Automation

Automation

Fakuma: High-Speed Robot Series Extended

Wittmann Battenfeld will extend its Sonic series of high-speed robots at Fakuma, introducing the Sonic 108 targeting smaller injection molding machines.

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Automation

Updated Controls Make Feeders 'Smart'

Control package provides foundation for Industry 4.0 and predictive maintenance.

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Automation

Simple, Intuitive Touch Screen Facilitates Measurement

The devices said to be Industry 4.0 ready and ideally suited for use in tube and pipe extrusion lines with increasing levels of automation.  

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Fakuma: Robot Makes Safe, Early Starts; Optimizes Path Planning

Engel is expanding its range of smart assistance systems at Fakuma 2021 adding the new iQ motion control to its viper series linear robots.

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Automation

'Smart' Feeders, Blenders, QC Solutions

Patented technology cuts additive costs, is easy to clean.

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Building a Better Mousetrap-Manufacturing Process

Increased demand for its products, which include rodent traps and more, lead Bell Labs to Wittmann Battenfeld to help it better automate its molding processes. 

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sustainability

AMP Robotics Announces Milestones in Recycling Automation

A lack of data transparency, reliability, and consistency on the performance of material recovery has been a longstanding obstacle to recycling modernization. 

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iMFLUX Plots Path to Autonomous Molding

iMFLUX used a virtual event in May to lay out a path to autonomous molding where “the machine is making intelligent decisions on behalf of the operator.”

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sustainability

AI Being Used to Sort Plastics Automatically

The technology from Metaspectral is slated for completion by the end of 2021.

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Automation

SCARA Robot Line Expanded

FANUC America says the newest additions increase reach and payload options for assembly, packaging, pick-and-place, and inspection processes.

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