Are you considering automation, but you're not sure if you're ready for robots with eyes? Let's have a look at the automation possibilities and find out which is the right way to go for your projects.
Morten Lauritsen, Managing Director at the Danish manufacturing company Stantraek, believes everyone should make automation a part of our DNA. According to him, we need to be focused on automation so we can stay competitive and keep moving...
Learn about the 3D technology Pickit has introduced to the market place - how it helps with singulation, what the ROI looks like, and what applications Pickit's cameras are best suited for. Listen to the interview with our in-house bin picking...
Five Universal Robots, five Pickit M-HD cameras, five Robotiq grippers and fifteen attendees... The perfect cocktail for an exciting day in the Universal Robots Munich office. You had never worked with a robot before? No problem, we had you bin...
Adam Wiltsie, plant manager at Vanamatic company, had 30 people cycle through a CNC operation in a year. It got increasingly hard to keep people in these positions, as labor shortage is high and people prefer doing value added tasks rather than...
“Michigan’s unemployment rate is 4% right now, it’s at a 10 year low, which is great for the economy - but trying to find employees to fill the positions we have - not many people want to work in manufacturing anymore, that’s a big issue.”
Manufacturing is often characterised by 3D tasks: they’re dull, dirty and dangerous. Many workers in manufacturing still spend their days performing repetitive actions in a noisy, messy and hazardous environment. This can affect employee welfare...
Automation is a process that’s very worth your while, but it can be tricky and even a bit intimidating when you’re just starting out. We get that. That’s why one of our core missions from day one has been to support you before, during and after...
“Today’s automation revolves around keeping head count down and keeping cost low in production environments.”
That’s what Jerry Reamer, the director of the Product Engineering department at KYB Americas, replied when we asked him about the...