Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.82
September 05, 2019
Honeywell Intelligrated & The Apparel Logistics Group Honeywell Intelligrated has partnered with The Apparel Logistics Group – a leading provider of third-party logistics (3PL) and order fulfillment services for apparel, footwear, and accessories – to more than triple its daily e-commerce order output by installing new automated material handling solutions. Honeywell’s technology and support services will help to: Increase productivity at the company’s shipping dock, maximizing uptime Expand e-commerce parcel shipping capabilities, which currently afford retailers one-day turnaround Ensure accuracy while expanding value-added service capacity, including returns management and order customization The Signed Honeywell Intelligrated & The Apparel Logistics Group…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.40
July 10, 2019
…robotics vendor Canvas Technology. Among the major automation vendors, Honeywell Intelligrated announced a partnership with AMR provider Fetch Robotics last fall, while last year Dematic launched a Robotics Center of Excellence business unit. Another sign of AMR momentum: earlier this year, software provider Manhattan Associates launched Manhattan Automation Network, a partner program with robotics and automation vendors to speed up deployments. The increasing difficulties that DC operators are having finding enough associates, combined with the rapid maturity of sensor and guidance technology, are driving a strong market, vendors agree. “The huge driver for us is the labor challenge operations are…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.39
June 05, 2019
…NextGen Supply Chain Awards, sponsored by IDC. Sponsored by Honeywell Intelligrated, ASCM, Locus, PINC, IDC, Dematic and other organizations that are helping to advance the NextGen supply chain, the conference also featured cutting-edge technical sessions. Other highlights included nearly a dozen keynotes, sessions and panel discussions on the most important emerging technologies geared to senior level executives, and networking opportunities with peers, consultants, academics and leading providers of supply chain solutions. For those who could not attend, here’s how the conference played out over the two days. Day 1 highlights: AI, blockchain, and analytics Ron Castro, IBM’s vice president of…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.71
May 24, 2019
…engineering, Ford; Donald Godfrey, engineering fellow of additive manufacturing, Honeywell Aerospace; and Markus Seibold, VP additive manufacturing, gas and power, Siemens AG. RAPID+TCT panel on Trends in Additive Manufacturing included leaders from Ford, Honeywell Aerospace, Jabil and Siemens. Dulchinos kicked things off with an obstacle. “One of the challenges today is if you design for additive you don’t have a backup plan to go produce in a traditional manufacturing process. That’s problematic, because there isn’t really a rich supply chain today. We’re really big advocates around open systems, around having partnerships and ecosystems that come together to set standards and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 5.62
May 22, 2019
…shortly after news of a DARPA-funded research project at Honeywell Aerospace on the use of Sigma Labs technology as available in PrintRite3D. The study (“LPBF [Laser Powder Bed Fusion] Right the First Time—the Right Mix Between Modeling and Experiments” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40192-019-00133-8) was published in the journal Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation. It describes the validation involved in manufacturing a challenging metal component. Sensors were used to develop a new in-process quality metric called thermal emission density (TED), used to monitor component quality with respect to porosity as the part was being built. The research paper concludes: “This work has demonstrated that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 8.47
May 22, 2019
…validation of a challenging metal component being manufactured by Honeywell Aerospace using laser bed powder fusion. The conclusion: “This work has demonstrated that a combination of physics-based modeling and experimental verification and validation can enable early-stage identification and elimination of potential problems.” PrintRite3D is platform independent, it can work with most existing metal AM systems. Using it means you gain an independent third-party source for Quality Assurance. You can retrofit PrintRite3D to existing AM installations or integrate it into new purchases, and the platform is compatible with existing OEM supplied sensors. Here’s how the process works. The software modules acquire…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 2.80
May 20, 2019
…of the order fulfillment process. Meanwhile, in October 2018, Honeywell announced a strategic collaboration with Fetch Robotics to fulfill growing volumes of e-commerce orders. Box packaging automation and robots have been mainly used at the end of manufacturing assembly lines but are still in nascent stages when it comes to automation in warehouse and fulfillment centers. Collaborative Robots (Cobots) have enabled a step change in pick productivity and help warehouses scale in peak seasons without the need to add a proportionate number of warehouse workers. XPO Logistics and Geodis have started using Cobots at several locations to mimic zone picking.…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 32.63
April 09, 2019
In a press conference on Tuesday, Honeywell Intelligrated’s (Booth S618a) Matt Wicks, VP of product development, discussed several new robotic solutions, including a robotic sorter induction system. “By utilizing a robotic arm that handles a variety of package sizes and types—including boxes, polybags and jiffy bags—the new sorter induction system streamlines labor operations and improves productivity while allowing distribution centers to reallocate staff,” said Wicks. The system is modular and scalable, and easily retrofits into existing induction stations, he added. “Intelligent algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)—developed in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University—enable the robot to improve its own…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.45
March 26, 2019
…team collected insights from the likes of Airbus, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace and United Technologies Corp. to gain perspective on using AM to produce end-use parts. These companies, along with BMW, Deutsche Bahn, FIT, Jabil, Oerlikon, UPS, the U.S. Marine Corps, and others shared emerging trends from their vantage points. Among the trends are knowledge and skills development, cyber security, post-process automation, materials development, partnerships and industry standards. New and expanded features of Wohlers Report 2019 include: Benefits and challenges of designing for AM, Listing of 107 early-stage investments valued at nearly $1.3 billion, Production, pricing and use of metal powders,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.97
March 19, 2019
…robotic sorter induction and singulation to unloading and depalletizing, Honeywell Robotics offers a broad portfolio of patented smart robotic innovations and strives to continually engineer new solutions. These powerful robotic solutions are powered by the Honeywell Universal Robotic Control (HURC), a common, cloud-based platform that drives rapid solution development and optimization and cross-application machine learning. Insider Q&A: Warehouse Robotics Matt Wicks, Vice President, Product Development, Honeywell Intelligrated Q: What role is robotics playing in the modern-day warehouse? A: Robotics play a key role in two ways. They augment the workforce where employers cannot find the labor to support their growth…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 3.47
February 05, 2019
…consistent accuracy and high throughput to meet customer demands. Honeywell Intelligrated Booth: S618 New shuttle, warehouse control system Flexible, scalable and fast, the new OSR Shuttle Evo+ maximizes space utilization and energy savings by merging and managing reserve storage and forward picking as a single dynamic ecosystem. Functionally, it combines a high-performance shuttle system with the agility of an autonomous, flexible path transport system—centrally storing goods, raw materials, overstock and buffered orders in a high-density space. Upon retrieval, items are sequenced and quickly delivered where and when needed with a fleet of Open Shuttle automated mobile robots. Also on display,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.54
January 31, 2019
…2017 through 2022. Key players include Bosch, GE, Hitachi, Honeywell and Rockwell Automation. Increasing Product Availability The underlying architecture of a preventive maintenance model is fairly uniform. The analytics usually reside on a host of IT platforms, but these layers are systematically described as: data acquisition; data transformation—conversion of raw data for machine learning models; condition monitoring—alerts based on asset operating limits; asset health evaluation—generating diagnostic records based on trend analysis if asset health has already started declining; prognostics—generating predictions of failure through machine learning models, and estimating remaining life; decision support—recommendations of best actions; and human interface layer—making all…
