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"Just In Time" Becomes "Just In Case"
Similarly to most people after quarantine, lean manufacturing isn’t quite as lean anymore. As vital inventory failed to arrive when it was needed by manufacturers across a wide range of industries, serious shortages and delays resulted. Due to the increased lead times caused by border closures and other delays, manufacturers stocked up, attempting to ensure that they had more than enough to complete the task at any given time, which is the polar opposite of the “just in time” lean manufacturing
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Jun 15th 2022
Zebra Technologies Acquires Matrox Imaging
For every production use case – from simple to very complex – detection, inspection, and measurement are available.
With the on-demand economy's growing demands, you're under pressure to produce high-quality items faster while dealing with acute supply and skilled personnel shortages. That's why Zebra Technologies combined fixed industrial scanning and machine vision technologies to meet all of your requirements. For the first time, you can address all of your workflow problems –
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Jun 7th 2022
Machine Wiring Concepts
Electrical wiring systems are mostly standardized, with a number of rules, regulations, and laws governing them. According to electrical laws and standards, electrical wiring must be done appropriately and safely. If electrical cabling is done poorly or without according to any standards, it can result in short circuits, electric shocks, device damage or malfunction, all of which reduce gadget life.Before the actual installation work for industrial wiring can begin, several variables must be con
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Jun 1st 2022
Control Panel Best Practices
One of the most important standards to know if you're designing control panels for the North American market is UL508A. UL508A is a construction standard for electrical control panels. Also helpful are the National Fire Protection Agency's (NFPA) 79A (Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery) and the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70).The UL508A standard is used to build Industrial Control Panels. The standard gives panel builders guidance on a variety of topics, including component selectio
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May 19th 2022
Is Palletizing with Cobots Too Slow?
Some of the most frequent comments on our YouTube videos of collaborative robots are that they might be too slow for some applications. But we have to ask - does speed always equal productivity?Previously, while sorting products and packages into pallet loads for warehouse storage and distribution, producers used manual hand stacking. Pallet handling has been a vital logistical function for decades, despite its slowness and high staffing requirements. Pallets are now handled in a signi
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May 12th 2022