Robot Sales Continue to Rise: Up 10% in 2016
The Robotics Industry Association has published statistics that show robot orders were up 10% from the year previous. This fact alone shows that robotics are becoming more affordable for businesses of all sizes. These businesses are integrating robotics and realizing the huge benefits and fast ROI they are bringing and so automation continues to prove itself as a valuable tool on production lines.
Global Predictions for Robotics in 2017
Many research groups are predicting an increase in the global robotics market, including the IDC FutureScape group. The document they released estimates continued robotic growth, specifically around 17% through 2019. This is a reflection of the fact that the robotics market is advancing in more ways than one, including the accessibility of robots to be integrated into a wide range of industries.
MotoSight 3D CanonVision Enhances Part Picking
Integrating a vision system onto your production line will provide an even more precise solution to bring a more consistent, top quality product. This is seen with Motoman's MotoSight 3D CanonVision, a hardware and software solution that uses a single 3D Vision head to quickly recognize parts. The entire system is easy to set up, program, and use, bringing a quicker time to market solution.
ABB's Robo-TiGTiP Welding Brings Innovation to the Welding Game
ABB never stops innovating and creating amazing solutions that solve customer's needs or requests. This is seen with the revolutionary welding system recently developed called Robot-TiGTiP. ABB's TiGTiPis one of the most effective robotic welding solutions bringing faster, cleaner and lower heat welds. These attributes of the TiGTiP bring some of the cleanest and highest quality welds on the manufacturing line.
Record Robot Sales in North America So Far for 2016
As technology continues to advance, robots are becoming more accessible and affordable to businesses of all sizes. This means that robot sales will continue to advance and improve, as seen with the record sales in 2016. There has been 7% increase in units and 3% increase in dollars when compared to 2015, in the United States.
Increase Your Productivity with the Masters of Material Handling: The New Motoman GP Series
Motoman's latest and greatest robotic offering is the new GP series. The series includes the GP7, GP8, and GP 12 robots that are all compact and slender to help penetrate deeply into work spaces. The GP series by Motoman also provides a large work envelope, more flexibility, and a variety of mounting options such as floor, ceiling, and wall.
Fanuc is Set to Bring Innovation to the 2016 IMTS
Fanuc is a world leader in industrial automation, bringing better and brighter innovations each year. They were able to showcase their work at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago in 2016. Fanuc's displays provided guests with a look at their most useful, up-to-date, technical information that they are bringing to production lines across the globe.
The Future of Automated Random Bin Picking
Bin picking applications are very tedious and so bringing robotic systems onto the production line will take the monotonous tasks off of workers hands. Robotic bin picking workcells can effectively handle bulk parts sorting, dangerous operations, and labor-intensive order fulfillment. Vision systems help to further increase the accuracy and precision during the bin picking process.
ABB Robots Help to Create Unique Footwear
ABB collaborated with KEEN to bring automation to footwear development. The UNEEK Robotic cell used two ABB IRB 120 robots to weave two independent cords together to create a shoe. This workcell can produce a shoe in half the time of the current production process.
Innovative Safety Solutions with ABB's SafeMove2
ABB has provided customers with an updated software solution titled SafeMove2. SafeMove2 will increase the flexibility, greater space savings, numerous cutting edge commissioning tools, and improved safety functions. The safety function of SafeMove2 include safe speed limits, standstill monitoring, axis ranges and position, and orientation supervision. This helps to decrease the overall need for fences and cages.
The Industrial Internet of Things Has Arrived
the Industrial Internet of Things is a machine-to-machine network that makes it possible to connect almost every piece of equipment in a manufacturing plant. Fanuc has labeled this FIELD (Fanuc Intelligent Edge Link and Drive) to help change factories by increasing efficiency of the equipment and consequently overall profitability. The Industrial Internet of Things is making its way across the globe and will provide a way to further increase automation services on production lines.
Superior Quality Welds and High Density Machine Tending with the New ABB IRB 1660ID
ABB listened to the customer's needs when building the ABB IRB 1660 ID robot. The ABB IRB 1660 ID robot was created to be fast and agile while also producing a top quality product on arc welding production lines. The 1660 ID is now a reliable robot seen on production lines across the globe; it is the perfect solution for high-robot density workcells and confined spaces.