Automation
When a customer becomes an acquisition
Are medical OEMs following the path blazed by automotive and electronics companies and spinning off in-house manufacturing to tier suppliers?
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Modular Conveyors Help Molder Automate Quality Control
Easily reconfigurable belt conveyors provided one molder a convenient means of 100% QC inspection for tramp metal.
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How Pre-Loaded Ultrasonic Welders Save Time in Automated Assembly
Pre-loaded assembly systems mounted on a robot arm are a relatively new, time-saving concept in ultrasonic welding that maintains precision and process repeatability.
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Understanding Your Options In Multi-Axis Robots For Injection Molding
With so many choices available today, it’s important for molders to understand the pros and cons of Cartesian vs. articulated-arm robots and how their capabilities overlap more than ever before.
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Automation Pays for Itself At Port Erie
Four dozen robots have helped this molder realize a variety of efficiencies.
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More Details on Molding the BMW i3 Electric Car
Massive machines paired up to mold body-shell components.
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Custom Structural Foam: A Small But Thriving Niche
How to succeed in the small but busy world of custom structural foam? Maximize your pounds per hour and use robots.
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Reshoring & Robotics Trends Bode Well for Electronics
As robots become more commonplace—in industry and consumer markets—electronics will continue to be a strong market for plastics processors.
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How ‘sticky’ is your ´óÏó´«Ã½?
Medical means less cyclicality and higher margins—those are two broadly agreed upon assumptions about the market—but is there another aspect that keeps processors pushing to enter the space?
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