Month: October 2018

Futura Automation - Choosing between Injection Molding Automation offerings
Which robot is appropriate for loading and unloading machines is especially pertinent with injection molding and die-casting machines with their high cycle rates.  Scott Kendrick, Engineering Manager of Sepro America, published an article in "Plastics Today" magazine on April 23, 2014 that is still definitive today.  We reprint it here: ROBOTS FOR INJECTION MOLDERS The [...] Read more

*|MC:SUBJECT|* *|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|* FUTURA AUTOMATION | THE AUTOMATION & ASSEMBLY ISSUE  How is automated assembly  making the US globally competitive? By utilizing robots for flexibility and Lean Manufacturing Principles, that’s how. This issue of the Futura Automation newsletter, in conjunction with the Assembly Show in Chicago on October 23-25, is dedicated to Automated Assembly.  Automation assembly machines and robots […]

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Automated Assembly
FUTURA AUTOMATION | Automated Assembly and Lean Manufacturing Automated Assembly: This month we are featuring products from our partners utilized to create automated assembly solutions: Glide-Line, Visumatic, Robot System Products (RSP), and OnRobot. Check out our pallet conveyor partner, Glide-Line, for automated assembly applications. See the video below for the Glide-Line Pallet Assembly Line. This is [...] Read more