Automation

RobotWorx boosts robotic parts inventory amid COVID-19

RobotWorx breathes new life into its extensive robotic parts inventory to meet increasing demand in a shifting market.

Detect spindle anomalies

07/29/2020

Author:

Ken Schnepf

The Artis GEMDS system helps shops reduce scrap and improve productivity.

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Ballscrew breakthrough

07/15/2020

Author:

William Leventon

With technology under development at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, machining firms soon may be able to improve the process of spotting ballscrews in danger of failing.

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With the new ctrlX AUTOMATION platform, Bosch Rexroth has eradicated the traditional boundaries between machine control systems, IT and the Internet of Things. Centralized and decentralized automation topologies can now be created flexibly with the scalable platform. Thanks to a Linux real-time operating system, open standards, app programming technology, web-based engineering and a comprehensive IoT connection, ctrlX AUTOMATION reduces the engineering time and effort by 30% to 50%.

Precision Linear Stage Family for Ultra High Vacuum Applications

High Precision Linear Translation Stage Family for High Vacuum (HV) and Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) Applications

The new vacuum linear stage series was designed from the ground up for vacuum compatibility, with each component qualified to work under the specified conditions. Everything, from the base materials, nuts and bolts, encoders, cables, limit switches was selected for optimal performance.

Automation keeps 'manhandling' to a minimum

06/17/2020

Author:

CTE Staff

Gantry robot helps boost productivity and work safety when machining railway wheels.

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Keeping steel wheels spinning

Since 1910, Simmons Machine Tool Corp., Albany, New York, has built machine tools and measuring machines for producing and maintaining railway wheel sets. The company also manufactures automation systems.

Each wheel traditionally is placed on a machining center using a forklift, a crane or another manual handling method — a slow, inconsistent process in which worker safety is a concern. Simmons Machine Tool sought to boost productivity and improve worker safety when loading and unloading railways for repairs in a vertical CNC lathe.

Taiwan Excellence to hold online press conference and virtual pavilion

Taiwan Excellence, an international campaign to promote Taiwan's products, will host the Taiwan Excellence smart machinery online press conference June 2 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.