... on an interview with engineers who developed the new technology at Honda Automobile R&D Center, the report describes the secret of the new technology. Findings The robotized FSW technology is the world's first to weld dissimilar metals for mass produced vehicles, and makes it possible to use standard...

.... Industrial robot Foundry engineering Metals Polishing Kinematics Machining Optical 3D measurement system Kinematics redundancy Foundry parts The production of high‐technology structural parts (thin walls, veins, boxes, etc.) in aluminum foundry requires highly specialized knowledge, which...

...Gustavo Escobar‐Palafox; Rosemary Gault; Keith Ridgway Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of shaped metal deposition (SMD). SMD is an additive manufacturing process which uses a robotic cell to create fully dense, near‐net shape, metallic parts directly from computer‐aided...

... © MCB UP Limited 2002 --> Welding Metals Europe Market research Keywords: Welding, Metals, Europe, Market research Latest research from Frost & Sullivan shows the European Metallic Welding Equipment Market has started to recover from the downward spiral it had...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Rivets Stäubli Metals Robots New robot tool changing system from Stäubli for piercing and metal clinching operations Keywords: Rivets, Stäubli, Metals, Robots Two recently developed techniques, self-pierce riveting and metal clinching...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Metals Intelligent systems Keywords: Metals, Intelligent systems Applicant: Amada Company, Ltd. (JP); Amada America, Inc. (USA)Patent number: US5,969,973Publication date: 19 October 1999Title:Intelligent system for generating and executing...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Metals Plastics Robots Experience leads to success Keywords: Metals, Plastics, Robots MOHR (Germany), plastics and metal working company, uses Stäubli six-axis robots in fully automated cells for metal gearshaft coating and printed...

... The robot's high precision and repeatability regulate the overspray area and guarantee finished product quality in terms of photometry. © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Metals Coatings Metal coating painting application without masking Keywords: Metals, Coatings...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Robots Machinery Metals Molten metal moved more methodically Keywords: Robots, Machinery, Metals The spline and ramp functions of the MINT motion control language have helped Dangel Robots & Machinery (Bedford, USA) to build...