March 19, 2025 Selecting a manufacturer for #ultrasonic_horns is critical to ensuring quality, performance, and longevity in your #ultrasonic_welding or cutting applications. Here are the top five criteria to consider: Material Quality & Expertise Engineering & Customization Capabilities Manufacturing Precision & Quality Control Industry Experience & Application Knowledge After-Sales Support & Service Here is how […]
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Brian McMorris President at Futura Automation, LLC March 11, 2025 The most common type of linear indexing system is a precision link conveyor powered by a barrel cam or servo motor indexer. This type of conveyor consists of precision machined links that are joined together by a precision ground shaft. The “link chain” rides in […]
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Wouldn’t it be great if you could get rid of downtime and repairs caused by malfunctions and frequent robot cleaning and repair? The perfect applications to use robots are often referred to as “3D” – “Dull, Dirty and Dangerous”; especially those last two points are where we see a lot of harmful factors – for example: High Temperature Hot Particles […]
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Brian McMorris President at Futura Automation, LLC December 5, 2024 Machine Safeguarding remains a very important aspect of automation and robotics in industry, as well as commercial uses of automation. Machines must follow the First Rule of Robotics as given by Isaac Asimov, almost 100 years ago (“Runaround”, 1942): “Do No Harm”. This phrase is […]
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Brian McMorris President at Futura Automation, LLC July 24, 2024 Protecting robots, their cousins, cobots (collaborative robots) and precision servo-driven machinery from environmental hazards is crucial for ensuring their longevity, functionality, and reliability. As robots become increasingly integral to various industries, from manufacturing and healthcare to exploration, mining, agriculture and domestic services, safeguarding them from […]
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POSTED 07/03/2024 | By: Carrine Greason, A3 Contributing Editor Reshoring is gaining momentum — a lot of it. Manufacturers are rapidly bringing production back to the United States from overseas or at least closer to home in a related move called nearshoring. Both reshoring and foreign direct investment have grown, from generating 11,000 new U.S.-based jobs per year […]
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Brian McMorris President at Futura Automation, LLC May 28, 2024 Since the beginning of mankind, somewhere in central Africa about 2 million years ago, there has been a steady, if not logarithmic, progression towards reducing the amount of human labor required for output gained, thereby improving the quality of human life (assuming less work equals […]
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May 2024 Simple Solutions Newsletter In today’s industrial landscape, automation plays a pivotal role in reducing labor demand / cost, enhancing manufacturing productivity and efficiency across most market sectors and applications. Among the numerous automation techniques in the engineer’s arsenal, industrial robot pick and place operations stand out as crucial technologies in manufacturing and […]
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April 19, 2024 Production systems for automated assembly manufacturing will require conveyance of parts from one assembly station to the next. There are many ways to accomplish this task with varying repeatability and speed and resultant cost. Among the myriad conveyor techniques, multi-strand conveyors stand out for their versatility and robustness. Within this category, two […]
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In the realm of automation and robotics technology, few companies stand out as prominently as Zimmer Group. With a legacy spanning over three decades, Zimmer Group has established itself as a global leader in the design and manufacturing of automation components and systems. From pneumatic and electric grippers to sophisticated handling damping and linear system […]
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