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Across all industries, companies are facing the increasing challenge of finding qualified manual welders. At the same time, the requirements for quality, flexibility and efficiency are constantly growing.
read more...ABB invests in Scalable Robotics
ABB is entering into a strategic partnership with US start-up Scalable Robotics to expand its range of robotic welding solutions.
read more...Together with the Chair of Production Systems (LPS), Schmöle is developing a new process for manufacturing spiral finned tubes for heat exchangers. In addition to an ergonomic improvement for the employees, the manufacturing process is to become more flexible, allowing the heat exchangers to be adapted more individually to their later place of use.
read more...Combating the shortage of skilled workers
The shortage of skilled workers is a growing concern for companies in Germany and has reached record levels since the beginning of the year. Qualified junior staff such as welders, mechanics and electricians are desperately sought after - worldwide.
read more...Universal Robots President Kim Povlsen took the time for an interview at the Automatica robotics trade fair. The conversation with INDUSTRIAL Production editor-in-chief Daniel Schilling focused on new cobot trends, welding technology and the UR partner network.
read more...Occupational health and safety
Eurolaser is one of the best-known players on the international market for laser processing systems. For Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Kluczinski, who founded the company in 1994, the primary goal was to establish laser technology for material processing.
read more...Tables have a long tradition in work planning. In the search for empirical values, work planners spend valuable time on values that are inaccurate and not very reliable in production practice.
read more...Robotics can help small and medium-sized companies to compensate for the shortage of skilled workers in the welding industry.
read more...Kawasaki Robotics has a 300m2 stand at Automatica. Among other things, an arc welding system with linear axis and positioner from the K-Track and K-Positioner series will be on display.
read more...In automotive development, functional lightweight construction is considered to play a decisive role in the efficient use of resources and energy.
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