Production system end users are faced with a wide variety of automation tasks, from simple Cartesian pick-and-place applications all the way up to highly dynamic machines with multiple synchronized axes.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL—Automation equipment manufacturer Omron Automation Americas has opened a new proof-of-concept center near the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, where integrators and manufacturers can develop and test automation before assembly-line implementation.
Whether a company is producing automotive brake systems, display screens, refrigerators
or ventilators for ICUs, manufacturers need efficient throughput combined with high levels of
automated tracking and process control. The goal: assembly processes that are as close to
error-free as possible.
LA VERGNE, TN—Tooling Tech Group has completed construction of a new 72,000 square-foot facility here to consolidate its automation division, which had been housed in two buildings in Murfreesboro, TN.
Collaborative automation using cobots or lightweight industrial robots is transforming processes and productivity at metal and machine shops of all sizes.
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