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Paint Shop with EcoQPower Requires About 21% Less Energy to Operate
![EcoQPower energy network, EcoQPower, Dürr, paint shop, Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics, sustainability, EU Taxonomy requirements, Jens Oliver Reiner, Green Deal,](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Picture2-300x150.png)
Dürr builds the first EU Taxonomy-compliant paint shop. Optimized with EcoQPower for a German vehicle manufacturer, the company emits fewer greenhouse gases than a paint shop without the energy network system.
New All-in-One Innovative Powder Center Features Breakthrough Technology
![Gema, OptiCenter All-in-One OC11 powder management system, OptiSpeeder powder hoppers, Smart Inline Technology (SIT) dense phase powder delivery, MultiColor Switch, OptiSpray All-in-One powder application pump](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Gema-OptiCenter-All-in-One-OC11-300x150.jpg)
The new OptiCenter All-in-One OC11 powder management system from Gema allows users to coat two independent colors in ultra-fast succession using Gema’s MultiColor Switch, or simultaneously from both powder hoppers.
New Powder Application Pump with Breakthrough Technology
![Gema’s OptiSpray All-in-One, OptiCenter All-in-One OC10 and OC11, Gema USA, powder coating, PowerBoost, Precise Charge Control](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Gema-OptiSpray-All-in-One-300x150.jpg)
Gema’s new OptiSpray All-in-One powder application pump is the first to merge Smart Inline Technology dense phase powder delivery and electrostatics into a single compact unit.
New and Innovative Powder Gun Design with Breakthrough Technology
![OptiGun GA04 Series, Gema USA Inc.](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Gema-GA04-Automatic-Guns-300x150.jpg)
The new Gema USA Inc. OptiGun GA04 features a robust gun design, ensuring reliability and best coating results, for use in general industrial applications and high-performance coatings.
ABB Launches Next-generation Robotics Control Platform: Omnicore™
![Sami Atiya, ABB Robotics, OmniCore, automation, AI, autonomous robots, ABB's Absolute Accuracy, PickMaster® Twin, Marc Segura, RobotStudio® software, Sevensense, AI-based navigation, controls](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/OmniCore-RobotStudio-300x150.jpg)
ABB Robotics recently launched OmniCore, an intelligent automation platform that is faster, more precise and more sustainable, to empower, enhance and future-proof businesses.
Automation Technologies are Transforming Fabrication for the Better
![Amada, Influent monitor software](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Influent-monitors2-300x150.jpg)
The synergy between robotics, automation, software, and machine controls is driving innovation throughout the metalworking industry.
For the First Time: Recycling of Electric Car Batteries on an Industrial Scale
![TRUMPF, e-mobility, Hagen Zimer, laser technology, batteries from electric cars, laser systems, recycling e-car batteries, Alexander Sauer, Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA, Battery Show Europe 2024, Pierson Cheng](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Small-RGB-TRUMPF_battery_recycling_2-300x150.jpg)
TRUMPF develops efficient laser processes for recycling electric car batteries. Battery manufacturers can reuse valuable raw materials and comply with recycling quotas.
Small Laser Cutting Job Shops Leverage Quoting Software to Compete with Bigger Players
![metal fabrication job shop, laser cutting job shop, Jackson Barry, Tempus Tools North America, ToolBox, packing slips, and production labels, QuickBooks, Xero, quoting software](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Part-label-2-300x150.png)
ToolBox from Tempus Tools has been designed by professionals with decades of experience in the laser cutting industry, and has a user-friendly interface so that it can be setup and run by just about anyone in the company.
New 3D Printing Software Unlocks Full Transparency and Control of Parameters
![Velo3D, metal 3D printing, Flow Developer, additive manufacturing, Developer, Flow and Sapphire family of printers, Ursa Major, Thomas Pomorski](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Image-2-300x150.jpg)
Velo3D’s Flow Developer: From black box to full transparency and control, the new product enables a pathway to migrate additive manufacturing knowledge to VELO3D’s fully integrated solution and print process optimization.
OnRobot Debuts Electrical Grippers at Automate 2024
![Enrico Iversen, OnRobot, cobots, industrial robots, three-fingered grippers, 3FG25, Automate, 2FG14, Alex Pinkerton, Ellison Technologies, AutoPilot, D:PLOY](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/3FG25__2FG14_on_generic_robot_Quick_Changer-300x150.jpg)
The new electrical grippers for heavy-duty, collaborative applications debuted along with the new machine tending solution AutoPilot powered by D:PLOY, developed in collaboration with Ellison Technologies.
New Laser and Drilling Machine Incorporates Drilling and Tapping
![Driltec Plus, LS Series Laser & Drilling Machine, Tecoi, Twin-Disk double-head cutting technology, CAP, Icetec, Vibratec, Stocktec, metal processing, fabricators, steel service centers](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LS-SeriesDrill-300x150.jpg)
The new LS Series Laser & Drilling Machine from Tecoi incorporates the choice of either one or two drilling heads, maximizing its large dimension laser processing cutting station capability.
Overcoming the Shortage of Skilled Labor with Smart Shot Blast Solutions
![Rösler, shot blast machine, RWK 6/12-2 swing chamber shot blast machine, Rösler Smart Solutions, Gamma G turbines, robots, blast chambers, automation, industrial robots](https://neighborly-cakes.flywheelsites.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Rosler_IMG_RWK_Housing-300x150.jpg)
Rösler’s compact swing chamber shot blast machine features robotic workpiece handling and
“intelligent” digitization.