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ROBOTS

Robots raising global competition

Monday 01 March 2010

A custom turnkey solution helps this SME bakery become more competitive on a global level, writes Rachael Oates.


Managing plant automation and control

Tuesday 09 February 2010

You could win one of these valuable process, control and automation engineering textbooks by answering the following simple question: what does 'CNC' stand for? Email your answer to sarah.falson@reedbusiness.com.au


ABB robots help Electrolux save production line energy

Monday 08 February 2010

Electrolux has been able to achieve substantial energy savings of up to 15 percent when compared to the old production line process by using ABB robots.


Smallest ever ABB multipurpose industrial robot

Wednesday 23 September 2009

ABB has revealed its smallest ever multipurpose industrial robot, the compact and lightweight six-axis IRB 120, weighing only 25kg.


The safety onus

Thursday 13 August 2009

The topic of safety has been bandied around a lot lately due to the economic crisis. Some companies are investing in safety systems to avoid the overhead of expensive occupational health and safety (OHS) law suits, while others aren’t factoring it into their lowering budgets, preferring to see it


Robots increase productivity 40% for spray paint facility

Thursday 18 June 2009

After having difficulty finding qualified and skilled staff for his spray painting facility, Hilustre Coatings Pty Ltd general manager, Peter Harrison, investigated the possibility of using robots to replace humans, and realised a 40 per cent increase in productivity.


Power pack DC servo motor for automation applications

Friday 22 May 2009

As an addition to its range of top-end DC Servo motors, maxon motor has launched the RE 50, which the company claims is an extremely high density 200W power pack, wrapped into bare minimum dimensions.


ABB to unveil IRB 4600 robot at NMW 2009

Tuesday 28 April 2009

ABB’s new IRB 4600 robot – which has been described as the fastest, most accurate, low-weight, medium-sized robot ever with a 20 kg to 60 kg payload – will be revealed to the industry at National Manufacturing Week (NMW) 2009 in May in Melbourne.


SPC Ardmona cans in safe hands

Monday 27 April 2009

When Australian cannery SPC Ardmona switched its palletising system, it found other advantages other than just packing more pallets. The new system also opened up opportunities for new business.


Bin-picking robot for materials handling tasks

Thursday 29 January 2009

ABB has developed an exciting automation robot that can perform random bin-picking tasks, locating jumbled materials from bins, which is designed for various applications including materials handling tasks.


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