AUTOMATION

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Yaskawa Motoman to Expand Robot Manufacturing Headquarters

The 185,000-ft2 addition will nearly double the size of the company’s current production space in Miamisburg, Ohio.

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Stäubli Robotics AGV Receives Red Dot Design Award

The PF3 platform AGV was awarded this year’s Best Smart Product award.

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Airborne delivers composite upper stage tank for EU ENVOL project

Nine-member consortium targets development of low-cost, green vertical orbital launcher with manufacture of an ultra-lightweight composite tank design in an automated manufacturing environment.

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Fraunhofer IFAM advances automation, robotics development for large composite structures

New developments in automated or semi-automated manufacturing solutions through MFFD, CoMMaNds 2, FastFlexMont 2, Tempo and UniFix projects to achieve sustainable, efficient composite part production.

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Bio-inspired EV underbody panel developed by TPI Composites, Helicoid Industries

Composite underbody panel for battery pack protection, made of stacked multiaxial noncrimp fabric, will serve high-volume commercial and automotive markets.

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Airborne, Accudyne partner to provide automated composites solutions worldwide

The two companies have signed an MOA to collaborate on further development of digital automation systems for composites manufacturing in aerospace, renewable energy, future mobility and more.

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Engel Achieves Record Earnings

For the fiscal year ending in March, the Austrian maker of injection molding machines and automation reported earnings of euro 1.7 billion ($1.86 billion), an all-time high.

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Flexxbotics Adds Compatibility for Hurco, Siemens, Heidenhain

FlexxCNC enables machine shops to integrate Universal Robot cobots onto any machine in its shop.

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Okuma America Corporation Launches Automation Business Segment

The company will offer customers a broad range of Okuma machine tools and automation system pairings.

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Hexagon Invests in Divergent’s Autonomous, Sustainable Manufacturing

The Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS) is a fully integrated software and hardware solution, creating a complete modular digital factory that combines AI-optimized generative design software, additive manufacturing and automated assembly to build lightweight automotive parts and frames.
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