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What Kind of Automation Sensors Does Your Manufacturing Need?

John Mitchell — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:46:25 +0000

When you are planning the layout of your manufacturing automation either as a replacement for an existing manufacturing scenario or a new implementation, it is essential for you to plan for sensors in your layout. Automation sensors are the eyes [...]

You Do Manufacturing and Let the Solution Provider Design Your Automation

John Mitchell — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:51:57 +0000

As a manufacturer of products you may have a need of automating your operation to make the work that is done in your plant more efficient and to reduce operating costs. Do not make the mistake of taking on the [...]

Detailed Definition Can Be Key to Proper Automated Vision System Selection

John Mitchell — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 02:19:36 +0000

When you are thinking about adding some vision capability to your automated production it is important to do some in-depth definition of what is expected of vision before you are able to select the “best” system for you. The more [...]

Requirements Definition Is Critical for the Selection of An Automated Vision System

John Mitchell — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:43:40 +0000

You know that the way to implement any technical device is to first do research on the strengths of the device. Understanding the strengths of the device will allow you to decide how those attributes of the device will best [...]

Avoid Automation Layout Mistakes With Layout Design Tools

John Mitchell — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:20:17 +0000

Before charging headlong into the layout of your facility to upgrade it to the latest automation for manufacturing, it is a good idea to use some software facility layout tools that can help you avoid design mistakes. You will probably [...]

Small Manufacturers – 25 Excellent Reasons to Automate Your Manufacturing

John Mitchell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:13:11 +0000

If you examine the list of excellent reasons to automate your manufacturing you will probably find that you might be able to authenticate the need for automation in your operation with just one of the reasons listed. This could be [...]

Tools That Can Help You With Manufacturing Automation

John Mitchell — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:58:23 +0000

Going through the process of successful manufacturing automation can be a daunting prospect for any operation. You already know what the resulting benefits can be for putting your operation through the rigors of moving from a partial or totally manual [...]

Production Layout

John Mitchell — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:53:18 +0000

Production layout is one of the key factors that can decide if your manufacturing operation is profitable or it is not profitable. Production layout is the way that you will configure devices on your manufacturing floor. Each device must be [...]

Product Layout in Manufacturing Is Ideal For High Speed Production

John Mitchell — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:50:55 +0000

Some products are manufactured at high speed in a continuous process. This may be true of the products that you create in your operation. Usually the steps in such a production process are fast paced and have about the same [...]

Process Layout Gives Best Efficiency to Small Manufacturers

John Mitchell — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:41:45 +0000

The process layout on the production floor can boost the efficiency of manufacturing for a small manufacturer. This layout is very good for effective handling of small batch product creation. A job shop is a perfect example of the type [...]

Process Layout Expedites Work for Small Manufacturers

John Mitchell — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:24:33 +0000

The process layout for work areas in a small manufacturer is a great way for material movements to be optimized when production is done on small batches of products. Each work area of the plant floor is assigned for functions [...]

Process Layout Affords Small Manufacturers Best Capability for Batch Manufacturing Efficiency

John Mitchell — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 21:59:54 +0000

Since you are a small manufacturer you need to make the best use of your facility space to maximize the manufacturing capability of your facility. When you are in the process of deciding how to layout your production operations, you [...]

Small Robotics Make It Easy For Small Manufacturers to Compete

John Mitchell — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:07:29 +0000

Small robotics have all the bells and whistles that the big robots do. That is what is making it easy for smaller manufacturers to compete with any other company that makes the same products that they do. The SCARA, Caresian, [...]

Small Robotics Are Major Producers for Small Manufacturing

John Mitchell — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:04:51 +0000

Small robotics are major producers for small manufacturing, so much so that they bring the competitive edge of the companies right up to the level of large manufacturers. Now there are very effective small robotics that have all the capabilities [...]

Pick and Place Automation Can Be Fine Tuned

John Mitchell — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:58:04 +0000

Pick and place automation is a very speedy way to move objects during your manufacturing process. The way to get the ultimate product and part movement in your production line is to use a single controller to coordinate device movements. [...]

Keep Your Small Manufaturing Operation Competitive with Manufacturing Automation

John Mitchell — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:21:12 +0000

You are a small manufacturer, but that is only the size of your business, it has nothing to do with the capability of your operation. If you apply the resources that are now available to your company, it will be [...]

Manufacturing Robots

John Mitchell — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:18:11 +0000

Your type of manufacturing and the products that you make on your production lines will dictate the type of manufacturing robots that you can apply to optimize your business. The manufacturing robots that have been created are a result of [...]

Automated Labeling

John Mitchell — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:17:28 +0000

Gone are the days of applying labels to packages on the production line by having hot glue slapped on the paper label, then pressing the label and its glue to the product package. That was a mess, it caused a [...]

SCARA Robot Doubles Production Rate

John Mitchell — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:36:29 +0000

Automation Adept Cobra ™ i600 4-axis SCARA Robot AdeptSight vision system Benefits Doubled production rate from 750 to 1500 pieces per shift Relief of workers to perform more important tasks Reduction in inaccuracies of manual efforts Reduction in pieces to [...]

Welding Automation

John Mitchell — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:25:08 +0000

The movement of technology has made it economically possible for welding automation to be part of small manufacturing shops. In the past small manufacturers that had to perform welding as part of the process to complete their products had to [...]

One Piece Flow Production

John Mitchell — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 02:48:22 +0000

One piece flow production can be a great boon to small manufacturers. The characteristics of this type of manufacturing assembly process are well-suited to the company that is diminutive in staff size and space of operations. Often the company that [...]

Automated Labeling Meets the Need for a Production Increase at Food Processor

John Mitchell — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:16:32 +0000

Automation Sanitary Automated Labeling System Bar Code Scanning for Label Verification Benefits Improved production rate to meet increase in demand Reduction in labor required for production Provided consistent placement of labels on products Eliminated inconsistency in manual labeling of products [...]

Case Studies of Manufacturing Automation

John Mitchell — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:51:04 +0000

Case studies of manufacturing automation show the results of production automation in existing companies. You will be able to see how the application of specific configurations of manufacturing automation improved the production rates, cut costs, and reduced manual operations in [...]

Automation Sensors

John Mitchell — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:49:17 +0000

Automation sensors have been part of automation devices ever since automation was available to manufacturing. As time has passed and technology has contributed changes to automation sensors, the use and application of these devices has moved to a point of [...]

Small Manufacturers Are Large in Quality, Consistency, and Productivity

John Mitchell — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:24:05 +0000

You may consider your business to be one of the small manufacturers, but really you are only small in the size of your plant and its parking lot. If you do a one-on-one comparison of your company and its possible [...]

Small Manufacturers

John Mitchell — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:10:28 +0000

Look into my eyes, you are going to seek substantiated, trustworthy information before you automate your manufacturing. Now say, YES to that! As one of the small manufacturers you are very interested in applying cost-saving methods to your business that [...]

Manufacturing Robots

John Mitchell — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 21:14:53 +0000

RFID Keeps Sharp Eye on Inventory for Manufacturing Automation

John Mitchell — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:37:30 +0000

RFID or radio frequency identification has improved inventory management for manufacturing automation. In years gone by RFID has been used for the security checks made for vehicles entering and exiting plants. The device would work with a “reader” to determine [...]

Pick and Place Automation Is Even More Capable

John Mitchell — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:30:18 +0000

Pick and place automation has always been a very capable help in completing manufacturing of products. The earlier versions of this type of device scenario had a single pick and place robotic attached to a single controller. In a lot [...]

Pick and Place Automation

John Mitchell — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:19:59 +0000

The ultimate in pick and place automation is being able to control an entire product handling system from a single controller. In a lot of cases in the past pick and place automation has been accomplished by having a series [...]