CNC machine tending and injection molding automation
Futura Automation will present a new webinar during its Summer Webinar series on July 7 and 9, 2020. The topic is “Glide-Line: Easy, Fast, Flexible for Modular Precision Automation Solutions”. The following topics will be covered. Register here for the event: General overview of the available tools available for system design Presentation on IMPACT! designer […]
Click on the Link for Webinar Registration Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 1pm EDT / 10am PDT Link for Webinar recorded on June 23, 2020 Reprinted from Business Wire, September 10, 2019 OnRobot Takes Robot Compatibility to the Next Level with the OnRobot One-System Solution New unified mechanical and electrical […]
Overcoming Space, Size & Product Handling Constraints for Aerospace Industry Integrators Glide-Line offers several vertical lift conveyor application options. These VTUs can be applied to solve unique challenges in your conveyor automation system design. For instance, you can reduce floor space for your conveyor system, utilize the precision aspect of our VTU in interesting concepts, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Cobot vs Robot in Assembly Brian McMorris For robotics cognoscenti, the great debate of our time is: “what is better, a cobot or a robot” for robotic assembly, finishing or machine tending? People line up on both sides of this argument, with equal degrees of passion. Online journal “Asian Robotics” is a website that falls […]
A Timeline History of Robotics IN THE BEGINNING Before 1920 In ancient times, the percursors to robots were Automata, the word which was originally an Italian renaissance term for a mechanical device, usually powered by water, windpower or clockwork. The word Automaton was a plural version and came to mean a self-operating […]
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 […]
<!doctype html> FUTURA AUTOMATION | SEPTEMBER ROBOT ISSUE Our automation partners help our customers achieve more: Today we’ll cover Advanced Manufacturing in the IIoT. This month’s email issue is devoted to our partners in automation. Check out the videos and resources on machine tending and the companies who help us achieve Advanced Manufacturing for our clients on a daily […]
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 […]
