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This week's?Simple Solutions?features Injection Molding Automation

Featured Article: How to plan and implement automation in an injection molding plant

By Steve Williams and Rich LaChance

Just like in any industry, the plastics world is continuously changing and growing. Often, this means companies are investing in automation to improve productivity and increase capacity and efficiency. If you haven’t yet taken the time to consider automation for your company, now is the perfect time to do so. As you delay in acting, your competitors are gaining a larger head start in maximizing their profits, their product quality and the overall value that they provide to their customers, all through automation. Read the full article here .

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READY ROBOTICS

Kel Guerin, PhD roboticist and CTO and Co-founder of READY Robotics, will explain what No Code programming is, what makes it different from traditional robot programming, and how it can make robots and automation more accessible to all

READY ROBOTICS has partnered with an extensive list of automation companies including investors Micron Technologies and Nvidia (see June 6 announcement:??https://www.therobotreport.com/nvidia-ready-robotics-simplify-automation-deployments/ ), to ensure that proprietary robots and automation components work seamlessly with the revolutionary new Forge/OS. We enable control of the entire automation cell by connecting and controlling a wide range of automation devices through the easy-to-follow apps pre-installed on Forge/OS or developed by partners such as Futura Automation.?Right out of the box, Forge/OS is compatible with hundreds of robots from the leading brands. With Forge/OS, heavy payload industrial robots are as user-friendly as collaborative robots. Your operators can learn Forge/OS once, and control robots from different brands on a single platform. Continue reading...

Macron Dynamics

Scalable, Economical, Fast: The Advantages of T-Bot and H-Bot Gantries

?One of the product lines proudly represented by Futura Automation is Macron Dynamics of Croydon, Pennsylvania. Futura Automation works with our customers and Macron Dynamics to create unique Cartesian or linear robots closely matched to the customer application requirements for an optimal ROI.?Macron products are built with the highest quality materials, assembled in the USA, and engineered to withstand the abuses of rigorous, daily usage. Continue reading...

OnRobot - Case Study

Boosting Productivity and Reducing Cycle Time

Australia-based Designed Mouldings is an injection moulding specialist, producing plastic caps and seals for customers in the packaging industry.?The Challenge:?The Covid-19 pandemic led to border closures, causing disruptions to global supply chains. Companies in Australia turned to local manufacturers like Designed Mouldings for their production. After witnessing a spike in orders, Designed Mouldings examined their processes and found that the manual insertion of wads into plastic caps took a great deal of time. Continue reading...