Category: Industry 4.0

Automated Assembly
11
Oct

Automated Assembly and Lean Manufacturing

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
CiRo Tool
19
Sep

Advanced Manufacturing

Futura Automation: Advanced Manufacturing and Machine Tending Advanced Manufacturing & Machine tending "Machine tending" is the process of automating the loading and unloading of industrial machine tools in a manufacturing plant, primarily using robot automation systems. While loading and unloading is the primary function of machine tending systems, the robot will often perform other valuable functions within the automation process.  This might include part [...] Read more
29
May

Automation Services on Demand™ ASoD™: IIoT for Factory Maintenance

New tools are emerging that allow programmers and technicians to remotely monitor and program equipment in the factory.  There are many concerns Futura Automation is evaluating a new idea for a service offering that addresses the need and will provide Automation Services on Demand™ ASoD™ bringing Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) benefits to small to […]

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23
May

Compact & Cost Effective Solutions for Industrial Control

  • By : Brian McMorris
  • AI
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Just for fun...Amazon's Alexa & Weintek's cMT3151 HMI (Human Machine Interface) Industrial Control Demo Compact & Cost Effective Solutions for Industrial Control Human Machine Interfaces and Programmable Logic Controllers Weintek CODESYS Controller and IoT Data Collection, All-In-One The Weintek cMT series with built-in CODESYS functionality The best MA/FA solutions in Industrial Control More info >> HMI Solutions from [...] Read more
04
Mar

World’s Only 360 Degree Swivel Tool Changers by Robot System Products

Futura Automation, LLC is very pleased to have been named the Western and Southeastern USA partner of Robot System Products (RSP) of Västerås, Sweden through a relationship with Essential Robot Products of Bellbrook, Ohio.   RSP has introduced a 20kg Swivel Tool Changer for all brands of robot arms: Fanuc, ABB, Kuka, Mitsubishi, Yaskawa, Panasonic, Nachi […]

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10
Feb

Futura Automation Introduces Dual Lane High Speed Servo Gantry Palletizing System

Futura Automation LLC is pleased to announce the introduction of “Power Palletizer”, a state of the art, BLDC servo-driven Cartesian style robot palletizing system.  Macron Dynamics provides the mechanical components, Delta Technology in Phoenix provides fabrication and field support while Vanguard Automation in Denver, NC provides the electrics, safety and controls.  This new palletizing system […]

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22
Nov

What is OEE and How Does it Fit with Industry 4.0?

  • By : Brian McMorris
  • CMMS
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OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) is the gold standard for measuring manufacturing productivity. Simply put – it identifies the percentage of manufacturing time that is truly productive. An OEE score of 100% means you are manufacturing only Good Parts, as fast as possible, with no Stop Time. In the language of OEE that means 100% Quality (only Good Parts), 100% Performance (as fast […]

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06
Nov

How to Implement Industry 4.0 and Gain its Benefits

One of the hottest, most important ideas in decades is the concept now known as Industry 4.0.  This is not a new concept, but is a continuation of the advancement of technology to support product manufacturing.  It demarcates one of those times when technology and society is beginning to intersect to change the way we […]

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15
Oct

What is Industry 4.0 and What Will it do for Manufacturers?

  • By : Brian McMorris
  • AI
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Industry 4.0 is a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies.  It is also know as the Smart Factory or “Lights-out Manufacturing”. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, cloud computing[1[2][3][4] and cognitive computing.  Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a large role in executing the smart factory as do industrial robots and autonomous mobile robots, which are […]

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