Lights-Out Manufacturing: How to Get Your CNC Shop Running 24/7
Most CNC shops operate 40 hours a week. The machines they own are capable of running 168. That gap is 128 hours of idle…
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Going to Westec 2021? Don’t Miss These Booths Demonstrating Automation and IIoT Together
Two of Absolute’s partners, Productive Robotics and Scytec Consulting, will be exhibiting together in Scytec’s booth Booth #1617 at Westec 2021 in Long Beach, California,…
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Step 7: Successfully Implement Cobots
Risk Assessment It’s hard to believe but OSHA has not published standardized risk assessment regulations pertaining to collaborative robots (cobots), although it likely won’t…
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Step 6: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
Do Cobots Need Maintenance Like Industrial Robots? Everything mechanical eventually needs some type of maintenance, and nobody should tell you otherwise. Collaborative Robots, or…
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Step 5: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
Vision: Should You Go There? For those that have not taken the first step to implement 2D, 2.5D, or 3D vision into their manufacturing…
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Step 3: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
How is the Work Staged? It Should Be All Part of the Master Plan Most manufacturers don’t understand — and sometimes underestimate the importance…
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Step 1: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
By now everyone knows what a Cobot is, but many aren’t sure if they are ready, or if they are, how to successfully go…
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How Can the OB7 Make Your CNC Operations More Efficient and Profitable?
Automation is one of the biggest trends in the CNC machining industry, as more and more companies discover that integrating robotics with their CNC…
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Turning Towards Automation
Absolute Machine Tools maximizes profitability in the precision production turning industry by matching the right part to the right machine. This means partnering with…
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Swiss Machine Shop Automation: Bar Feeders, Cobots, and More
In today’s competitive marketplace, manufacturers need to find ways to increase productivity and efficiency. One way to do this is by adding automation to…
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The OB7 Cobot Makes it Easy to Maintain Social Distancing on the Shop Floor
The spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus has manufacturers all over the U.S. scrambling to figure out ways to protect their employees and still maintain…
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OB7 Collaborative Robot: Affordable. Easy to Use. Immediate Automation
The moment Productive Robotics’ OB7 is delivered to your door, you have all the equipment needed to connect it to your CNC machine. OB7’s…
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Absolute to Co-Exhibit LoadMate Plus™ with Mitsubishi Electric Automation at Automate 2022
The Absolute Machine Tools’ Automation Team is excited to co-exhibit the LoadMate Plus™ Machine Tending Robotics Cell with our partner Mitsubishi Electric Automation (MEA)…
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Safety Advantages of Automating Vertical Turning Centers and Lathes
Vertical turning centers and lathes (VTCs and VTLs) are large, heavy-duty machine tools that often require a forklift or overhead crane to lift and…
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Gun Drilling Automation: Robotic Cells for Deep Hole Drilling
When it comes to precision engineering, deep hole drilling and gun drilling stand out as processes that demand not only expertise but also a…
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How to Calculate ROI to Justify a Collaborative Robot from Absolute Machine Tools
A cobot typically delivers ROI within 6 months — but every shop’s costs are different. The calculation depends on your labor costs, current cycle…
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Watch Gun Drill Automation Cell LIVE Demo at IMTS 2022 in Booth #338519
Absolute Machine Tools will demonstrate an automated gun barrel cell at IMTS 2022 in Booth #338519! This cell consists of a Precihole GVN Series…
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Production Machining Magazine Readers Choose November Cover as Favorite of 2020
We are very proud of our own Nicole Conrad, who took the photo for the cover of Production Machining magazine’s November issue. That cover…
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Job Shop Automation Leaping Forward
With the combined influence of Industry 4.0, the continued lack of skilled manufacturing labor and the COVID pandemic, the automation of job shops is taking an accelerated leap forward. Curious…
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The Anatomy of the OB7 Cobot
Absolute Machine Tools is proud to distribute and service the OB7, a family of independent 7-axis collaborative robots, or “cobots,” from Productive Robotics. Cobots…
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Absolute Machine Tools Earns Diamond Partner Status from Mitsubishi Electric Automation
Absolute Machine Tools Inc. is proud to have earned the title of Diamond Partner Systems Integrator from Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. As an affiliate…
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10 Most Commonly Asked Questions About OB7 Collaborative Robots
Absolute Machine Tools is proud to partner with Productive Robotics, in Santa Barbara, California, to offer smart, affordable and easy-to-use collaborative automation solutions. This Q&A…
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Absolute and Productive Robotics Showcase OB7 Cobots at Automate 2022
Absolute Machine Tools is excited to join Productive Robotics in their booth #626 at Automate 2022, the nation’s largest showcase of automation technology! This…
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Productive Robotics Continually Improving Collaborative Robots
Absolute Machine Tools is a proud distributor of Productive Robotics collaborative robots for machine tool end-users throughout the United States. Productive Robotics is continually…
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Step 8: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
Review: They say this is the Future of Manufacturing … So how do you know you did it right? Now that you’ve made it…
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Lights-Out Wire EDM: How One Job Shop Doubled Output with a Cobot
The Challenge: Demand Outpacing Production As a full-service machine shop, True Precision Machining promises quality control, quick turnaround time and innovative solutions to meet…
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How a Small Job Shop Automated Short-Run Parts Production with a Cobot
There is a myth in manufacturing that robots are only needed for high volume parts manufacturing. Robots whose speeds are measured in g-force with…
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OB7 Cobot Software Update Adds 50 Operational and Ease-of-Use Features
A new OB7 cobot software update added 50 operational and ease-of-use features to the Productive Robotics line of collaborative robots. The software updates enhance…
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From 9 Hours to 76 Hours of Weekly Production with Cobot Machine Tending
Ventura, California-based Swiss Productions Inc. began nearly 40 years ago as a family owned company in a 750-square-foot facility with 5 screw machines. Today,…
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Automation That Drills Deep
Precihole Machine Tools, a global leader in deep hole drilling and hole finishing technologies has been on the forefront of integrating automation and robotics…
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Step 4: Successfully Implement a Cobot into your Operations
Picking the Proper End-effector is an Important Additional Cost to Consider When Purchasing a Cobot End-effectors — EAOT — grippers — whatever you want…
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Lenkbar and Our Cognex Vision System Abilities
Manufacturers are constantly searching for reliable and consistent solutions to everyday problems. It’s what manufacturing is based upon: solving problems; making things people want;…
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Start Simple in Your Shop’s Automation Journey
Shops that don’t have automation want to get into it, but many are apprehensive. Why? It’s because often shops are led into an automation…
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Absolute Joins the Association for Advancing Automation
Absolute Machine Tools is pleased to announce that we have joined the Association for Advancing Automation (A3) at the Gold Level. A3 is the…
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Absolute Works With LCCC for Automation, Robotics Training
Absolute Machine Tools is proud to have helped design the curriculum for Lorain County Community College’s Bachelor of Applied Science in Smart Industrial Automated…
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Training the Next Generation in Automation — Featuring 20-year-old Emily Graven
Twenty-year-old Emily Graven started her internship here at Absolute Machine Tools when she was a 17-year-old junior in high school. Emily was attending high…
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Benefits of Cobots You May Not Know
Everyone has heard the same basic spiel about the benefits of using cobots, such as they increase productivity resulting in a healthier bottom line,…
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Improve Machine Performance, Demand Response and Competitiveness
Introducing Mitsubishi’s LoadMate Plus™ Machine Tending Robotic Cell for CNC applications. Load, unload, and palletize your parts in any low-to-high volume application. This cost-effective…
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How OB7’s Smart CNC Integration Elevates Production
The manufacturing landscape is on the cusp of a new dawn, where the synergy between man and machine isn’t just a sci-fi premise —…
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Go Small or Go Big … We’ve Got Your Automation Turnkey Solutions
Customers with larger automated turnkey projects partner with Absolute for competitive cost-effective engineered solutions. But our commitment to your success doesn’t stop there. Together…
