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IO-Link increases efficiency and reduces machine footprint
March 29, 2022
To meet the demands of customers wanting smaller, more efficient machines that also meet the sanitary and hygienic design requirements of the food packaging industry, Triangle Package Machinery Company required two solutions in one.
Assemblers have long relied on manual and pneumatic presses for crimping, staking, swaging, clinching and press-fit assembly. However, these machines have inherent limitations in accuracy, control, flexibility and data collection. Servo-driven presses overcome these limitations.
Wöhner GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of energy distribution, control technology and renewable energy solutions, assembles up to 40,000 fuse holders in up to 94 varieties every day with the ActiveMover Transport System. Download the case study.
Modular, reliable, efficient: The TS5 Transfer System is a powered roller conveyor that can be quickly integrated into existing lines for industries like automotive, electronics and appliance manufacturing and battery production.
A wide range of ready-to-install components and subassemblies enable manufacturers and integrators to quickly build custom automated assembly machines.
At some point during a philosophy 101 class, college students learn about Aristotle’s belief that the best way to understand something is to break it down to the smallest components. For an increasing number of manufacturers and integrators, however, the best way to assemble a product is to use a machine built with modular automation components that quickly and easily fit together.
All professors are teachers, but some are also entrepreneurs. Three of note are mechanical engineering professors Stephen L. Dickerson, Wayne Book and Nader Sadegh, who together founded CAMotion Inc. in 1997 while working at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
With the correct end-effector and prime mover, manufacturers can make sure their automation system meets exact design requirements and runs at maximum efficiency.