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Automation Distribution Helps Customers Deal With Supply Chain Issues
We always love hearing from our customers! If you're having difficulty receiving product lately, you are not alone. We have empowered our staff to help customers get what they need as quickly as possible. "Thank you very much for getting us
these sensors earlier than expected. We were very surprised to see them arrive
yesterday and are in a position where we need to implement them onto our
production floor immediately."-Riley, Manufacturing Engineer with a Consumer Packaging Compan
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May 12th 2021
3 Cobot Success Stories in Electronics Manufacturing
This week’s blog explores how UR cobots have emerged as a powerful resource for electronics manufacturers facing critical business pain points such as unexpected spikes in demand, skilled labor shortages, high mix/low volume production and lack of available floorspace in manufacturing facilities.When KOYO ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. experienced a surge in demand for its in-car touch panels, the manufacturer responded by reallocating workers away from manual post-production inspection tasks
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Apr 30th 2021
Introduction to 3D Scanning Technologies and How to Choose Them
3D
scanning is a hot topic, and there are many different technologies to choose
from. In this podcast, Len Chamberlain, CCO, and Dan Howe, Regional Development
Manager, from LMI Technologies introduce to you the main types of 3D scanning on
the market, and which ones are best suited to your needs. Listen now on YouTube or read the transcript below.Podcast Transcript:Hello, I'm Darryl Seeland, Editorial Director of Quality. I'm here with Dan How and Len Chamberlain to discuss 3D scanning. Dan
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Apr 1st 2021
Uptime: How Customer Service Evolves with the Cobot Market
Your cobot has arrived, now what? As the number of collaborative robot users rapidly increases, new advanced application scenarios and customer types emerge. UR’s service and training offerings are constantly evolving to ensure that all customer needs and questions are met: from the tech savvy early adopter to the machine shop owner with no robotics experience. In this conversation with Chris Wilson and Hanne Dorte Hansen from Universal Robots’ global service team, we look at how data-driven ins
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Feb 24th 2021
B&R heralds the beginning of multidimensional manufacturing with ACOPOS 6D
With ACOPOS 6D, B&R heralds a new era of manufacturing. Magnetic levitation allows shuttles to move individual products freely through the machine. Gone are the days when conventional transport systems imposed rigidly defined timing on the production process. ACOPOS 6D is ideal for small-batch production with frequent changeover between products of different designs and dimensions.ACOPOS 6D is based on the principle of magnetic levitation: Shuttles with integrated permanent magnets float ove
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Feb 1st 2021