Integrated Architecture facilitates the convergence of control and automation processes to streamline production and information management across an entire manufacturing or processing plant.
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Machine vision technology for regulatory compliance
Machine vision has brought end users quantifiable benefits by boosting productivity on the production line and ensuring product quality, safety, and security.
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Machine vision boosts productivity
Advances in machine vision technology for manufacturing environments can deliver significant quality control and productivity benefits.
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Headland opens Rydalmere showroom and KUKA robots training facility
Manufacturing machinery supplier Headland has opened a new facility in Rydalmere to better service its New South Wales customer base.
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Download the September issue of Manufacturers’ Monthly now!
A digital version of Manufacturers’ Monthly September 2011 is now available for free for all newsletter subscribers; click on this link to read all the latest new products, industry news, opinions, technical features and more.
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Robots and humans working together a reality
A robot carefully lifts and positions a heavy component while a worker welds lightweight aluminum components to a machine right next to it. Although such scenarios are visions of the future at present, they will soon be part of the everyday work routine if industry has its way.
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Robot pick-up and replacement service
HEADLAND Machinery is offering a new service called the Robot Exchange Program, in which one of Headland’s ‘Robot Integrators’ pick-up an old and tired robot from the factory, and replace it with a suitable KUKA robot.
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Robot pick-up and replacement service
HEADLAND Machinery is offering a new service called the Robot Exchange Program, in which one of Headland’s ‘Robot Integrators’ pick-up an old and tired robot from the factory, and replace it with a suitable KUKA robot.
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Ford makes $100m investment in robots
Ford is investing US$100 million globally to install robotic plant laser inspection technology to improve quality through reduced wind noise and more refined fit and finish
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Lights out, machines on: The new wave of factory automation
Being afraid of new technology can limit the benefits automated lights out manufacturing can offer, writes Annie Dang.
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ABB’s concept robot to work alongside humans in manufacturing assembly
ABB has showcased its FRIDA concept robot for industrial dual-arm assembly use, and intended for co-existence with human workers.
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Australia must take manufacturing high-road to survive: expert
Australia needs to to embrace advanced manufacturing to survive globally, according to a speech from Dan Swinney, Chief executive of the Chicago Manufacturing Renaissance Council, during a visit to Victoria last week.
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Automotive and electronics production to push robot adoption in 2011
THE outlook for the global robotics industry is rosy, with a great year in 2010 and promising prospects for 2011 and beyond, according to statistics for Industrial released by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) Statistical Department at the AUTOMATE event in Chicago.
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How the last 10 years changed manufacturing for good
AUSTRALIAN manufacturers have experienced their fare share of ups and downs over the past decade, but local companies have continued to thrive because our industry is flexible, it can roll with the punches, and it makes the best of what it’s got.
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Manufacturers in the 1990s joined the world stage
While the manufacturing industry was becoming more specialised in the 1990s, it was also becoming increasingly open with exports and imports on the increase. Hartley Henderson reports.
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Sci-Fi meets reality in industrial robotics
Industrial robot capabilities continue to expand, which begs the question: is a fully robotic-operated manufacturing plant bordering on reality or still a science fiction fantasy? Emily Mobbs investigates.
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Robot aids in an automated world
Today, efficient production times are vital to a manufacturer's success. Automated and robotic machine loaders and tenders can improve manufacturing performance, but are they worth it?
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More visitors expected to this year’s safety show
Visitor registrations to Australia's largest workplace safety event, Safety In Action and Melbourne Materials Handling, are up by 20 per cent compared to this time last year.
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Selecting the right robot
Wade Leslie, MD of robotics advisory service Robotize, has developed 12 golden rules for robot selection.
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Workers better protected under new standards
Updated robotic safety standards are set to protect workers in more ways than one.
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