The FOBA is not as large or elaborate as some of the others, but the people were friendly, their machines were impressive and they engraved my name in a pen for me. They had a couple laser machines on display. I asked one of the gentlemen about their laser engraving machine and he offered to [...]

With the iDatix booth located at the far end of the North hall, I pass by hundreds of exhibitors every day. One booth that always caught my eye was from Lincoln Electric. Their intelligent robotic system is different than any of the other robots I have seen at IMTS, I have seen some impressive machines. [...]

ROFIN is one of the largest laser exhibits in the North hall. Their greenmix product, built in Switzerland, is a revolutionary solution for effective copper welding with lasers. It is used for spot welding highly reflective metals and is ideal in industries such as aerospace, automotive and defense. A laser solution such as this means [...]

Yaskawa Motoman certainly stole the show in the North Building this year. With a wide variety of robots on display, including a Black Jack dealer nicknamed Dexter Bot, crowds could always been seeing gathering at their booth. Several of their systems combine robotics with lasers. Their dual arm service robot will challenge you to a [...]

The Fanuc robots in the South building are contenders for “Most Impressive.” With over 100,000 robots installed in the US and 250,000 worldwide, they are the leading supplier of industrial robots. The Gakushu Learning Robot was the first I encountered in their massive booth. Another amazing display involved two robots working together. The largest robot [...]

Schunk is a leader in workholding and automation solution, their slogan “Tomorrow starts today!” signifies what the company is all about. In booth W-2000 you can see their dual arm robot managing the sorting and organizing of parts. Other highlights at their IMTS booth include: TENDO E compact, which is claimed to be the most [...]

The West building consists of a wide range of Tooling and Work holding systems. One unique booth that caught my eye was from Kitagawa-NorthTec who creates innovative systems that combine traditional workholding with automation. Their engineers design custom fixtures and work holding devices ensuring you get the best tooling piece required to run your operations. [...]