Automation

Polymeric materials play a pivotal role in diverse engineering applications, from aerospace to environmental and civil engineering. However, the traditional approach to designing these materials has been experimental and often inefficient, relying on trial and error. This Edisonian method, driven by experience and intuition, comes with inherent drawbacks, including high costs, slow progress, and limited exploration of chemical space.

AI will help to drive the pace of development in robotics and automation predicts Anders Billesø Beck, VP of innovation and strategy for Universal Robots.

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) invites you to join their team of instructors as they develop educational programs and workshops for their audience of plastics professionals seeking to enhance their work skills and abilities. Instructors will lead workshops that break the mold, offering unique perspectives and insights that resonate with their audience.

Universal Robots A/S, the Danish maker of collaborative robots, launched its latest model this week in Japan –– a cobot with a 30-kg (66-pound) payload. The UR30 is the second in the firm’s new range of cobots and is built on the same architecture as its award-winning UR20 model.

A coalition of European companies has combined artificial intelligence (AI) and computer vision with an efficient decontamination process to boost the recyclability of post-consumer polypropylene food packaging.

Working with U.S. startup Inkbit, researchers in Switzerland have, for the first time, say they have found a way to 3D print slow-curing polymers.

SINAMICS S210 servo-drive provides multiple high-performance benefits to the mid-range of the processing market, the fastest-growing application segment.

The V-Carbon technology is based on a patented “chemolysis” recycling process and offers up to 85% of carbon fiber’s original strength.

Mobile workstation by AGS includes a cobot and work area for its use alongside human workers. The workstation is primarily for EOAT and gripping systems.

Leading injection molding machine makers, including Arburg, Engel and Wittmann Battenfeld, are planning to showcase their wares at Fakuma 2023 in Germany.

Growing global demand for electronics in multiple markets has pushed product manufacturers into a super cycle of shortages in key electronic components.

High-performance plastics will play a growing and vital role in advancing the use of high-tech electronics in robots for surgery and related procedures.