Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 29.48
March 10, 2020
Conveyco Technologies (Booth 1614) is showcasing its new Proof of Concept (POC) program for autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). The new program allows organizations to conceptualize, emulate and validate AMR system’s performance prior to financially committing to an entire system. “Organizations are seeing the results AMRs can deliver. However, they are overwhelmed by the sheer amount of options that are available and where this technology can be applied within their operations,” said Ray Cocozza, president. “The Conveyco AMR POC Program is designed to address this fear by providing a scalable approach to select the best technology and tune the concept before…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 11.69
February 21, 2020
…the finalists of the Additive World Design for Additive Manufacturing Challenge 2020. From a record number of 151 contestants, professionals and students, three finalists were selected per category. “We are pleased to notice that amount of contestants from all around the world increased, compared to last year, by 25%,” says Daan Kersten, CEO of Additive Industries. “The designs are submitted from all over the world and across different applications fields including automotive, aerospace, medical, tooling and high tech. They all demonstrated how product designs can be improved when the freedom of additive manufacturing is applied. This year again many interesting…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 27.57
February 19, 2020
…Inc.; Mark Lewandowski, Procter & Gamble; Bob Little, ATI Industrial Automation; John Lizzi, General Electric; Tyler McCoy, JR Automation Technologies LLC; Gary McMurray, Georgia Institute of Technology; Craig Salvalaggio, Applied Manufacturing Technologies; Walter Vahey, Teradyne; and Carol Woten, Genesis Systems - IPG Photonics Company. After many years of dedicated service, Catherine Morris, ATI Industrial Automation; Stu Shepherd, Universal Robots; and Mike Jacobs, Applied Manufacturing Technologies are departing the RIA Board. These three board members were recognized at the recent A3 Business Forum for their service to the industry and to the RIA and A3 associations.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.33
January 22, 2020
…mature, what is the next step for this disruptive technology? Filemon Schoffer is co-founder and CCO of 3DHubs. In the early 1990s, 3D printing was touted to have a profound effect on the way we live our lives. 3D printers in every house would print everything from school lunches to hoverboards. Although the majority of these Jetson-esque predictions have (so far) failed to materialize, the applicability of additive manufacturing (AM) today is no less impressive. Most of the things made with AM over the past year weren’t futuristic gadgets—although here’s a list of “50 cool things to 3D print in…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.45
December 13, 2019
…as part of a grant from NASA for additive manufacturing research and education as it relates to space technology and applications. Work on this grant is a collaboration between the Navajo Technical University (NTU), who is acting as the lead on the project, with the Marshall Space Flight Center Advanced Manufacturing Center (MSFC), University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH), V&M Global Solutions and Optomec. The team will collaborate on additive manufacturing research around directed energy deposition (DED) of bi-metallic parts for NASA applications and build institutional capacity in STEM research and education. “We’re very excited to be working with this team…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 7.12
December 01, 2019
…mold or directly printed into 3D shapes using additive manufacturing,” says Carmel Majidi, associate professor of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. “When combined with conductive fluids or elastomers, they can also be used to make soft, flexible and stretchable circuits, sensors and radio antennae.” Morphing Materials One approach to building soft robots is to use “shape-memory” materials, which change shape and stiffness in response to heat or electrical stimulation. Two popular types of shape-memory material include nickel-titanium alloy and liquid crystal elastomers. Liquid-crystal elastomers are soft polymers that can remember their shape after they have deformed, springing back to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.13
September 12, 2019
…education, research and workforce development in advanced metal additive manufacturing. NTU purchased the directed energy deposition machine with a National Science Foundation grant for use in its new Center for Advanced Manufacturing, expected to open in 2020. “We are creating a state-of-the-art lab with leading-edge technology that spans the whole metal additive manufacturing ecosystem right here on the Navajo Nation, giving our students access to critical skills for the future,” says H. Scott Halliday, director of NTU’s Center for Digital Technology and visionary behind the Center for Advanced Manufacturing. “The Optomec LENS is a critical element of our vision and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.75
July 01, 2019
…but also for companies that develop products using additive manufacturing. Navigating the Ecosystem DRM is a broad, end-to-end strategy, one that promises to help control product designs and documentation as well as part quality and equipment use, explains Koen Neutjens, business development manager at Belgium-based Materialise NV. Perhaps more importantly, it assures that people can only print parts on authorized machinery at authorized facilities. To a machine shop or fabricator, it might seem silly to ask for permission before manufacturing a part, but for those who 3D print parts, the concept isn’t all that far-fetched. The chances are good that…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 10.76
May 23, 2019
…Essentium to bring improved productivity and connectivity to additive manufacturing operations. Materialise also announced that it will release a new version of its 3D printing operations management software, Streamics 8 in June 2019, and the availability of Materialise Simulation 2.0 as an optional module with Materialise Magics 23. HP and Materialise Collaborate on Industrial-Scale 3D printing Materialise has expanded its collaboration with HP, developing a new version of its build processor to support the full range of printers in the HP Multi Jet Fusion portfolio, including the Jet Fusion 5200 and Jet Fusion 500/300 Series of 3D printing solutions. This…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.25
April 01, 2019
…the principle pioneered by tech disruptors such as Airbnb, applied to manufacturing. Airbnb matches those seeking short-term living accommodations with those who happen to have extra space that can accommodate travelers. Thus, a whole new ecommerce infrastructure was born to satisfy the backpackers and budget-conscious travelers who previously didn’t have an option; and the homeowners who previously didn’t have a good way to offer their extra bedrooms and vacation homes for rental. Similarly, manufacturers with extra production capacity can join the Fictiv and Xometry networks, where they could be discovered by inventors, hobbyists and small startups with low-volume orders. But…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 6.69
February 21, 2019
…could have on imports, particularly for the food and manufacturing industries. Search Supply Chain 24/7 “Brexit” With the government’s preliminary deal yet to be approved by Parliament, and the date of departure just a few months away, businesses are finding that it’s necessary to stockpile goods and resources, just in case things don’t go to plan. For this, they need a huge amount of storage space – and both businesses and storage providers are frantically scrabbling to deliver. Deal or No Deal Brexit? Concerns linger over the potential for a “no deal” Brexit, particularly as dissatisfaction persists over the nature…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 46.33
February 19, 2019
Applied Automation Technologies (AAT) and DMG MORI have set up a partnership for on-machine measuring software. The companies will offer this software technology as a solution within the DMG MORI Qualified Products (DMQP) program. Having the ability to perform CMM (coordinate measurement machine) measurement and metrology tasks is an important part of ‘smart machining’ manufacturing processes. CappsNC provides capabilities to quickly develop measurement programs offline and run these programs directly on CNC machine tools in a similar way to a CMM. Measurement results are used to adjust machining process parameters such as calculating precise work offsets, dynamic tool compensations and…
