Welcome to the Virtual Exhibit Hall and Robotic Demo Tour for our Robotic Welding Workshop!
While we won’t be live-streaming the guided tours of our robotics demos, we have prepared videos of the robotics demonstrations that our attendees are exploring in-person on this page. Note that guided tours will take place from approximately 11:30 AM ET – 12:30 PM ET. Please feel welcome to explore the videos during this time or during the lunch time directly following the guided tours.
Robotics Demonstrations:
Yaskawa Demo
Yaskawa is the world’s largest manufacturer of AC Inverter Drives, Servo and Motion Control, and Robotics Automation Systems. Products are marketed through direct sales, partners, representatives, dealers, and distributors. Yaskawa America, Inc. – Drives & Motion Division is a wholly-owned corporation of Yaskawa Electric Corporation of Japan. Since 1915, Yaskawa Electric has served the world needs for products to improve global productivity through Automation.
This video shows just a small sample of our Robotics Manufacturing Hub robotics demonstrations. The ARM Institute’s Robotics Manufacturing Hub provides free consulting and resources to help manufacturers understand if/how implementing robotics can enhance their competitiveness at no cost. Our team will also work with the manufacturer to prototype robotics solutions for them using our member consortium and equipment available in our high bay in Pittsburgh.
THG Automation is a solutions provider focused on a new way of thinking around robotic automation. With decades of experience, the THG-A team is no stranger to various robotic automation projects, either by sizes or type. We have supported automation projects from small shops with a single robotic cell to automotive manufacturing projects with hundreds of robots and many plants worldwide.
You can contact THG Automation by emailing Matt Hendey at [email protected].
Herrmann Ultrasonics Demo
Ultrasonic welding means joining without adhesives, screws, or heat from an outside source. During this process, material is strategically melted by means of ultrasonic vibrations so that a cohesive or form-fit joint is produced. As an economic production method with short cycle times, ultrasonic welding ensures a large degree of process control and repeatable quality results.
As a highly capable ultrasonic welding company, Herrmann Ultrasonics offers the expertise needed to meet your specific machine, system, and tooling needs. We develop high-quality machinery to perform accurate and repeatable welds for plastics, film, nonwovens, metals, and more. In addition, we’re committed to our philosophy of “BONDING MORE THAN MATERIALS.” That means that when you choose us, you aren’t just getting an expert ultrasonic welding manufacturer – you are gaining a true partner whose success is tied to yours.
To connect with Herrmann Ultrasonics, you can contact Francois Laplaine via email at [email protected].
PushCorp Demo
PushCorp’s innovative end-of-arm tooling solutions are designed to enhance automated material removal processes. In this video, we delve into the capabilities of our interactive display featuring active compliance, automatic tool changing spindles, and the versatile RI-90 rotary interface.
The vendors listed below also have tables set up at our event where you can learn more about their organization’s offerings. These vendors are not offering live demos during our event.
FANUC America
FANUC CORPORATION was founded in 1956 in Japan. We started our journey focused on the development of servo motors and CNC controls. In 1982, FANUC brought its technology to the U.S. in the form of industrial robots. Since that time, we’ve never looked back – and today FANUC is the global leader in CNC systems, robotics, and ROBOMACHINEs with over 40 million products installed worldwide.
We are robotics system integrators. We provide custom solutions and creative applications, with design, engineering, build, and integration services to meet our customers’ needs. With over 30 years’ experience in the robotics industry, KC Robotics has the expertise and financial stability to design and engineer in-house, take on unusual challenges, and ensure each system complies with RIA safety standards.
The Industrial Arts Workshop (IAW) empowers Pittsburgh-area youth and adults at the intersection of arts, community development, and workforce readiness. Through the creative process of hands-on sculpture design and welding, students develop skills and have experiences that help prepare them for the workplace – whether that be in welding, another trade, the arts, or some other field all together. Youth and adults who complete our programs will be stronger, more resilient, and prepared for a bright future.
Through the Build Back Better (BBB) Regional Challenge awarded by the U.S. Economic Development Administration to the Southwestern Pennsylvania New Economy Collaborative, the ARM Institute and RIDC are working with four regional Innovation Accelerators for robotics, formerly called Makerspaces, in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The Innovation Accelerators, located in Allegheny, Armstrong, Cambria, Indiana, and Westmoreland counties in Pennsylvania, will provide regional manufacturers and entrepreneurs with access to equipment, knowledge, and other resources.
As a private nonprofit with an economic development mission, RIDC combines a community service orientation with the entrepreneurial approach and expertise of a private sector business. RIDC partners with community leaders on development projects designed to spark transformational change.