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
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Technology Focus: Inspection and Quality Control
Canon Virginia, Inc. 757.881.6007 go.cvi.canon.com/Vision-Edition Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, Virginia, a US manufacturer and technology center of Canon consumer products, acknowledges a growing need for automation in the manufacturing industry. Labor shortages and production costs continue to drive the need for innovation. Canon is developing new ways imaging can … [Read more...] about Technology Focus: Inspection and Quality Control
Technology Focus: Material Additives
Material Additives A look at material additives that are added to the primary resin during the manufacturing process to improve the polymer’s properties, performance and characteristics when molded and put into action. Material additives used in plastics manufacturing include colorants, lubricants, fillers, stabilizers, plasticizers, pigments, flame retardants and more. … [Read more...] about Technology Focus: Material Additives
Technology Focus: Material Handling Systems and Equipment
A look at material handling systems and auxiliary equipment consisting of conveying, drying, dosing, temperature control and recycling while maintaining seamless operations for processes of storage and transfer to filling and emptying for the plastics industry. Conair Group 724.584.5500 www.conairgroup.com Conair Group, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, an industrial … [Read more...] about Technology Focus: Material Handling Systems and Equipment
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: RESIN AND EQUIPMENT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING/3D PRINTING
Chromatic 3D Materials 763.463.9381 www.c3dmaterials.com Chromatic 3D Materials, Golden Valley, Minnesota, is a 3D printing technology company, has an affordable option with its 3D print durable elastomeric components with RX-Flow™ printers. Designed for development and low- to medium-volume industrial production, RX-Flow™ uses 2k polyurethanes in a range of Shore A and D … [Read more...] about TECHNOLOGY FOCUS: RESIN AND EQUIPMENT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING/3D PRINTING