February 1, 2021 | by Mathieu Paré
In both the Process and Discrete industries, unplanned downtime is a serious issue for many companies and not limited to company size or Industry. Downtime can lead to millions of dollars in lost...
February 1, 2021 | by Mathieu Paré
In the absence of a predictive maintenance strategy, manufacturers must take care of their equipment with regularly scheduled preventive maintenance. According to Plant Engineering, manufacturers...
February 1, 2021 | by Mathieu Paré
One of the pressing challenges faced by today’s manufacturing companies is a shortage of skilled workers. This shortage spans a wide range of roles from visual inspections to equipment maintenance....
December 17, 2019 | by Proax Technologies
There seems to be a endless variety of robots in the marketplace as the excitement and need for industrial robots in the manufacturing industry increases. The range of robotic options can cause some...
September 3, 2019 | by Proax Technologies
Normally, engineers would look to the musculoskeletal structure of humans or animals to understand the type of movement they need to replicate in the form of a robot. Naturally this makes sense when...
August 8, 2019 | by Proax Technologies
Every HR department and business owner in the manufacturing industry is facing the same seemingly insurmountable challenge: it’s increasingly harder to recruit workers and just as hard to retain...
January 30, 2019 | by OMRON
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January 30, 2019 | by OMRON
In today’s world of barcode tracking and highly automated processes, it is becoming increasingly critical to add a verification step into the manufacturing system to help achieve the benefits of...
January 30, 2019 | by OMRON
January 30, 2019 | by OMRON
Since each application is at least somewhat unique, you should know the answers to the following questions before selecting a marking method: what type and how much data...
January 30, 2019 | by OMRON
While human inspectors working on assembly lines visually inspect parts to judge the quality of workmanship, machine vision systems use cameras and image processing software to...
January 30, 2019 | by OMRON
Machine vision is the automated extraction of useful information from digital images in an industrial setting.
January 11, 2019 | by Proax Technologies
2018 Marked a year of innovation at Proax Technologies. Each year Proax announces a new theme that is meant to shape how the company looks to motivate itself in the New Year. Upon reflection of 2018,...
December 18, 2018 | by Proax Technologies
Atria, a leading international Finnish food company, is pushing the borders of innovation with the inclusion of a series of Omron products in their facility. Atria was looking for an automated...