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Topics: manufacturing, UR, Universal Robots, cobots, quality assurance

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Challenge:

A laminating company needed to develop an automated glue dispensing system that would glue an 8 ft long corrugated piece of plastic onto a flat, smooth piece of plastic. This required 48 dabs of glue, or 1 dab every 2 inches across, to be applied uniformly and simultaneously. With the plastic sheet being fed continuously, the glue would be dispensed automatically after every 2 inches of feed. After rejecting a costly robotic solution, they decided to look for something more cost efficient.

Topics: bimba, bimba solutions, high yield, dispenser

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Technological progress creates constant changes in the labor market; some jobs disappear, while quite different ones occur. The robot industry spurs many new job opportunities - even for jobseekers who have perhaps become redundant in other industries. A new Robot Academy in Denmark helps the robot industry find and retrain talent into a career with companies such as Universal Robots.

Topics: Robots, collaborative robots, UR, Universal Robots, cobots

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ACHIEVE OVERALL EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVENESS (OEE) USING HYGIENIC CONVEYORS

 Efficiency in manufacturing is heavily influenced by the use of equipment. If equipment isn’t running at peak performance, then it can’t yield a large enough output to cover the initial investment. Because equipment generally interacts with both products, laborers, and conveyors that feed equipment there are multiple factors to account for when determining the effectiveness of equipment.

Topics: dorner, Dorner Conveyors,, hygienic conveyors, OEE

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Topics: solutions, PLC, HMI, energy plant, Unitronics

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Topics: humphrey products, Humphrey, valve, leaky valve, hidden costs

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Topics: collaborative robots, UR, Universal Robots, cobots, grippers

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Topics: PLC, Unitronics

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Topics: Universal Robots, cobots, cobot compliance

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Challenge:

A customer was looking for a compact design that could produce high forces in a clamping application. Solutions they had tried from other companies were causing the parts to be scratched when they were clamped.

Topics: bimba, actuators, diaphragm actuator