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Designing Parts for Automation

Designing Parts for Automation

Design for assembly principles can improve efficiency for manual or automated assembly.
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Jim Camillo
March 24, 2022
That marketers increasingly use robots and automation equipment in their TV ads should come as no surprise. To them, such machinery represents the product they're selling: An automatic and simple push-button solution to the problem consumers are worried about at that moment.
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Man vs. Machine

Man vs. Machine

Industry 4.0 is evolving into human-centric manufacturing.
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Austin Weber
March 23, 2022
Many people are afraid of snakes and spiders. But, robots and other machines also create anxiety and trepidation in some humans. While Industry 4.0 technology, such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, collaborative robots, data analytics and digital twins, now make it easier than ever for humans and machines to work in close proximity, fears persist.
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Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit

Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit

Assemblers that are new to automation are well-advised to start with a simple project and grow from there.
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John Sprovieri
March 23, 2022
Does this sound familiar? Management envisions "a sea of robots" on the shop floor. They haven't deployed robots before, and they don't have a specific goal in mind. They just want "automation." The next thing you know, there's a collaborative robot on the loading dock. Your job: Find something to do with it.
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Assessing the Current State

Assessing the Current State

Before attempting to automate an assembly process, engineers should have specific goals to achieve or problems to solve.
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John Sprovieri
March 22, 2022
Poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou wrote, “You can’t really know where you are going until you know where you have been.”
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