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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...