ABB has announced a partnership with Silicon Valley AI start-up Covariant to bring AI-enabled robotics solutions to market, starting with a fully autonomous warehouse order fulfilment solution.
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Riding the wave: Harmonics in industry
ABB introduces its expanded range of Ultra Low Harmonic Drives, and how they are a solution to distortion in electrical networks. Manufacturers’ Monthly explains.
Harmonics in
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ABB begins work on future robotics factory
Construction has started on ABB‘s robotics manufacturing and research factory. Located in China, the facility is expected to open in 2021 and is the result of a US$150 million ($218m) investment by the
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ABB awarded $50m power plant upgrade
Global automation company ABB has won an order worth more than US$40 million (A$50 million) in West Java, Indonesia.
Awarded by a consortium comprising Doosan Heavy Industries and state-owned construction
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ABB and Formula E partner to write the future of e-mobility
ABB and Formula E will partner to champion e-mobility for a sustainable future. ABB is bringing its name and innovation and technology leadership to the series, which will be now known as the “ABB FIA
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ABB unveils newest member of the YuMi family
ABB is previewed its collaborative robot, now with a single arm, at the International Robotics Exhibition (iREX) 2017 in Tokyo. The collaborative robots are designed to work alongside humans on the factory
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ABB and HPE to Bring Intelligence to Industrial Plants
ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have announced a strategic global partnership that combines ABB’s digital offerings, ABB Ability, with HPE’s innovative hybrid information technology (IT) solutions.
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ABB, Kawasaki announce collaborative robot automation cooperation
ABB and Kawasaki Heavy Industries, two global industrial automation and robot suppliers, announced today that the companies will join forces to share knowledge and promote the benefits of collaborative
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F&S recognises ABB’s 2017 achievements
Frost & Sullivan named ABB as it’s choice for the 2017 Company of the Year thanks to its visionary innovation embodied by its distributed control system (DCS) offering and its impact on customer
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IIC publishes IIoT analytics framework tech report
The Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) has published the IIC Industrial IoT Analytics Framework Technical Report (IIAF). It is the first IoT-industry technical document to include a complete set of instructions
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ABB acquires GE’s Industrial Solutions business
ABB has announced the acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global electrification solutions business for $2.6 billion (A$3.28 billion). In 2016, GE Industrial Solutions had revenues of approximately
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Global industrial automation market to reach A$80.6b
Analysts from Research and Markets have announced in their latest report on industrial automation that the global industrial
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ABB launches online monitoring system
ABB has launched L&W Fiber Online – a reliable, repeatable and cost-effective online system for measuring, monitoring and controlling significant fiber quality variables in paper stock preparation
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ABB motor sets world record in energy efficiency
ABB has achieved almost 100 per cent energy efficiency with its synchronous motor.
Tests carried out on a 44 megawatt 6-pole synchronous ABB motor shortly before delivery showed an efficiency 0.25 percent
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ABB acquires communication networks business
ABB has announced that it has agreed to acquire the mission-critical communication business of the Keymile Group to strengthen its communication networks portfolio.
The acquisition will bring with it key
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IBM and ABB develop AI assistant for quality assurance
Working with ABB, IBM has developed a new AI assistant to help manufacturers detect defects on the production line.
The Cognitive Visual Inspection System is connected to ABB’s industrial monitoring
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Pick the low-hanging fruit to get tough on climate change
One might think – after years of focus on global warming – that all the easy measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions had been taken.
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ABB to build world’s largest mine hoists for BHP
BHP Billiton has selected technology and automation group ABB to build the world's largest mine hoisting systems for a potash operation in Canada.
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ABB to supply 2,400 robots to BMW
Power and automation group ABB has won a contract to supply 2,400 robots to BMW Group's factories in Germany and China.
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Bright future for young manufacturer
Endeavour Award winner, David Michel, has a promising career in telemetry design and manufacturing. Madeline Prince and Alan Johnson report.
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