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An Introduction to Robotic Cutting, Deburring, and Finishing (CDF)
Improvements in finishing tools over the last decade have opened the door to productivity-enhancing automation. Here are solutions manufacturers can confidently implement today.
Wireless Pick-to-Light Improves Accuracy
Voodoo Robotics’s Cloud Display Device, the V2, is a warehouse picking solution for fulfillment challenges. Users can pick more orders, in less time, with fewer errors.
Compact Version of Non-Marking Gecko Gripper
Shrinking the size of its award-winning Gecko Gripper, OnRobot introduces Gecko Single Pad (SP) in three sizes for applications requiring a small footprint gripper.
Compact Spot Welding Robot
FANUC’s R-2000iD/210FH Robot offers system uptime while operating in tight workspaces.
400 Positions in Creform’s Kanban Station
Station acts as a scheduling system for lean and just-in-time production, facilitating faster manufacturing turnarounds in production and lower inventory levels.
Fully Integrated Fenceless Robotic Training Platform
Designed for workforce development, certification programs, and trade schools, Yaskawa Motoman’s EduCart features a six-axis robot, Schunk gripper package 3D-printed fingers and control interface, and laser scanner.
Three Tools for a Safer, More Comfortable Welding Workshop
Strong Hand Tools’ Gas Grabber enables one person to safely and easily lift a heavy gas canister onto the company’s wheeled cart. Plasma cutting tray attaches to the Rhino Cart for greater versatility in mobile or stationary cutting, welding, and fabrication.
Assembly Robots Handle 55-lb and 88-lb Payloads
With longer reach and heavier weight capacities, Denso Robotics’ VM-VL series excels in large part assembly, long-reach computer tool tending, palletizing and depalletizing, material removal and deburring, and 3D bin picking. The two models also feature enhanced internal wiring for safer, more efficient operations.
3-Finger Electric Gripper Handles Wide Range of Cylindrical Objects
OnRobot’s 3FG15 three-finger gripper with a 150mm stroke is a powerful alternative to bulkier and less-flexible three-finger grippers currently on the market – a unique solution. The new gripper excels at heavy-payload machine-tending applications that require high precision and flexible handling.
Industrial Magnetics, Inc. Attains Record Deliveries in 2019
Results contribute to a decade of double-revenue growth, thanks in part to three acquisitions.
Ergonomic Double-Scissor Lift-and-Tilt Tables
Whether it’s an assembly cell, automated line, or part of a manufacturing process, oversized products often require work to be done in the vertical position. Verti-Lift’s double-scissor lift-and-tilt tables makes working on such products more comfortable.
Plug-and-Play Motorized Puller Assemblies
Versa Machinery’s motorized puller assembly kits come with all the components necessary for downstream handling of pipe, profiles, tubing, wire/cable, and steel materials. Available in pinch wheel or caterpillar designs, the pullers’ remote operator control station (OCS) can be mounted wherever desired.
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