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Systems Integrator of the Year: Systematix, a trusted automation partner for Leggett & Platt

Automation Mag

In 1993, machine designer Cecil Bauman joined original owner Steve Errey until Errey’s retirement in 2009. Key problems identified for product manufacturing brought concerns with the volume, cycle time and quality. We purchased third-party components like PLCs, robots, laser markers and anything else needed.

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Becoming a More Efficient Shop With the Right Processes and Software

Modern Machine Shop

By pairing a Productive Robotics OB7 cobot with this Haas DS-30Y, Above All CNC can now machine 10 to 15 of these parts for bear-resistant containers overnight. The machine is now paired with a Productive Robotics OB7 cobot to automate the process. Then, in early 2009, he showed up to work at the shop and no one else was there.