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NDT | Material Analysis

Why Complementary Material Analyzers are Essential to Leveraging the Benefits of Quality 4.0

When a manufacturing process is completely automated, it is essential to have the right analyzer for each stage of the process.
Frank Theuws
August 15, 2021
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When a process is totally automated and integrated into the internet of things (IoT), we are only able to ensure that the right product is manufactured through quality control by showing the elemental composition of incoming and outgoing materials using the most modern and latest spectrometer technology.
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Management

Just Starting the Automation Game? Three Steps to Make the Jump Easier and More Cost-Effective

If you're still considering taking the first—or possibly next—step in your automation journey, start with the following steps to facilitate the process and feel more comfortable doing it.
Jeff Burnstein
August 15, 2021
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More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, two things have become steadily clear: First, the overall trend associated with purchasing and deploying robots for applications such as process improvement and quality assurance continues, with stats from The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) showing a 20 percent increase in robot orders in Q1 2021 over the same period last year.
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Vision & Sensors | Machine Vision 101

The Benefits of Smart Sensors & IO-Link

For many applications, good robot programming is an art.
Dana Holmes
May 5, 2021
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A smart sensor is simply a sensor that can communicate to provide real-time diagnostic data and adapt based on that data. The data can be used to optimize a system, reducing costly downtime and increasing quality. 


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EVENTS

Webinar

5/5/21 to 5/5/22
Contact: Sarah Keeton

7 Quick Wins to Make Smart Manufacturing Do More For You in 2021 

On Demand Industry 4.0. Digital transformation. Who’s smart, smarter and smartest? Tired of the buzzwords? We’re going to cut through hard-to-understand terminology and discuss how you can use next-gen automation to hit quality goals.

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