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Practical Considerations when Deploying Robots
Robots could revolutionize your business - the trick lies in knowing when, where and whether to use them.
The Value of an Agile and Collaborative Design Process
When it comes to upgrading or enhancing an existing manufacturing and assembly line, an agile solution allows a manufacturer to address challenges in their process or changes in the market in the fastest and most cost-effective way.
Manufacturing is Coming Home
With the current environment of supply chain uncertainty and price inflation, we’re seeing huge interest in reshoring where businesses bringing all or some aspect of their manufacturing back home.
2022 VEX Robotics World Championship - Sponsorship Announcement
Facteon is delighted to sponsor the New Zealand STEAM-ED Robotics team to compete in the 2022 VEX Robotics World Championship hosted in Dallas, Texas.
Overcoming Labor Constraints with Factory Automation
The pandemic has fundamentally changed the manufacturing industry. Supply chains around the world have become long, complex, fragmented and unreliable. Manufacturing has been impacted by steep increases in costs and delays in delivery of materials and parts. As a result, we’re observing a global shortage in labor.
Automated Welding Systems: Revolutionising The Manufacturing Process
From automated laser welding to robotic MIG welding, we take you through a range of welding technology used in smart factories today.
Key Benefits of Robot Simulation
Robot simulation is an important part of the manufacturing design process. It’s often defined as a digital representation of the physical world.
The Emergence of Bin Picking
Bin picking is a robotic material handling task that involves implementing a 3D machine vision camera unit with image analysis algorithms to allow a robot to pick-up randomly located and orientated parts from a bulk storage bin. These parts can then be placed in precise locations ready for the next stage of their automated journey. In this way parts can be singulated and orientated for the next process efficiently and accurately.
Introducing Anjna Lal, Marketing & Communications Manager
Anjna’s career is built upon 20+ years of corporate marketing management experience as well as her entrepreneurial background in coaching and consulting. Her connection with automation and manufacturing comes from her work at Epson America as Marketing Manager of Epson Robots where she managed all the marketing activities for both North & South America for 5 years.
Five Questions to Ask Prior to an IIoT Implementation
Before signing that purchase order to implement your new Industrial IoT (IIoT) solution, ask the right questions.
The 20/20 on Machine Vision
Vision systems play key roles in a range of applications – but you need to pick the right technology for the purpose, and they’re not for everyone. This introduction to machine vision explains what it is, what it does, whether it’s right for your business, and how we can help.
Smart Manufacturing: Expectation vs Reality
As with any new technology implementation, there can be a discrepancy between expectations and reality. Here, Reinaldo, Head of Digital Manufacturing and Automation, clarifies the reality of a smart manufacturing implementation to save you time and money.