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Wildeck Hires New CFO and VP Operations
Tom Paulsen oversees accounting and strategic financial input, while Dan Lorenz manages manufacturing.
Compact, Cost Effective Linear Robot for Medical Devices with Strict Safety Requirements
The self-lubricating and maintenance-free drylin E linear robot from igus can carry loads up to 5.5 lb at maximum speeds up to 1.64 fps.
Innovative Vee/Crown Wheel Plate for Contaminated Environments
Ideal for low rolling friction and high speed capacity in aerospace, automotive and other commercial applications, the flexible UtiliTrak Vee/Crown wheel plate from Bishop-Wisecarver is compatible with both vee and open track channels to simplify user selection, ordering, field maintenance and upgrades.
FANUC Partners with Jacksonville Jaguars
The team is using five new robots at TIAA Bank Field as part of their family of game-day staff during the football season.
How to Increase Uptime in Press Shops
Here are some of the ways that next generation lightweight tooling systems and new tooling components are optimizing stamping process safety, speed, uptime, cost and standardization, creating more efficient and reliable operations to satisfy stringent production demands.
Robotic Simulation to Bridge the Skills Gap
Because robots still only do what they are programmed to do and still require qualified personnel to build, operate and maintain them, savvy shops realize that creating a workforce skilled in Industry 4.0 technologies is key to future competitiveness – but certain challenges make this difficult. What should they do?
Versatile Forklifts Make Load Handling in Fabrication Shops Easy and Safe
Combilift provides customized equipment with lift capacities from 1,850 lb up to 200,000 lb for safe, space-saving and productive handling and storage of typical loads managed in fabrication shops.
Jig Magnets for Precise Positioning and Unbeatable Holding Strength
Neodymium On/Off Magnetic Welding Squares from Master Magnetics allow fast set-ups, accurate and powerful holding, and come with pre-tapped holes on all sides for versatile mounting on both flat and round stock.
How to Safely Transfer Metal Blanks, Stampings and Parts in Automated Applications and Press Operations
Transporters from Industrial Magnetics transfer metal blanks, stampings, perforated and odd-shaped parts in automated station-to-station, press-to-press transfer or robotic pick-and-place applications.
Free Standing Work Station Crane Improves Machine Tending and Assembly Processes
Free Standing Work Station Cranes from Gorbel provide operators with ease of use under load and holding the load where it should stay, with no drift or slide in the aluminum bridge, to make precision part placement easier.
Lift Magnet System Transfers Multiple Cut Pieces from Burn Tables at Once
The air-operated Burn Table Lift Magnet System from Eriez features a powerful magnetic circuit design with an extremely powerful and wide magnetic surface area that easily and quickly moves multiple parts or cut-outs up and off of burn tables at once, or lift single sheets or plates up to 3 in thick from a stack to load the table.
FlexArm Breaks Ground on New Facility
Their new $4 million state-of-the-art headquarters will house R&D, engineering, customer testing/runoff, manufacturing, and administration.
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