Your decision to use one vs. another will be driven by various factors, such as meeting specific performance criteria, adapting to facility space constraints or overall experience and ease of use.
Automated manufacturing systems are typically built around a core part or material transfer system such as a dial indexer, track based linear motion system, or palletized conveyor. These platforms fundamentally impact both the system’s output capabilities, as well as the overall footprin. Your decision to use one vs. another will be driven by various factors, such as meeting specific performance criteria, adapting to facility space constraints or the overall experience and ease of use.
Among Forrest Gump’s greatest life lessons was the insight that you could never be certain what you would find inside a box of chocolates. Although Gump never actually clarified what that uncertainty is, it’s generally assumed he was referring to the various types of fillings hidden in chocolate candies.