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Yaskawa Motoman Lab Installs Güdel TMO
Ideal for material handling, material removal and welding, the TMO extends Motoman robot work envelopes.
Lincoln Electric Expands Automation Capabilities
Lincoln owns all intellectual property related to PECo laser welding and marking systems, and subsidiary Wayne Trail will service and support the installed base.
Tube Water Wall Overlay
American Electric Power gained a definite financial advantage by purchasing their own overlay motion control equipment from Bug-O Systems and hiring local labor to perform the operation.
French Shipyard Advances Welding Automation
STX France installed a PEMA Integrated One-sided Laser-Hybrid Welding and Milling Station with an extensive customized conveyor system for welding deck plates together.
How Advanced Welding Information Management Helps Standardize Work Procedures
From the safe unloading of large parts to accurate assembly practices, AWIM systems add value to the welding operation from the beginning to the end of the process by generating valuable insights that improve quality, productivity and the bottom line.
Yaskawa Celebrates 100 Years
The robot manufacturer celebrates a century of technology innovations.
Industrial Robots Hit New Peaks
Fueled by automotive and electronics manufacturing demands, robot sales are exploding.
Building Objects of Desire
With articulated robots and advanced software applications that can simulate every stage of production, Maserati leverages innovative robotic solutions from Comau to build the Quattroporte and Ghibli, two of the most prestigious models of luxury, sporty lines and aggressive engines.
Trends in Robotic Welding Guns
Robotic MIG guns may seem like a small part of the whole automated system, but the evolution of their design and functionality is having a significant impact on the cost, productivity and quality of an application.
Automated Friction Stir Welding
Because its low heat input and high strength provide opportunities to redesign structures with increased tensile strength, outstanding fatigue properties, improved corrosion resistance and minimal distortion and shrinkage, FSW could change the way trains, trucks, cars, aircraft and aerospace components, and other common aluminum structures are built.
Welding Automation
Here are some of the new automation solutions that are helping shops make their welding operations more productive and profitable.
Wolf Robotics to Outline New Welding Automation for NSRP
One goal is to automatically generate weld paths directly from CAD models to reduce the manual programming time currently required for robotic welding in shipyards.