In a pair of announcements, Boston Dynamics today announced collaborations with several companies that would allow the company’s Spot Robot platform to help automate tasks in the construction industry. Trimble and Hilti plan to integrate its construction management software solutions, GNSS technology and reality capture devices with the Spot platform, and HoloBuilder ...
PHILADELPHIA – Exyn Technologies, which develops autonomous aerial robot systems for complex, recently announced the success of a mission that collected data from a previously inaccessible area in a historic gold mine that has been inactive since the 1940s. Data collected from the mission was able to provide precise locations of more than 70-year-old underground worki...
Three clamshell grapples for block stone were developed by Professional at a custom order from a French construction company. The attachments have a payload of 2500 kg and a maximum rock size of 1800 mm. These grabs will be used for the construction of a breakwater complex from 21 blocks, each weighing 16 thousand tons and with a total length of 1150 meters, located on t...
PROPATECH VCI T1500 and T3000 corrosion protection films have been studied to be very effective and with excellent mechanical performance even with a reduction in plastic as much as 30%. This means important savings in terms of material and also a reduction in disposal costs and consequent significant reduction in environmental impact. We can understand that the big adv...
Currently, a fourth warehouse space is being built, which will also include the PROMStahl brand docks.The first of them was put into use in 2017. The assembly of loading systems in two other halls was finished at the end of 2018. This is another implementation for Hillwood. In hall No 2 there are 9 hydraulic dock levelers type PS, designed in accordance with the clie...
Before using metal 3D printing technology, engineers first machined the main casing and then welded some of the side wall structures together by welding, so the entire fuel injection seat was particularly simple and cumbersome. Existing 3D printing processing features: (1) Adopting the design idea of 3D printing, the structural design has more possibilities, and finally ...
HBD metal 3D printers could help dental laboratories to go further towards digital dentistry. As a leading expert in laser industry, HBD is proud to provide the dental industry not only the prominent printer, but also a complete solution on digital dental printing. Till now, we have taken more than 30% of the Chinese market, and we are expanding to overseas market, su...
TECAM's new corporate identity simplifies and updates its graphic image, providing it with attributes that transmit the image of a leading company in innovation for hazardous waste and emissions treatment. A differential image, designed to compete in international markets. The new image enhances and transmits the attributes and values that have made the Spanish company s...
Windows 7 support officially ends today. After support ends, the operating system will no longer receive security updates, technical support, or any software updates. Some people estimate that 300 million computers are still running Windows 7 operating system. On January 14, 2020, Windows 7 support officially ended. Microsoft has repeatedly warned people to help them...
Already since the 1980ies, Nussbaum has been using CLOOS welding robots. On the occasion of the 75th company anniversary the manufacturer of lifting platforms, situated in Kehl, Baden-Württemberg, modernised its production comprehensively. The target was to increase the productivity and efficiency of the production processes to improve the competitiveness. In 2018, the s...
Heading towards 2020! REP wants to thank all its customers, collaborators and employees, who participated throughout the year in the company's performance and development. Working with and for you is always as pleasant and inspiring as ever! We wish a bright New Year 2020 to all of you!
When the Spring Festival is coming, we exported a batch of filter cartridges to Japan.
In the process of building a smart city, the application of edge cloud computing is huge. Under the framework of edge cloud computing, the entire smart city system can be divided into three layers: acquisition layer, sensing layer and application layer. At the acquisition level, the massive surveillance camera captures the original video and transmits it to the neare...
The company recently announced they would be investing in the Hive, a Silicon Valley incubator focused on AI applications for industrial automation. DirectIndustry e-magazine interviewed Michel Huy, Director of Information Software and Processes for Rockwell Automation. DirectIndustry e-magazine: Why is Rockwell turning towards AI? Michel HUY: We decided to invest...
Life is like a tree’s growing stage,from a tiny seed,with water,soil,sunshine & fertiliser, it will grow to a smaller one with leaves, then split up with branches and finally a giant one. Human beings are getting old as time goes by, for those who did not lucky as we are, they don’t have a sweet home, they don’t have descendants or for some reasons, fortunately they can...
Using Siemens’ Xcelerator platform, Navantia will implement a comprehensive digital twin for its new F-110 Frigate program, thus meeting the Spanish navy requirements. Siemens is the only industrial supplier who has been able to present an end-to-end project that virtually covers the whole lifecycle process of a vessel: form the initial conception and simulation until th...
With that, we are excited to announce that we are expanding our operations into Europe. Our launch starts in the Netherlands and in the coming weeks, local carriers and drivers will be able to book and move their first loads with Uber Freight. From there, we plan to expand access in other parts of Europe in the near future. When we launched the Uber Freight app in the U...
Their goal? To create an “augmented worker” who can focus on the most interesting and valuable tasks while the machine handles the easiest cases where a high level of expertise is not required. The idea is to create a system that enables the semi-automation of repetitive and visual tasks with a human ultimately remaining at the helm of the project. Célia Sampol, Editor-i...
Handle is a mobile manipulation robot designed for logistics. Handle autonomously performs mixed SKU pallet building and depalletizing after initialization and localizing against the pallets. The on-board vision system on Handle tracks the marked pallets for navigation and finds individual boxes for grasping and placing. When Handle places a boxes onto a pallet, it us...
Something’s Brewing Dogfish Head Craft Brewery – “off-centered goodness for off-centered people” – pushes the boundaries of beer. They’re bold. They tell stories. They buck the mainstream and use unconventional ingredients. Kodak and Dogfish Head Craft Brewing teamed up for an adventure with alternative processing, using the recently announced SuperEIGHT beer to develo...
After an initial development and production phase and preliminary verification of subsystem performance in France, Thales began delivery and installation of the world’s most powerful laser system at the Măgurele facility near Bucharest in late 2016. This system is designed to generate twin laser beams of 10 PW each and will be the core instrument of a unique new advanced...
Ultrafast lasers with pulse durations in the picosecond and femtosecond range have experienced a major boom over the past few years. Several innovations in process technology permit ultrafast laser processes to be used in industrial fields such as consumer electronics. Multi-100-W ultrafast lasers are now available, which allow significant scaling of many processes. T...
Markforged, a leading manufacturer of industrial 3D printers, today announced that it has closed an $82 million Series D round of funding led by Summit Partners with participation from existing strategic and financial partners, including Matrix Partners; M12, Microsoft’s Venture Fund; Next47; and Porsche SE. Markforged will use the additional capital to help accelerate i...
DirectIndustry e-mgazine: Why do you think France is not yet ready for electric cars? Luis LE MOYNE: First of all, we are far from being the worst in Europe. We are clearly behind the Nordic countries. Countries where electricity is renewable and cheap have had a strong interest in switching to autonomous vehicles for a long time. In France, electricity and the nature...
RFID can be understood as a simple wireless system. Its basic components include tags, readers, and antennas. The tag is also called an electronic tag (it is different from the PTL electronic tag). The working principle is to attach an RFID tag containing an RFID radio frequency part and an antenna loop to each item. After the article with the tag enters the artificially...
The need for high reliability, repeatability, and efficiency are common to most industrial processes. But what’s different about lumber processing is that every workpiece is unique, because no two logs have the same physical properties. Yet, finished products must be extremely consistent. Woodgrain Millwork, a family-owned millwork company based in Fruitland, Id., has be...
The company is to develop a “custom integrated solution” that pairs Realtime Robotics’ smart motion planning technology with Mitsubishi Electric’s industrial and collaborative robot product lines. The intelligent robots will be on display at iREX later this month and there will be a series of demonstrations showcasing the motion-planning technology in action. Despi...
PROBLEM : Isolated temporary construction sites – the electricity is supplied either by a generator set or by an expensive temporary connection to the national grid. A major French civil engineering company wished to be able to supply its construction site facilities with the aim of improving energy efficiency and promoting sustainable development. PROJECT : ...
Thank you for all your support to MC Motor in 2019, the Christmas and New Year holiday is coming near once again. We would like to extend our warm wishes for the upcoming holiday season and would like to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. May your New Year be filled with special moment, warmth, peace and happiness, the joy of cover...
Its operation is controlled by sensitive electronic devices that can be highly damaged by transient surges. Therefore, from the point of view of lightning protection they are high-risks installations. Aplicaciones Tecnológicas S.A. has all the elements available to achieve the best protection for solar plants: effective lightning rods for capturing lightning, special ...
Neal Agar and Ellie O’Hare represented the company at a gala dinner at the Beaulieu motor museum, to mark this prestigious achievement. Judged by independent industry experts and peers, the EEF Future Manufacturing Awards are the most established and respected of their kind, giving real recognition to businesses that demonstrate a commitment to the future of UK manufa...
Switzerland, Losone, December 2019. DIAMOND SA, the leader in high precision fiber optic interconnect solutions, is pleased to introduce the Expanded Beam (XB) lensed ferrule series. As the newest addition to the company’s well-established fiber optic product range, the new XB series offers revolutionary lensed ferrule technology, ensuring reliable and maintenance-free o...
Waste rubber has become synonymous with black pollution, polluting the environment and occupying more land. The data shows that only 45% of the waste tires are recycled and resourced. The increasingly severe black pollution poses a serious threat to the ecological environment. In addition, the lack of rubber resources and the recycling of used tires are necessary for the...
Extensive, inaccurate and costly manual work, total waste of material: Up to now, many processes in aircraft construction have been carried out manually or only semi-automatically. This includes the filling of industrial hexagonal structures, so called "honeycombs", which are essential for interior fittings. They form the core of the commonly used sandwich components. On...
Violet laser sensor heads use the shortest visible wavelength and enhanced software intelligence to extend the range of materials which can be measured by our GapGun Pro and Vectro systems. Auto-makers now have a single tool for all inline gap and flush measurements, including light clusters, chrome headlights, tail lights, and all other common automotive surface finishe...
The industrial chain of laser processing has formed a complete ecological chain of laser processing from enterprises producing core lasers upstream to enterprises producing various kinds of laser processing equipment and then to enterprises providing laser processing services. With its excellent processing performance and high efficiency, more and more laser processing ...
