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, by Steve Coulter Why We Focused On The Threads
Of course the face of the sensor needs to be protected from weld spatter - since one fused molten BB on the face could quickly...
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, by Jim Ryan Bring Us to Your Shop to Train Your Staff in Proxes and Wiring
We will come to you and give your techs one hour of totally hands-on training on proxes, wiring, mounts, cabling, and cable protection. The cost...
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, by Jim Ryan How Inductive Proximity Sensors Work - Part 1
Proxes detect metals. They ignore non-metals. How? Let's get into it. This will be a short series of posts. This first post presents the basic...
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, by Steve Coulter M12 cable that can survive in weld cells
See this comparison of destructive testing - we connected a competitor's cable (right) to our SUPERGRADE cable (left) and ran several beads of high-spatter welds...
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, by Jim Ryan TIG Cobot
Matt Bush reports on yet another success with cobots, this time with TIG welding.
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, by Jim Ryan Galvanized Steel and Galvannealed Steel
Eziil compares the two.
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, by Jim Ryan The Power of the Arm
RoboDK takes a look at the importance of industrial robotic arms as industrial automation moves toward Industry 4.0. Robots.com also takes a look at robot...
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, by Jim Ryan Customer Uses Our Mount and Sensor Cleverly
What do you do when you are replacing a proximity sensor and mount that just kept failing but the location is one where the better...
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, by Jim Ryan Cobots, Robots...
Mat Dirjish has more on choosing between cobot and robot and Paul Richards has an article on what to look for in a cobot.
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, by Jim Ryan In Weld Cells Today - Edge Detection Under Extreme Conditions
Here are six photos of one of our ACTIVSTONE coated sensors, in an ACTIVSTONE coated mount, along with our ACTIVFLEX cable protection.The sensor detects the edge...
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, by Jim Ryan In Weld Cells Today - Our ACTIVFLEX Cable Protection
Here is our cable protection after nine months in a weld cell. Now, we can't stop gravity from having weld slag stick around. But watch...
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, by Jim Ryan In Weld Cells Today - Our 40 mm Cube Mount, 30M Sensor, and Cable Protection
Here is a nice shot from above of our sensor, cube mount, and cable protection, holding up nicely under the duress of weld slag after...
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, by Jim Ryan In Weld Cells Today - Our Flat Pack Takes Abuse
As I mentioned, we are on tour of several factories this week, talking with several teams about their weld cells. Here are a couple of...
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, by Jim Ryan Miller on Optimizing Weld Cells: Secondary Circuit Wear
It's great to see good, in-depth articles on weld cells from vendors, such as the one by Tregaskiss on reducing downtime that we discusses a...
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, by Jim Ryan Semiautomatic Welding
We noted before Austin Weber's article on semiautomatic welding as a good option for some shops. It bears remention. "Fully automated welding is often not...
