The need to drill straight and precisely shaped holes has been with manufacturers since the very beginnings of industry. Ever since the introduction of hand guns and rifles, the precision benchmark has been set high for deep hole drilling.
After seeking to outsource control upgrades for its refinishing lines and rebeamer operations, Mountain Vernon Mills successfully upgrades the mill’s high-precision controls on its own and saves more than $40,000 in the process.
When you can’t just replace lower-efficiency motors, you can use sophisticated control techniques built on FPGA-based devices to improve energy efficiency.
Dalsa Corp.’s new BOA Vision System is a highly integrated smart camera that combines all of the elements of a machine vision system in a tiny industrially hardened cube. The new technology is aimed at automated quality inspection and factory automation applications.
Three marking options make it possible to produce a readable 2D barcode on any part, and integrated vision verifies readability before the part is shipped.
Today's machine designers integrate engineering strategies inherent in human genetic designs. Latest theories on DNA-level adaptations in organisms align with how mechatronic designs in machinery increase productivity, agility, and the survival of manufacturing.