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- Flexible Robots Mimic Humans
Automation World. October 8, 2007
Watch for a new generation of highly flexible industrial robots from Motoman that are designed to coexist with humans and closely mimic human capabilities.
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- Advances in Wire-Feeder Technology
Welding Design & Fabrication. October 8, 2007
New wire feeder technology, combined with digital welding power sources for robotic welding, is reducing cycle times through improved start/stop times for arcs, and enhanced reliability and process control.
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- Why Should Adults Have All the Fun
Welding Design & Fabrication. October 8, 2007
Motoman Inc, West Carrollton, Ohio, is one company encouraging children and young adults to learn about robotic technology, and promotes their interest in technical training and engineering careers.
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- Brains & Brawn
Plastics Technology. October 8, 2007
As if six axes weren't enough, new models at the show went a step-or several steps-further.
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- Lasers and Robots: Flexibility Meets Consistency
FF Journal. October 8, 2007
By combining the flexibility of a robot with the cutting power of a YAG or CO2 laser, manufacturers could have the ultimate sheet-metal cutting machine. In fact, for many companies, including automotive OEMs, it has given them unique capabilities for higher productivity and reduced costs.
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- Robots - The CNC Machine Tool Alternative
Robotics World. October 8, 2007
Emerging technology is making it possible for robot systems to perform many diverse manufacturing processes - such as complex cutting, and material removal, grinding, mold creation, surface finishing, and drilling and tapping applications…
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- Robots: More Capable, Still Flexible
Manufacturing Engineering. October 8, 2007
Recent advances in technology now allow industrial robots to perform more, and different, applications than ever before.
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- Wire Feeder/Interface Optimizes Weld Starts and Ends
Metalforming. August 29, 2007
The HyperFeed II wire feeder/interface from Motoman Inc., Dayton, OH, is designed to help manufacturers robotically weld more parts per hour by optimizing application uptime and throughput.
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- Pouring Soon at an Event Near You?
Associations Now. August 29, 2007
Its pick-up lines are a bit lame. It can't lend a sympathetic ear to your complaints about the opposite sex. But RoboBar - a robot that serves drinks like a bartender - delights its operators with its efficiency as it draws the curious and thirsty for cocktails, soft drinks, or even lattes.
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- Refurbished Robots Can Save Replacement Costs
Robotics World. February 1, 2006
Modern robots are made to last longer - one of the reasons that some manufacturing companies are looking at refurbishing their existing robots versus buying new equipment.
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- Robots: More Capable, Still Flexible
Manufacturing Engineering. May 1, 2005
Recent advances in technology now allow industrial robots to perform more, and different, applications than ever before.
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- Robots - The CNC Machine Tool Alternative
Robotics World. May 1, 2005
Emerging technology is making it possible for robot systems to perform many diverse manufacturing processes - such as complex cutting, and material removal, grinding, mold creation, surface finishing, and drilling and tapping applications…
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- Welding Power Sources Go Digital
The Fabricator. October 1, 2004
Article discusses how digital welding power sources offer real-time feedback and other advantages.
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- Robots Go Hollywood
Welding Design and Fabrication. September 1, 2004
This article uses the example of how robots were used in the movie “Paycheck” to illustrate just how far robot technology has advanced in terms of ease of programming and functionality.
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- Rise of the Machines
Automotive News. August 1, 2004
Lower cost and better software enable robots to play a larger manufacturing role.
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- Robots Go Hollywood
Gases & Welding Distributor. July 1, 2004
As welding robots have become more economical, productive, and reliable, their use has expanded from automobile assembly plants into small job shops. But sometimes it takes an outsider to show how far robotics have come in recent years.
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- Robots Improve Pressroom Operations
FabCanada. October 1, 2003
(Article originally appeared in September 2003 Metalforming Magazine.) Robotic press tending operations increase productivity, reliability, and safety – and take operators out of applications that are dirty, dull, and dangerous
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- The Case for Robotics in the Pressroom
Metal Forming Magazine. September 1, 2003
They go 24/7, keeping presses running while reducing floor space, cutting tooling costs and freeing employees for safer, more productive work.
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- Safeguarding robotic cells with new Canadian standard
. September 1, 2003
This article discusses the new “harmonized” CSA Z434-03 Industrial Robots and Robot Systems General Safety Requirements for Canadian factories, and how these safety requirements compare with the American National Standard for Industrial Robots and Robot Systems, ANSI/RIA R15.06-1999
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- Robots take on composite layup
Machine Design. August 21, 2003
Robots that can handle composite materials are finally a reality, offering the potential for faster production and lower costs.
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- Reflecting on Robot Safety
FabCanada. November 1, 2002
This article by Jeff Fryman, Director, Standards Development for the Robotics Industries Association, uses photographs of Motoman robots to illustrate key issues in the new safety standard.
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- Industrial Articulated Arms
Industrial Laser Solutions. September 1, 2002
This article by William G. Frederick is a technology report on the use of articulated arms to deliver laser beams for cutting applications. A Motoman SK120 robot is featured in an accompanying photo.
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- Before the Job
Automotive Design and Production. March 1, 2002
When it comes to "path-intensive" processes like robotic body painting, Motoman's Senior Director of Marketing, Carl Traynor, discusses the importance of simulation before the task is performed, as well as the features and benefits of Motoman's new PX2900 painting robot
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Case Studies |
- Castings crunch
FFJournal. March 27, 2008
Heavy brake drum castings create opportunity for unique material handling system
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- ARUP's Thawing, Mixing Workcell
CLP. October 31, 2007
ARUP Laboratories, Salt Lake City, a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a leader in laboratory research and development, teamed up with Motoman Inc, based in West Carrollton, Ohio, a leader in robotic automation, and the University of Utah's College of Engineering, to devise a one-of-a-kind automated thawing and mixing workcell.
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- Robots Rack Up Productivity at Tru-Form
MW Manufacturing News. October 29, 2007
Founded in 1932, Tru-Form Steel and Wire, Inc. (Hartford City, IN) is a third-generation, family-owned and operated full-service fabrication company that now employs 100 people.
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- Motoman Racks up Productivity at Tru-Form
AMS. October 29, 2007
For Tru-Form Steel and Wire, an Indiana metal fabrication company that produces returnable metal racks for the automotive industry, it was either automate or bleed business to China.
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- Robotic Assembly Breaks the Mold
Assembly. October 8, 2007
Fully integrated with vision systems, flexible robots perform many tasks at a Midwestern auto parts manufacturer.
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- Robots Boost Shopping Cart Production
Plant Magazine. October 8, 2007
A Canadian-owned shopping cart manufacturer with a plant in Newton, NC has increased its sales and is looking at a more than 10% increase in units produced after improving material flow by adding robotics to its welding process.
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- Pickles Palletized Robotically
Packaging Digest. October 8, 2007
Aliment Putter's Food, Inc, Sainte-Sophie, Quebec, a well-known eastern Canadian producer of a wide variety of pickled-vegetable products, found itself in a bit of a production pickle.
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- Robots Help Alpine Achieve Peak Performance, Productivity
Manufacturing News. October 8, 2007
With demand for their truss fabrication equipment and other technology-driven products and services for the building components industry skyrocketing, Alpine Engineered Products, Inc's Equipment Division was unable to build the company's Auto Mills and Roll-A-Master systems fast enough.
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- Auto-palletizing Solves Putter's Production Pickle
Plant Magazine. October 8, 2007
Aliment Putter's Food Inc. found itself in a bit of a production pickle. The manual end-of-line palletizing operation was limiting its processing capacity, particularly during their peak season between July and mid-November, when Putter's typically runs up to 12, 000 cases of pickled vegetables per day, operating one 10-hour-plus shift, five or six days a week.
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- Robots at Work
Today's Medical Developments. October 8, 2007
Midmark Corporation takes pride in their new line of in house made, manual examination tables.
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- A 'Butter' Way to Palletize
Packaging Digest. October 8, 2007
California Dairies' plant in Turlock, CA, processes up to 5.7 million lb of milk/day and produces more than 110 million lb of butter/yeast, which is about 275,000 lb of butter/day.
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- Muscle-Car Metalforming at Thyssen Krupp Budd
Metalforming. October 8, 2007
This article by Editor Brad Kuvin is an in-depth feature on production of the new cross-member subframe stamped and welded assembly used in the newly redesigned Ford Mustang. A Motoman four-robot arc welding cell is described. Thyssen Krupp Budd plant in Hopkinsville, KY, has more than 160 Motoman robots
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- Handle with Care
Manufacturing Automation. October 8, 2007
Lubricant manufacturer boosts productivity and safety with robotic palletizing system.
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- Small Shop with Top-Notch Equipment
Welding Design & Fabrication. October 8, 2007
A small fab and machine shop cuts worker exposure to fumes and boosts productivity with two robotic work cells.
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- Small Fab and Machine Shop Gets Results with Robots
Manufacturing News. October 8, 2007
Tucker's is a relatively small machining and fabrication shop of 50 to 60 people. It has robotic welding systems and CNC machines that provide the flexibility needed to meet its manufacturing needs.
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- Robot Spells Relief for Aching Backs
Machine Design. October 8, 2007
The loading of heavy pails and cases by hand was taking its toll on workers at JTM Products Inc., Solon, Ohio, but the remedy was automation rather than aspirin.
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- Robots Automate Pipe Welding
Manufacturing Engineering. October 8, 2007
Robotic pipe welding system by Motoman helps Reinke Mfg. Co. address skilled labor shortage.
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- Robots that Multitask
Tube & Pipe Journal. October 8, 2007
Irrigation system manufacturer uses robots that change tooling to change processes.
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- Robotic Press Tending at Whirlpool
Metalforming. October 8, 2007
Twenty-one robots dispersed among three press lines enable a 50-percent jump in throughput and an equally impressive improvement in quality. Payback for the automation investment: less than two years.
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- Robots Set Pace at Auto Supplier
Modern Application News. October 8, 2007
To keep pace and profitable in the automotive supply chain, a machined parts supplier relies on the reliability of robotic material handling and positioning.
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- Robots Make the Difference
Welding Magazine. August 29, 2007
Jeff Tuttle, president of Tru-Form Steel and Wire Inc. of Hartford City, Ind., says automation keeps his company competitive.
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- Robots make the difference
Welding Magazine. January 1, 2007
Jeff Tuttle, president of Tru-Form Steel and Wire…says automation keeps his company competitive.
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- Robots Set Pace at Auto Supplier
Modern Application News. December 1, 2005
To keep pace and profitable in the automotive supply chain, a machined parts supplier relies on the reliability of robotic material handling and positioning.
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- Robotic Press Tending at Whirlpool
Metalforming. November 1, 2005
Twenty-one robots dispersed among three press lines enable a 50-percent jump in throughput and an equally impressive improvement in quality. Payback for the automation investment: less than two years.
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- Robots Automate Pipe Welding
Manufacturing Engineering. September 1, 2005
Robotic pipe welding system by Motoman helps Reinke Mfg. Co. address skilled labor shortage.
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- Robots That Multitask
Tube & Pipe Journal. September 1, 2005
Irrigation system manufacturer uses robots that change tooling to change processes.
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- Robot Spells Relief for Aching Backs
Machine Design. August 18, 2005
The loading of heavy pails and cases by hand was taking its toll on workers at JTM Products Inc., Solon, Ohio, but the remedy was automation rather than aspirin.
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- Handle with Care
Manufacturing Automation. June 1, 2005
Lubricant manufacturer boosts productivity and safety with robotic palletizing system.
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- Small Shop with Top-Notch Equipment
Welding Design & Fabrication. June 1, 2005
A small fab and machine shop cuts worker exposure to fumes and boosts productivity with two robotic work cells.
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- Muscle Car Metalforming at ThyssenKrupp Budd
MetalForming Magazine. May 1, 2005
This article by Editor Brad Kuvin is an in-depth feature on production of the new cross-member subframe stamped and welded assembly used in the newly redesigned Ford Mustang. A Motoman four-robot arc welding cell is described. Thyssen Krupp Budd plant in Hopkinsville, KY, has more than 160 Motoman robots
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- In a Tight Spot
Fabricating and Metalworking. December 1, 2004
AZ Automotive Corp. in London, Ontario, Canada, uses more than 30 Motoman robots in the processing of approximately 150 different automotive stampings and assemblies, primarily automotive body reinforcements and some trim parts…
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- The Case in Point
Canadian Packaging. December 1, 2004
Sico Inc. uses Motoman UP130 robots to palletize cases of caulking material at their St-Hubert plant in Quebec, Canada …
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- Acushnet Uses Robot to Handle Golf Balls
Robotics World. November 30, 2004
A four-axis Motoman HM-10-850-200 SCARA type robot with custom multi-function gripper transfers up to three freshly painted golf balls at a time from a moving conveyor onto drying trays …
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- Custom Robot Solves Palletizing Challenge
Robotics World. September 1, 2004
Cover and Featured Case Study on Sico Inc.'s St-Hubert plant in Quebec, Canada uses a Motoman UP130 robot to palletize cases of caulking onto pallets.
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- Robotic Palletizing
Robotics World. November 1, 2003
Baldwin Filters uses two Motoman four-axis SP100 robots to palletize 950 different product/case sizes onto 11 different sizes of wooden pallets
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- Robotics Case Studies: Test Tube Sorting
Robotics World. September 1, 2003
Specialty Labs and Motoman developed the TARO workcell for sorting and handling test tubes, using Motoman's RobotWorld AutoSorter system.
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- Robots Get a Grip on Meridian Instrument Panels
Plant Magazine. August 18, 2003
Meridian Technologies Inc. uses three Motoman UP20 robots to install nuts onto more than 1,000 assemblies used in vehicle instrument panels for the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs
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- Robot reaches jar line in Puerto Rico
Packaging World. August 1, 2003
Automated system saves labor costs at Alcan Packaging by conveying skin-care jars from four molding machines to a four-axis robot that deftly palletizes them.
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- Robotic Case Study: Automated Welding Services Inc.
Robotics World. June 1, 2003
Talk about longevity -- Motoman robots at Automated Welding Services in Spring Lake, Michigan, have been running two or three shifts of production daily for more than 18 years.
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- Robotic Assembly Boosts IP Quality
Manufacturing Engineering. May 1, 2003
Meridian Technologies, Inc. uses 69 Motoman robots to load/unload die casting machines, spray molds, and assemble small components onto castings in three plants. Three Motoman UP20 robots and a Cognex vision system are part of an automated line that produces up to 1000 instrument panels (IP) assemblies a day for Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs.
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- Robotic Case Study: Glass Handling
Robotics World. September 1, 2002
ODL Inc. of Zeeland, Michigan, uses Motoman SK16 and SK45 robots to handle glass panels used in skylights and windows, greatly improving safety and productivity at their plant.
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- Cat Learns Laser Lessons
Forming & Fabricating. May 1, 2002
Read how Caterpillar, Inc. uses robotic laser cutting and welding to stay world competitive
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- Robotic Grinding
Robotics World. March 1, 2002
A Motoman SK45X robot performs two-stage grinding operations on mild steel ATM cabinets - dramatically cutting cycle time from 96 hours to less than 10 hours per assembly at Special Products & Manufacturing in Rockwall, Texas
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- Robotics Case Studies: Dual-Robot Welding Cell
Robotics World. December 1, 2001
This article is a case study involving a Motoman ArcWorld 6200 dual robot solution that performs high-volume, high-deposition welding on large loader buckets for New Holland (now CNH).
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- Harley-Davidson Motorcycles
Robotics World. March 1, 2001
As part of their Lean Manufacturing program, Harley-Davidson's Tomahawk Operations uses Motoman UP50 robots to perform precision grinding and routing operations on motorcycle saddlebags.
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