Automated Robotic Welding Cuts Production Time by Over 90%
A manufacturing company teamed up with a systems integration firm to significantly accelerate an infrastructure project by integrating a robotic welder with precision motion control, intelligent safety systems, and other advanced automation components.
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Demystifying Motion Control
Anyone who has ever observed a modern factory in action, whether in person or perhaps via an episode of the “How It’s Made” documentary television series, is aware of just how impressive machine automation can be. This is especially the case when witnessing robotic arms and other machine motion control, as mechanical apparatus and payloads shuttle rapidly and precisely from point to point.
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What are Industrial Automation Pilot Devices (Pushbuttons, Selector Switches, Indicating Lights, and More)?
As the industrial age dawned, machinery and equipment were controlled manually by operators pulling levers, turning hand cranks, and making similar actions and adjustments as they saw fit. Industry 1.0 was powered by water and steam, 2.0 relied on electricity and added hardwired controls, while 3.0 introduced digital-based automation. However, Industry 2.0 and onward has required updated forms of operator interface (OI), beyond basic mechanical interactions.
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Automating an Animatronic Robot
Inspired by science fiction movies featuring robots like R2-D2 and WALL-E, Justin Flynn, a controls engineer, embarked on a journey to build a personal animatronic robot named Hubert Evolution 2 (HEV2), reminiscent of Johnny 5 from the 1986 movie Short Circuit. Industrial-grade automation technologies provided a robot-building learning experience that has translated into and supplemented the author’s career.
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Efficiently Updating Pump Stations
Repair or replace: a conundrum familiar to owners of appliances, consumer electronics, cars, homes, and also industrial processing facilities. For a typical car owner, replacing a vehicle instead of repairing it is more a question of cost than risk. But for entities using industrial automation, the equation includes both cost and risk because existing equipment must be ripped out and superseded by something else, which involves downtime and the possibility that the new system won’t work as well, or at all.
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