Why Use a Flexible Feeder? Flexible feeding is the logical alternative to belt, bin or bowl feeding for automated assembly or packaging. Belt feeding utilizes a motorized conveyor belt to move product through a packing cell. The product can be on the belt in any orientation, its position and orientation is evaluated by a machine […]
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Secure Remote Monitoring, Alerting and Access to Robot Automation Cells for Predictive Maintenance Summary: James Gentes – Founder and Steve Sickler – President, will lead the discussion. As more and more North American companies turn to automation to compete, robot System Integrators and service companies are asked to do much of the day-to-day maintenance and service […]
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Summary: George Wilken – will answer questions on the state of the art in Shopfloor Digitization, how it benefits manufacturers and how it helps achieve the efficiency promised by implementation of Industry 4.0. Q&A Style Agenda: Introduction of Speakers and Backgrounds The Problem: Robotics and Automation initiatives must be matched by digitizing shopfloor practices to achieve […]
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Futura Automation is pleased to be partnered with Tend for robotics monitoring requirements. We support Tend with both a fixed hardware solution as pictured, for 1-3 robots, or can offer a Virtual Machine solution installed on an Industrial PC. There is a base level of applications and then two additional levels of progressively sophisticated solutions […]
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Check out Futura Automation’s Quik Jig 3D Printing services: www.futura-automation.com/partners/quik-jig 3D Printing is becoming “main stream”. This technology has advanced from a cutting edge product development tool, especially in the automotive industry, in the 1990s, to a dependable form of mass customization and production for plastic, metal and even organic products and parts. The 3D […]
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December 20, 2019 – Scottsdale, Arizona Reprinted from June 21, 2016 issue of Robotics Business Review Original by Eugene DeMaitre; Edits and Updates by Brian McMorris Following is an updated and edited reprint of an article in the June 21, 2016 issue of Robotics Business Review: ODENSE, Denmark — Industrial automation promises greater efficiency, but […]
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