognex vision system for fully integrated, "best of both worlds" solution. BACKGROUND RR Floody Company Inc. creates ...
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Versatech and Mitsubishi Electric Partner to Offer Innovative Energy Management Solutions
Description: Versatech and Mitsubishi Electric partner to offer innovative energy management solutions, with recent project providing customer with immediate six figure savings BACKGROUND Versatech, LLC of ...
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Stratasys J750: Ultra-realistic Prototyping Using Multi-material, Multi-color 3D Printing
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: As an example of a company using 3D printing to respond to its rapidly changing market and customer demands let's consider OtterBox, a well-known manufacturer of mobile phone and tablet cases. Working ...
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3D Printing Materials: Past, Present and Future
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: What does it mean to be disruptive, in an industry that defines the word? In recent years 3D printing has redefined how organizations approach prototyping and low-volume manufacturing. As the ...
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YuMi®: The World's First Truly Collaborative Dual Arm Robot
From: ABB RoboticsDescription: Pioneering an inherently safe solution for automating small parts assembly with human coworkers by redefining human-robot collaboration through a unique integration of components, speed, agility and ...
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Eaton Filters Seal the Deal for Major Automotive Supplier
From: EatonDescription: Newly installed filter systems resulting in more efficient production lines, reduced maintenance costs and reduced waste. ...
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THE NEXT GENERATION OF 3D PRINTING
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: Leading companies worldwide have proven the power of 3D printing to reduce delivery time, lower production costs, improve quality and support lean manufacturing. ...
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L Series PLC Provides a Simple Control Solution for Fully Automated Paper Converting Machine
Description: Premier Paper Converting designed a fully automated Jumbo Assembler using Mitsubishi's flexible L Series Modular PLC and GX Works2 programming software. Additionally, the GOT acts as an intuitive ...
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Mitsubishi Electric and R+D Custom Automation Reduce Programming and Installation Time with Easy-To-Use Robots
Description: Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. approached R+D Custom Automation with a daunting robotics challenge; to build and deliver a custom vision-guided pick and place system in less than 2 weeks. ...
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Mitsubishi Electric Robot Connectivity to PLC, HMI and VFD with Collision Detection Function Reduces TCO
Description: When a unique pick and place application was presented to load trays of fragile eggs into two types of containers, large boxes and reusable wire crates, T.O.P. became interested in creating a reliable ...
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Thermal Press Heat Staking and Plastic Swaging
Description: Procedures, process parameters, and guidelines for plastics assembling ...
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Maximizing Return on Acquiring a 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing Capability
From: Stratasys, Ltd.Description: 3D printing is establishing a presence across a very wide variety of industries, from musical instruments to medical implants. The benefits of the technology are widely known and have been confirmed ...
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Niche Manufacturing and Lean Production
From: Torque TransmissionDescription: As manufacturers, we want to build quality tools and parts that fit our customers' needs. But we are also business people and customers needs have to be balanced against what is best for the business. ...
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Electropolishing Standards and Guidelines
From: Terra Universal, Inc.Description: This document provides a description of the electropolishing (EP) procedures performed by Terra Universal. It also specifies a series of criteria for evaluating the integrity and cleanliness of the ...
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Renishaw use additive manufacturing to produce novel medical device
From: RenishawDescription: Founded by Sir David McMurtry and John Deer 30 years ago, the UK-based company now employs more than 3,000 people, specialising in advanced manufacturing technologies. It sells most of its products ...
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What if Metal Follows the Same Path as Plastic?
From: RenishawDescription: It will, says Directed Manufacturing. This company sees metal additive manufacturing becoming as much of an established technology for final part production as plastic additive manufacturing is now. ...
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Brush Selection for Chain Lubrication
From: Oil-Rite Corp.Description: brushes also act as a cleaning mechanism by sweeping away dirt accumulation and old lubricants. ...
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Anneal the end of metal stamp sets [MEC]
Description: One five-turn and two four-turn helical coils are used to heat the end of stamps to the required temperature. Two part sizes can be run in each of coils, using the same machine settings except for ...
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Soldering connector to wire harness [MEC]
Description: Induction heating provides reduced production cost, faster process time, hands-free heating that involves no operator skill for manufacturing... ...
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Soldering 2 copper wires to copper buss bar [MEC]
Description: Induction heating delivers reduced solder time, even distribution of heating and improved joint-to-joint consistency ... ...
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Heat a compacted litz wire bundle for stripping [MEC]
Description: A three turn helical coil is used for the wire stripping process. The litz wire bundle is placed in the coil for 3 seconds to strip the lacquer 0.75" (19mm) from the end of the bundle. The wire bundle ...
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Heating an Inconel tube (incineration) [MEC]
Description: Induction offers uniform heating, which flame does not offer, is more efficient than flame and can rapidly melt the materials ...
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FRP OUTPERFORMS STAINLESS STEEL IN THE KITCHEN
From: Strongwell CorporationDescription: The Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center (HKCEC), which sits in the backdrop of the stunning skyline in Victoria Harbor, houses seven restaurants with seating for almost 1,900 people. After ...
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STRONGRAIL® REPLACES WROUGHT IRON IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
From: Strongwell CorporationDescription: I n 2009, 120 homes near the Oxnard/ Ventura area of California were fitted with STRONGRAIL ® , Strongwell's architectural handrail and fencing system. The homes originally used wrought iron for ...
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Preheating steel bar stock to forge a hot formed U-bolt [MEC]
Description: A fifteen turn helical coil with ceramic insert is used to preheat the 15" (381 mm) section of steel bar stock... ...
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Shrink fitting an aluminum motor housing [MEC]
Description: The customer was using a cold press, but it was creating part defects. This was resolved with induction heating: the process took just two minutes compared to 40 minutes and they were able to achieve ...
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De-bonding Stainless Steel / Carbon Fiber Assembly [MEC]
Description: Induction heating process is more environmentally-friendly without the use of noxious chemicals... ...