Valk Welding, Netherlands - IFR-Partner

Offline programming increases welding production by Hekamp

The practical approach of Valk Welding and the functionalities offered by the programming system DPTS G2 persuaded father and sons Kampert of Hekamp Werktuigen en Aanbouwdelen to purchase a new welding robot system from Valk Welding.

Stäubli, USA - IFR Partner

Clearing Bottlenecks in the Mountains: A Morrill Motors Case Study

The town of Erwin is just a 2-mile hike off the Appalachian Trail where East Tennessee borders North Carolina. Native Americans once used this area, like so many communities in these mountains, as hunting ground. Even today, Erwin residents uncover arrowheads or other treasures in their gardens. Morrill Motors, located in the center of Erwin, also unearthed valuable assets recently while automating a portion of their unit-bearing motor assembly line.

Valk Welding, Netherlands - IFR-Partner

Complete welding robot cell delivered from stock within 1 week

Valk Welding was asked this summer by Hydrospex, a hydraulic heavy lifting systems producer, to deliver a welding robot with a short lead time.The company needed to weld a series of 800 tubular products for a new developed system in just a few months, a task that would involve temporarily employing 15 extra welders.

ABB, UK - IFR-Partner

Packing robot provides the muscle for Bradman Lake's new case packing system

ABB's IRB260 packing robot is at the centre of the new AX Case Packing system from Bradman-Lake Group ? specialists in the design, development and manufacturer of packaging machinery. The system provides manufacturers with a robotic case packer designed to automatically form, top load fill and close RSC and HSC style corrugated cases within one frame.

Adept, Germany - IFR Partner

Automating Solar Manufacturing: Taking Advantage of Lessons Learned

Solar Energy & Grid Parity

There's no doubt that the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry is hot. According to Solarbuzz, LLC an international solar energy research and consulting company, world solar photovoltaic (PV) market installations reached a record high of 2,826 megawatts (MW) in 2007, representing a growth of 62% over the previous year. World solar cell production reached a consolidated figure of 3,436 MW in 2007, up from 2,204 MW a year earlier. The PV industry raised nearly $10 billion in 2007 and generated $17.2 billion in global revenues in 2007. The U.S. has set 2015 as the goal to reach grid parity (that point where solar electricity is equal to grid electricity) while other nations predict reaching it as soon as 2010. Regardless it's clear there will be an exploding demand for PV electricity in the near future.

2-5 Jul, 2009

ICINCO 2009

The 6th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO) brings together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the application of informatics to Control, Automation and Robotics.

24-27 Jul, 2009

Robotics World Show 2009

The core mission of the "Robotics World Show 09" is to promote and elevate the domestic and global players operating in the robotics sector

5-8 Aug, 2009

TIROS 2009

TIROS, a mega show of robotics, is the most professional robotics event in Taiwan organized by Robotics Association Taiwan (ROBOAT).

15-29 Oct, 2009

Netherlands: RAB IFR-Industry Association

Following the highly successful seminars of 2007 and 2008, the Robotics Association Benelux (RAB) - the sector association of manufacturers, suppliers and system integrators of Industrial Robots - , will organize the Robot Safety Seminar 2009.

26-28 Oct, 2009

National Robot Safety Conference XXI

RIA holds its annual National Robot Safety Conference, helping attendees understand and comply with the robot and machine safety standards to keep their workplace safe and productive.