Automation
Video: 3D Printed Tooling Eases Cobot Integration
At NPE 2024, Universal Robots and EMI Corporation highlighted how 3D printed end effectors, fixtures and more enable adoption of collaborative robots.
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UPM Additive Solutions and Authentise Develop Vendor Managed Inventory Solution for Additive Manufacturing
The Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) solution for additive manufacturing streamlines inventory management, ensuring that critical materials are always available and minimizing the need for manual intervention.
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Vision Miner Completes Acquisition of AddWise
The acquisition combines Vision Miner’s experience in printing high-temperature performance materials with AddWise’s advanced manufacturing capabilities.
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Aibuild’s AI-Powered 3D Printing Software Offers Enhanced Capabilities for Automating Entire AM Process
The Aibuild platform delivers fully automated toolpath generation for a wide range of industrial AM technologies.
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Massive Dimension Partners With ABB to Create Advanced Large-Format 3D Printers
The collaboration combines ABB’s robotics technology, including its cobots and the largest IRB 8700 model, with Massive Dimension’s process controllers and industrial extrusion tools.
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Savage Automation Delivers 3D Printed Commercial Manufacturing Aids
The company's approach to designing end-of-arm tooling and other devices has evolved over the years to support longevity and repairs.
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Is Automation More Effective Than Size for Serial Production 3D Printing?
Micro Factory has developed an mSLA system that incorporates cleaning, curing and part ejection, not to mention 100 empty build plates, into the frame of a desktop machine. The result is a small unit for large-scale production.
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BMW Expands Use of Additive Manufacturing to Foster Production Innovations
The BMW Group is manufacturing many work aids and tools for its own production system using various 3D printing processes, with items such as tailor-made orthoses for employees, teaching and production aids, and large, weight-optimized robot grippers, which are used for such things as carbon fiber-reinforced polymer roofs and entire floor assemblies.
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Volkmann vHub 250 Metal Powder Storage System Automates Buffering, Intermediate Storage
The vHub 250 metal powder storage system can operate as a stand-alone unit or within a closed loop system in both normal air environments and under inert conditions as an option.
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Endeavor 3D Integrates Materialise Software With HP Technology to Boost Industrial Production
Endeavor 3D is using the CO-AM software platform to power its fleet of HP 3D printers to streamline workflow, reduce manual touch points and increase efficiency through automation, thereby maximizing production output and additive manufacturing capacity.
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