Automated Assembly Systems

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Systems integrators deploy industrial internet of things technology to help manufacturers troubleshoot automation.

These tips and tricks will ensure reliable parts feeding in an automated assembly system.

This article will help you navigate the terminology in equipment specifications.

Servo control allows engineers to program jaw position, speed and gripping force.

Summit Engineered Automation has developed what it calls the Summit Agile Process to create true partnerships with customers by focusing on risk analysis early and throughout a project. The process was put to the test recently when the systems integrator was approached by start-up Corvida Medical of Coralville, IA, to build equipment to produce its latest product.

Because automation can produce more with less, it can help domestic manufacturers compete with low-cost overseas labor. It’s certainly a valid premise. But, like golf, dancing, baking bread or cutting dovetails by hand, implementing automation is harder than it looks.

The eSIGN tower light features full-surface signaling, making it more conspicuous and optimizing the signal’s potential.

The LB6 Series stack light can display 21 colors, with 20 multicolor signaling segments, 10 lighting patterns and eight buzzer patterns.

SmartLight LED stack lights and indicator lights show the status of machines and processes. The lights are bright and easy to see, even at a distance.

The TL50 andon tower light can be used to indicate changes in status at workstations, such as a need for parts replenishment or a request for managerial help.