Material handling systems, conveyors, and logistics automation
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 […]
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 tracks, constrained by precision bearings between two large sprockets Advantages […]
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 credited to the Hippocrates, who created an oath in medicine […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dear Customer and Friend Another year is drawing to a close. You have been our good friend or customer in the past and we hope this year has been good to you and that you will have a fantastic year in 2024. Futura Automation, LLC has grown a bit in 2023. It was a slower […]
By: Brian McMorris – President March 26, 2023 Futura Automation, LLC (www.futura-automation.com) provides a range of robotic, automation and motion-controlled solutions. This week’s newsletter from Futura Automation explains the benefits of Cartesian robots, especially those supplied by Macron Dynamics, Inc., as compared to the other major industrial robot topologies: Articulated, Delta and SCARA. This article will […]
