Industrial robotics and automation systems for global manufacturing operations.
KUKA is a global manufacturer of industrial robots and automation systems, generating approximately 4 billion euros in annual revenue with operations across manufacturing, logistics, and automotive sectors. Their MarketScale channel provides content on robotic automation, production line integration, and industrial IoT for engineers and operations buyers. Coverage includes collaborative robots, system integration, and factory automation strategies.
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Revolutionizing Press Automation: The Comprehensive KUKA.PressAutomation Solution
One of the major hurdles manufacturers face today is integrating, optimizing, and maintaining press automation systems. From ensuring high cycle speed stability to managing the complex task of part transfer, manufacturers are constantly on the lookout for ways to streamline operations and enhance productivity. This urgent need for better press automation tools is met by…
Optimizing Welding Quality with KUKA.EqualizingTech: The Future of Industrial Manufacturing
For manufacturers, achieving consistently high welding quality is a complex problem. Any slight misalignment or miscalculation in force can lead to bending of sheet metal, inaccurate welding force, and ultimately, defective welds. Traditional welding guns use mechanical equalizing systems to combat these issues, but this solution isn’t without its drawbacks. These systems are often complicated,…
Transforming Aluminum Resistance Welding: Introducing KUKA.RoboSpin
In manufacturing, the complexity and challenges of welding aluminum components have long been a roadblock. Aluminum’s inherent properties, including surface oxidation and the propensity to build up caps, interfere with welding quality and efficiency. This not only increases time and cost but also shortens the lifespan of welding tips. KUKA, an industrial automation pioneer, has…
Unleashing the Future of Automotive Manufacturing with KUKA.ServoGunAdvanced
In today’s advanced automotive manufacturing landscape, the emphasis on the use of lightweight materials such as high-strength steel grades, aluminum, and aluminum alloys has never been greater. As industries evolve, they necessitate the development of innovative technologies to ensure the highest quality spot welds, given these materials require a high degree of force accuracy. For…
Revolutionizing Welding Calibration: The Efficient, Precise, and Flexible KUKA.ServoGun
The world of manufacturing is continuously challenged by the demand for precision, efficiency, and reliability. Especially in welding operations, the quality of results heavily depends on achieving accurate and consistent pressures, which can be a labor-intensive and time-consuming process. This is where the KUKA.ServoGun steps in, fundamentally transforming the traditional welding calibration process to drive…
Mastering Precision in Spot Welding Operations: KUKA.ServoGunBasic Streamlines Manufacturing
Industrial manufacturers face a myriad of challenges, with one of the most critical being achieving consistent, high-quality spot welding. Factors such as gun positioning, weld force, and dynamic gun compensation directly impact the quality and integrity of the welds. Manufacturers have long depended on standard torque-controlled guns, which use motor current to reach the target…
Revolutionizing Manufacturing: The Power of KUKA’s ServoGun Family For Spot Welding
In the high-speed and precision-demanding world of manufacturing, any slight error in spot welding can result in costly and time-consuming reworks, and even product recalls. Manufacturers are constantly challenged with maintaining consistent welding quality, dealing with hard-to-weld materials, minimizing maintenance costs, and preventing rapid welding tip wear. The ultimate solution to these problems lies not…
Pioneering Medium Payload Automation: Unveiling KUKA’s KR IONTEC
In the evolving world of industrial automation, manufacturers grapple with the need for flexible, efficient, and future-proof solutions that can handle a diverse range of tasks without compromising performance. Enter KUKA’s groundbreaking solution – the KR IONTEC. This robot is setting new standards in the medium payload automation range and addressing manufacturing challenges with superior…
Artificial Intelligence Challenge: These are the finalists for the 2021 KUKA Innovation Award
Innovations centered on the megatrend of artificial intelligence (AI): the finalists for the 2021 KUKA Innovation Award have been selected. Five teams convinced the international jury with their robotics concepts on the topic of AI. A monetary prize of 20,000 euro awaits the winner. AI is becoming increasingly important for industry – and the combination…
Artificial Intelligence Challenge: These are the finalists for the 2021 KUKA Innovation Award
Innovations centered on the megatrend of artificial intelligence (AI): the finalists for the 2021 KUKA Innovation Award have been selected. Five teams convinced the international jury with their robotics concepts on the topic of AI. A monetary prize of 20,000 euro awaits the winner. AI is becoming increasingly important for industry – and the combination…
KUKA Receives Major Order for Body-in-White Production of the ID. BUZZ from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is focusing on electromobility and with the ID. BUZZ brings its classic, the Bulli, to the road as a fully electric version. KUKA is responsible for the planning, delivery, assembly and commissioning of a fully automated body shop system for the underbody of the all-electric ID. BUZZ. Most of the systems are…
Signs of Recovery After COVID-19 Shutdown: KUKA Robotics Orders Received Increase in the Third Quarter
Following the downturn due to COVID-19, positive developments between July and September. Orders received in third quarter 20.4% higher year-on-year. Book-to-bill ratio at 1.09 (Q3/19: 0.75). CEO Peter Mohnen: “KUKA has performed convincingly despite extremely difficult market conditions, but challenging months lie ahead of us.” Following the economic downturn in the first half of the year due to…
KUKA to Deliver 185 Robots to Automotive Supplier SEOJIN Industrial
On account of the positive experience gained in previous cooperation, Korean automotive supplier SEOJIN Industrial, which manufactures for Hyundai and Kia, among others, has placed a major order with KUKA: 185 KUKA robots, mainly from the KR QUANTEC series, will soon be used in Korea for welding and handling tasks. The Korean company SEOJIN Industrial…
Orange Intelligenz: How KUKA Robotics Works Together to Set Up Partners for Success
Robots always have seemed like something far off in the future, but advances in automation technology have put automation and robotics within reach of nearly any business. The pace at which that technology is changing has made automation at scale a much more affordable proposition and much for a user to get under their…