Shockingly, 79% of automation distributors don't believe their customers understand the safety requirements of installing a collaborative robot. That’s according to the results of the "Global Robotics Report" by TM Robotics.
“Skills gap is worsening in U.S. manufacturing industry” paints a rather dire view on the state of manufacturing for the glass half-empty people, whereas the headline: “Addressing the skills gap in manufacturing” indicates that a more proactive problem-solving approach is occurring for the glass half-full crowd.
With its parent company Doosan Group’s heritage of engineering excellence in Korea, Doosan Robotics has created the next generation of cobots and has rolled out its flagship lineup in North America.
Four OEMs share their experiences implementing PackML in machine design and build.
May 15, 2019
Many packaging machinery manufacturers find that implementing PackML across a machine product line isn’t as difficult as first thought and that the rewards exceed expectations. By implementing PackML, OEMs experience:
North American sales of machine vision components and systems that provide vision intelligence to robots and other machines reached $2.874 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.2 percent over 2017 and a new record for the market.
Gerhard Schubert GmbH participated for the very first time and achieved the overall win for its Crailsheim plant. Ludwigsburg, the former royal residence just outside Stuttgart, Germany, hosted the event.
Piab introduces the first-generation heavy-duty adjustable bag grippers in 25 & 50kg [55 & 110 lb] payloads for palletizing plastic, woven cloth or paper bags.