Automation
Sytrama Plans U.S. Robot Assembly At New Michigan Plant
Sytrama moves closer to automotive customers and plans U.S. robot assembly.
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Automation: Six-Axis Robot Fits In Your Hand
Mecademic’s new baby handles up to 1.1 lb with very high accuracy.
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Injection Molding: New Models of Economical Robots
Wittmann Battenfeld expands its Primus robot line with smaller and larger models.
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Material Handling: Versatile Diverter Valve Meets Industry 4.0 Objectives
Standard sizes are 1.5-4 in.; the unit can be easily mounted horizontally or vertically.
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News Highlights from NPE2018
Developments in Industry 4.0, multi-layer preform molding, automation, LSR processing, and PP were among the major newsbreakers at May’s show. And one film processor finalized purchases of 13 new lines.
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‘Artistic’ Robot At NPE
Star Automation programmed a servo robot to paint Japanese calligraphy at NPE2018 after carefully loading the brush with ink and rinsing the brush between demonstrations.
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Keeping the Robots Busy
Two molding machines, two linear robots, and a seven-axis collaborative robot produced a shaker cup at NPE2018.
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‘Smart Data’: The Rise of the ‘Dashboards’
For North American plastics processors, NPE2018 offered the broadest exposure yet to the bundle of trends and technologies known as Industry 4.0 or the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT).
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Automate Injection Molding Simulation With Autonomous Optimization
Simulation not only predicts how a mold will fill, but also provides guidance to make it fill better. The new technology of Autonomous Optimization automatically performs hundreds or thousands of simulations, testing multiple variables—gating, venting and cooling, for example—and learning which combinations help achieve objectives for injection pressure, cycle time, warpage, etc.
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