Automation

Few manufacturing environments take full advantage of relevant data, which leaves much room for improvement.

The new pick-and-place robotic equipment is engineered to deliver high-volume production of an enclosed blade cutter for a large international retailer.

An integrated automation system from CBW Automation (Fort Collins, CO) increased Huhtamaki's output by 50% and added flexibility.

Tessy Plastics Corp. (Skaneateles, NY) announced today the acquisitions of NuTec Tooling Systems Inc. (Meadville, PA) and Custom Tool & Design (Erie, PA).

Over-molding hypodermic needles and automating the production process reduced cost and improved productivity.

Robots were shipped to North American companies in record numbers last year, with almost half going to non-automotive companies.

Rowa Technologies (Kelberg, Germany) relied on plastic motion components from igus (Providence, RI) to develop a safe, reliable and quiet automated system to package prescription pills.

Hahn Plastics Automation Inc., based in Avon, CT, is the newly established U.S. division of Hahn Group (Rheinbollen, Germany), representing injection molding machine (IMM) automation specialists Waldorf Technik and Geku of Germany and Wemo of Sweden.

Toshiba Machine (Elk Grove Village, IL) will conduct live demos of an automated medical molding cell at the heart of which is the EC110SXIII, a 110-ton, all-electric injection molding machine equipped with the new Injectvisor V70, the company's...

A historic unemployment rate has a downside that will spill into 2019: Companies continue to have challenges finding skilled employees, as the economic expansion steams ahead and baby boomers retire en masse.