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ArticleRobotics controller from ABB looks to boost speed and cut energy
ABB Robotics has launched OmniCore, an intelligent automation platform designed for gluing, laser cutting, and other precise processes. It claims to operate up to 25% faster with 20% less energy than the previous ABB controller.
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ArticleStart-ups invited to compete in ABB Robotics’ global robotics and AI challenge
ABB Robotics has launched its 2024 Robotics AI Startup Challenge, through which start-ups and scale-ups can nominate their artificial intelligence solutions for a $30,000 (€27,594.15) prize fund, alongside partnership and investment opportunities.
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ArticleHigh payload pick-and-place robot unveiled by ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics has added the IRB 930, a pick-and-place robot consisting of three variants for handling 12kg and 22kg payloads, to its industrial SCARA portfolio for applications in packaging, manufacturing, and more.
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ArticleABB to build Swedish robotics hub to optimise output, lower emissions, and save resources
ABB will invest $280 million into a new, state-of-the-art Robotics Campus in Västerås, Sweden in an effort to expand its production capacity by 50%, boost its supply to the European market, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and conserve resources.
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ArticleABB reveals new robot bringing together industrial and collaborative abilities
ABB has released its SWIFTI CRB 1300 industrial collaborative robot, featuring an expanded load-handling capacity of up to 11kg and such features as palletising and pick-and-place in a solution expected to bridge the gap between industrial and collaborative robots.
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ArticleABB launches five axis Delta robot with aim of increasing speed in lightweight packaging
ABB Robotics & Discrete Automation is launching its new five axis Delta robot, which it expects to increase the speed and efficiency of packaging lightweight products on factory lines.
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ArticleHow is the Italian packaging industry preparing for a new era of label information requirements?
As Italy’s deadline requiring companies to inform consumers of the material contents and final destination of their packaging approaches, Giunko launches a QR- or barcode-enabled label that connects to an online database of geolocated information.
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ArticleZume partners with ABB to scale ‘100% compostable’ packaging
ABB Robotics announces its agreement with Zume to scale and automate the production of plant-based packaging that the companies claim is a fully compostable and cost-effective alternative to single-use plastics.
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ArticleBuilding a more resilient packaging supply chain
In this comment piece, PreScouter Technical Director, Dr Sofiane Boukhalfa discusses challenges and opportunities for the packaging supply chain to build resilience that will reverberate across industries following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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ArticleABB PackLog.Now virtual summit to reveal how flexible automation is transforming the future of packaging and logistics
In our latest Innovation Spotlight, digital technology expert ABB introduces a dedicated virtual summit exploring the exciting future for robotic automation in the packaging and logistics industry.
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ArticleABB aims to support shorter delivery times for e-commerce with new application cell
With the launch of its FlexBuffer application cell, ABB hopes to respond to growing consumer demand for choice, flexibility and fast delivery.
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ArticleHow robots can help meet the opportunities of change
In this comment piece, Roy Fraser, Global Product Manager for ABB, explains how robotic automation is providing the answer to meeting the opportunities facing the retail and distribution value chain.
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ArticleShifting the paradigm of packaging progress
Fin Slater unpacks some of the key innovations that have been recently announced by companies in the machinery sector.
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ArticleThe digitalisation of food palletising
The technological and social revolutions of the past few decades have completely reshaped industry. The food packaging and palletising industry is no exception.
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ArticleA Glimpse of the Industry of the Future
Flexible, secure and collaborative. These were the technological solutions presented by ABB at the 17th edition of Hispack. The company is committed to digitalisation through innovation and technology.