By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Business Bruin Automatic Molding and Eclipse Mold are two companies that have generously shared valuable information about their labor solution automation projects with their industry peers. Their innovations were included in the 2024 Benchmarking and Best Practices playbook. Bruin Improves Pick, Place and Test Tasks Bruin Automatic … [Read more...] about Bruin Automatic Molding and Eclipse Mold Automate Press-Tending Tasks
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Automation Rollout: Engineering Industries Thinks Big, Starts Small, Proves Value and Scales Fast
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Business Engineering Industries (EI), Verona, Wisconsin, is a provider of custom injection molding solutions. EI specializes in injection molding, insert molding and gas-assist molding, and offers a full range of engineering, technology, materials and quality services tailored to meet unique customer needs. With value-added capabilities and a … [Read more...] about Automation Rollout: Engineering Industries Thinks Big, Starts Small, Proves Value and Scales Fast
Technology Focus: Automation Equipment
A look at automation equipment in manufacturing that employs technology and programmable devices, systems and tools to operate and manage production processes, including robots, cobots, molding cells, part pickers and end-of-arm-tooling. Absolute Robot, Inc. 508.792.4305 www.absoluterobot.com Absolute Robot, Inc. (ARI), Worcester, Massachusetts, supplies full-servo 3-, … [Read more...] about Technology Focus: Automation Equipment
What’s AI Doing for the Plastics Industry?
By Rick Zettler, owner, Z-Comm LLC Talk of artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the recycling industry by storm and for good reason. When applied correctly, today’s emerging AI technologies have transformative powers, driving automation and efficiently enabling more granular sorting of complex material fractions. Much of this buzz originates from the type of ejection … [Read more...] about What’s AI Doing for the Plastics Industry?
AMR, DFM, EOAT, SCADA: Acronyms that Spell Advanced Manufacturing
By Liz Stevens, writer, Plastics Business Two MAPP member companies recently have implemented new production floor innovations, employing automated manufacturing elements that work seamlessly together as important pieces of today’s smart manufacturing puzzle. Flambeau, Inc. and Hoffer Plastics each zeroed in on production lines at their plants with the aim of reducing manual … [Read more...] about AMR, DFM, EOAT, SCADA: Acronyms that Spell Advanced Manufacturing