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Futura Automation, LLC is a solutions provider for automation conveying and robotic systems. With today’s newsletter, we are pleased to provide an in-depth overview of the 10 most important types of automation conveyor systems, excluding screw, pneumatic, overhead, and magnetic conveyors, along with their key industrial applications. There are a wide variety of material handling […]
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries across the globe, and manufacturing is no exception. From optimizing production lines to enabling predictive maintenance, AI is ushering in a new era of smart, agile, and highly efficient factories. As manufacturers face rising consumer expectations, volatile supply chains, labor shortages, and increasing pressure to improve sustainability, AI […]
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 […]
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 environmental challenges is essential. This discussion explores the importance of […]
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 more quality). This week to prove the point, I have […]
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 logistics […]
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 prominent types dominate […]
“Autonomous Welding” is the use of robots and AI software to track a pre-programmed welding task and make adjustments to that program dynamically as conditions change. While automobiles require welding of the chassis and body parts, the volumes of a given model produced are very high and so the parts requiring welding can be precisely […]
GarLine & SharpTrack ― cutting-edge seam tracking solutions for “autonomous welding” Manufacturing is becoming more and more automated and increasingly demanding of easy-to-use solutions. In the welding sector, due to the lack of qualified welding personnel, automated and robotic welding solutions are in high demand and at the same time becoming more cost effective for […]
By: Brian McMorris Futura Automation President June 19, 2023 Futura Automation announces North American partnership with Garmo Instruments of Spain Futura Automation is pleased to announce our exclusive partnership with Garmo Instruments of Zaragosa, Spain. This new line brings to our North American customers an economical range of laser seam tracking vision sensors for […]
