June 2023
More efficient dust collection: green energy initiatives work better when they are part of THIS comprehensive approach
For Dust Collectors, Sustainability is Key Minor savings in energy costs can result in added costs and risks elsewhere. Dust collectors have options. By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation “Consider This – Single Energy Projects Don’t Maximize Savings” Industry Week reports. If you’ve been a part of a corporate energy initiative, you might have found that statement to be painfully obvious.
Saving lives: robotic end-of-arm-tooling picks and places frozen containers of human plasma
FPE Automation Receives Recognition for Highly Specialized Application in the Biotech Sector By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation FPE Automation’s Steve Moore received recognition in an industry insider partner newsletter this month for a unique and special application. One that saves lives. Plasma is the liquid component of your blood that contributes to 55% of your blood’s total volume.
Don’t just go from adequate to better. Smart manufacturers aim for exceptional.
When Equipment Manufacturers Improve Product Quality, Everyone is a Winner By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation Our story begins with an Illinois-based manufacturer of packaging equipment. Scott Peters, Territory Sales Manager for PHD Inc., described the application this way, “An ‘up-packer’ is located at the ginning press at a cotton gin and straps cotton.” For decades, the unpacking portion of
Zebra’s Deep-Learning OCR enables fast, accurate reads with no training required.
This New OCR Tool Captures Text Without Training One of the biggest challenges with setting up optical character recognition (OCR) is having to train your machine vision cameras or fixed scanning devices to get the job done right. Many OCR applications make this harder because they’re not good at capturing hard-to-read or low-contrast characters, especially against confusing backgrounds. Thankfully, there’s
A manufacturing engineering balancing act – cutting costs while maintaining quality.
Major Pet Food Manufacturer Swaps Out Legacy Cylinder for PHD-CRS, Resulting in a Longer Lasting, Better Performing and Lower Cost Upgrade “This replacement was actually better and longer lasting than the original cylinder and the lower cost was a big plus also.” By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation There is a lot at stake when you’re mass-producing a
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