By: John Mitchell | 2011-07-07 | Manufacturing The main purpose of automation robotics is to optimize the work that has to be done to effectively complete the tasks required to manufacture products. Automation robotics has special purposes, to minimize the amount of time, effort, and energy that is required to produce a product. It is also needed to reduce the amount of waste of raw materials and rework of products that are not completed to specification. read more
By: Carolyn Clayton | 2011-07-15 | Manufacturing Just over 40 years ago, cartoons began depicting imaginary uses for robots. Robots were depicted as wonderful machines capable of performing household duties such as cleaning, cooking, and of course, helping children with homework. read more
By: Kazmee | 2011-01-02 | Technology When it comes to manufacturing industry, there is nothing better than using automation in the assembly process this is due to the fact that automation enables the manufacturer to produce items with accuracy and precision thus increasing its productivity. read more
By: John Mitchell | 2010-12-08 | Article Marketing As time has passed technology has made automation more available to manufacturing because of the flexibility and intelligence that automation has brought to processes. Flexibility that assembly automation gives to manufacturing involves the easy adaptability of automation devices in the manufacturing processes. read more
By: John Mitchell | 2010-12-13 | Article Marketing Automated assembly of products has been around long enough now for there to be a set of guidelines that can be used to assist in the design of products that will be assembled by automation. To design for automated assembly it is best to keep the product as simplistic as possible. A simple product design is one that has little chance to cause failure in automation. read more
By: John Mitchell | 2010-12-09 | Article Marketing Because of the complexity and the number of tasks that are done in the product assembly operation it is a good idea for management of manufacturing to evaluate whether assembly line automation will fit well into current operations. Understanding the circumstances where assembly line automation can make manufacturing more efficient is the first task to be done. read more
By: John Mitchell | 2010-12-15 | Article Marketing Automated assembly comes in various shapes and sizes depending on the types of products that require assembly. Assembly is a core work effort in the automated manufacturing process. Automated assembly contributes benefits to the automated manufacturing process and should be optimized to fit in with the other processes that have to be done in the manufacturing operation. read more
By: Cleantrip | 2012-03-09 | Business There are numerous types of conveyor systems based on which the assembly line operates. The conveyors could be located on the floor which is known as the floor conveyor and is used to move material at the floor level. read more
By: John Mitchell | 2010-11-10 | Article Marketing For a great number of manufacturers, particularly the ones who use the automated assembly of products, the material handling and accurate positioning of parts and sub-assemblies is a critical task. For automated assembly to even work it is necessary for high speed, exact positioning to be done with robotics. read more
By: John Mitchell | 2011-09-19 | Manufacturing Your type of manufacturing and the products that you make on your production lines will dictate the type of manufacturing robots that you can apply to optimize your business. The manufacturing robots that have been created are a result of the needs that have been created in the industry to have devices that will cut costs, reduce manual efforts, and get products out the door so that consumers can have them when they want them read more
By: iTech Troubleshooter | 2010-11-21 | Information technology The image usually thought of by the word robot is that of a mechanical being, somewhat human in shape. Common in science fiction, robots are generally depicted as working in the service of people, but often escaping the control of the people and doing them harm. The word robot comes from the Czech writer Karel Capek's 1921 play "R.U.R." (which stands for "Rossum's Universal Robots"), in which mechanical beings made to be slaves for humanity rebel and kill their creators. From this, the fict read more
By: John Mitchell | 2010-09-29 | Article Marketing The management of a manufacturing operation should be aware of the extra potential that robotic automation can bring to the organization. It is important for a manufacturing organization to consider automating when the result will help the company be more profitable within the limits of the company philosophy. read more
By: John Mitchell | 2011-01-26 | Article Marketing Good reasons for the use of robotics and manufacturing automation come as both positive increases of assets and capabilities and reductions to costs and efforts in the production process. Couple these together and there are very strong arguments for the implementation of robotics and manufacturing automation in any business that has any kind of production as part of its operations read more
By: John Mitchell | 2010-11-01 | Article Marketing Packaging automation robotics must be part of the overall optimization of product manufacturing. Even small manufacturers can realize the return-on-investment for capital outlay for packaging automation robotics in a reasonable period of time. It is not unrealistic for such a capital expense to get paid back in as little as 18 months. read more