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March 06, 2019 - Volume 13 Issue 05
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Image - Ohio Manufacturer Automates Welding Task, Delivering 40% Efficiency Increase Ohio Manufacturer Automates Welding Task, Delivering 40% Efficiency Increase
T&W Stamping in Ohio wanted to automate one of the most labor-intensive parts of its metal fabricating process: the tending of resistive welders. This is a tricky application to automate due to the welding equipment's electro-magnetic pulse that blank out robots' servo motors. But the company came up with a solution that paid for itself in less than four months, delivered a 40 percent increase in efficiency and freed up three operator functions.
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Image - 3D Printed Automotive Hood Hinge: Over 50% Lighter with Two-Thirds Less Parts 3D Printed Automotive Hood Hinge: Over 50% Lighter with Two-Thirds Less Parts
EDAG recently turned to additive manufacturing, specifically a 3D printer from SLM Solutions, to solve a challenge to develop an improved hinge system for a car or truck. The resulting solution is LightHinge+ -- a lighter, stronger, more efficient hood hinge.
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With no robotics experience, the Arizona-based Zippertubing Company integrated Universal Robots' UR5 cobot in vision-guided applications tending snap fastening machines for wrap-around cable jacketing. Watch how this was done.


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  New Research Identifies Causes for Defects in 3D Printing
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Image - How OnRobot's Dual RG2 Gripper Cuts Cycle Time in Half How OnRobot's Dual RG2 Gripper Cuts Cycle Time in Half

Swedish machine shop FT Produktion needed to drastically expand throughput as the company received orders from Volvo and Renault. OnRobot's dual-version RG2 gripper enabled the machine shop to reach its goal without adding staff, reducing cycle time from 25 to 12 seconds, saving 500 hours on a 150,000 parts series. Watch how this was done.


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  Run Your Cranes and Conveyors with Excellent Speed and Torque Thanks to New Series of DC Variable Speed Drives
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