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Taking your first steps into Industrial Automation?

Manufacturer's Monthly

Written by Jon Young Flores – Group Owner- Agribusiness, Manufacturing, Logistics & Retail. Industrial automation can improve productivity, lower costs, deliver agile manufacturing and provide a solution to today’s skill shortages, supply chain challenges and economic instability. But it needs careful planning.

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What is a Microfactory?

ATS

As manufacturing continues to evolve and adapt, microfactories are one of the most promising concepts among the smart manufacturing trends driving the industry forward. A microfactory is a highly automated facility, built to provide a focused, vertically integrated set of start-to-finish manufacturing services.

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30 kg Collaborative Robot Unveiled and Ready for Sale

Gary Mintchell

Dayton, Ohio once had several manufacturers of special coil-winding machinery. Central western Ohio had several companies that manufactured special tube-bending machines. The automotive and electronics markets are hot, and logistics has become an increasingly good market for cobots. Odessa, Denmark? Why develop a new product?

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