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A benefit ‘trifecta’ in dust collection: energy-savings, safety and ROI
With an Overhauled Dust Collection System, They are Breathing Easier at CertainTeed By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation FPE Automation recently helped to reengineer a dust collection system at CertainTeed®, North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, as part of a corporate energy-saving incentive program. Naturally, they expected to reduce energy consumption and lower energy
Doing visual inspection right: More than a dozen Kawasaki robots hit the production floor at this wheel manufacturer’s site
Kawasaki Robots Present Wheel Rims for Visual Inspection By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation Is your business leveraging automation to the fullest? At Automation International, the answer is yes. Danville, Illinois-based Automation International is using Kawasaki RS050 robots, together with PHD GRR grippers to present their products for visual inspection. The solution is considered by all parties to
Success Story: The solution had to be easy to use and simple to program for engineers with no prior robotics experience
Epson Robots Features FPE Automation Implementation in a Case Study By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation FPE Automation customer Plastic Designs, Inc. needed a fast and cost-effective automation solution to help improve product quality and reduce waste. The solution had to be easy to use and simple to program for engineers with no prior robotics experience. The combination
VIDEO: These MAC Valves have been in operation since 1971 – apparently, that’s not uncommon
A true story about MAC Valves that were in operation for a whopping 51 years! This exceptional history gives a whole new meaning to the phrase “product reliability”. The original 800 series valves in this story were installed in 1971! FPE Automation’s Sandia Harrison interviews MAC Valves’ VP of Sales, Joseph Richardson, and Ty Gurnick, the Inside Sales Coordinator at
For maintenance managers, it’s often moment by moment, component by component
Flexible Managers Trade their Favorite Everyday Components for Items They Can Source More Reliably By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation Are you being watched? In today’s busy manufacturing sector, the performance of most department heads is being measured. It can be intimidating for anyone in charge. However, today’s maintenance managers likely feel the pressure more than others. While
Preparing to take flight: not your everyday electric actuator application
Flight Simulator Drawbridge is Powered by Tolomatic Actuators SOLVED: Another unique challenge, by FPE Automation’s team of engineers. By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation and Steve Moore, Application Engineer, FPE Automation The constant flow of future pilots crossing the drawbridge to begin their flight training will not likely be aware that they are walking over a Tolomatic RSA electric actuator.
Cobot CNC integration: the five-minute synopsis
Collaborative Robot CNC Machine Tending “You have a robot, you have a CNC. How do you have them be able to communicate with each other? So we’ve created a standardized interface, essentially between the robot and the CNC. It’s a set of hardware and software that sits between and allows you to be able to communicate easily from the robot
1963-2023: FPE Automation turns 60
As FPE Automation Enters its 60th Year, Here is a Look Back FPE Automation Celebrates Sixtieth Anniversary in 2023 By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation It All Started with A Couple of Guys from Michigan… and MAC Valves The year is 1963. John F. Kennedy is President of the United States, “She Loves You” by the Beatles is
Case study: business owner says “most of what I thought would work was way too slow”
Supply Chain Issues Are Forcing Us To Make New “Friends” By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation A Story About How Supply Chain Headaches Actually Made Things Better It took a few years for word to spread, but after 10 years in business in rural Eureka, Illinois, Advanced AG Concepts was in a good place as a company. A small,
Success story: In actuator applications, it’s usually the questions you don’t ask
Case Study: Conversion from Hydraulic to Electric Actuators By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation It could have one of those typical, everyday phone calls. A tier-1 automotive supplier needed actuators. Many of us know the type of questions that typically follow; what are the specifications? Size, duty cycle, force, price. When everything looks good, get a quote and order
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