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Modular Automation Components

Modular Automation Components

A wide range of ready-to-install components and subassemblies enable manufacturers and integrators to quickly build custom automated assembly machines.
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Jim Camillo
November 7, 2016

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.


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Cartesian Robot Doubles Output of Solar Lego Modules

Cartesian Robot Doubles Output of Solar Lego Modules

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Jim Camillo
November 3, 2016

Traditional solar panel installations require expensive and time-consuming assembly of custom mounting systems on a roof, which can ultimately slow adoption.


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Gantry handling system quickens sensor soldering

Gantry handling system quickens sensor soldering

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Jim Camillo
September 8, 2016

Today’s typical automobile features nearly 100 exterior and interior sensors, with the number likely to increase in the near future. Those located on the outside (axle load, steering angle, blind spots, air temperature, etc.) require special protection from the elements and unique production methods.


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Lab automation depends on accurate motion control

Lab automation depends on accurate motion control

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John Sprovieri
August 4, 2016

The advent of laboratory automation systems has made a significant impact on clinical diagnostics, drug discovery, food and agricultural research, and forensics.


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CAD Configurator Speeds Assembly of Palletizer

CAD Configurator Speeds Assembly of Palletizer

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Jim Camillo
June 3, 2014

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.


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robots empower small manufacturers

Robots Empower Small Manufacturers

Advances in Cartesian robot technology are enabling small and midsized manufacturers to do more with less.
Richard Vaughn
April 1, 2014

Once found mostly in high-volume manufacturing environments, robots are now being used in smaller organizations, and in a wider variety of applications.  


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Motion control rigid versus flexible

Motion Control: Rigid vs. Flexible

"If production volume is high, that points to rigid automation."—Chris Knudsen, Yaskawa America Inc.
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John Sprovieri
July 1, 2013

When specifying a motion control system for, say, a pick-and-place application on an automated assembly line, engineers have two choices.


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X-Y-Z: The Modular Robot

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John Sprovieri
December 1, 2002
Of the various robots used for automated assembly, the Cartesian robot is the least complex.
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