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FPE Automation’s unparalleled expertise pays off: we’re the winners of Piab’s top industry award for 2023
FPE Automation Wins the Piab Diamond Award By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation The 60th anniversary is symbolized by a diamond. As FPE Automation celebrates its 60th year in 2023, it is particularly fitting that the company would receive the diamond award from Piab this year. This is Piab’s top award. FPE Automation is very proud to have received it an unprecedented
AMRs are the future in internal logistics, manufacturing & order fulfillment, and FPE Automation just won a top award from MiR
FPE Automation is Awarded Excellent Partner by Mobile Industrial Robots By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation It was announced today that FPE Automation received one of the highest honors given by Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR). The top partner award announcement comes after a year of major projects, as the trend continues for many manufacturers and logistics to leverage the advantages
A partner you can trust: FPE Automation won multiple awards at the Kawasaki partner conference
Kawaski Robotics Awards FPE Automation With Two Separate, Distinct Honors Wixom, Michigan April 12, 2023 By Sandia Harrison, Director of Marketing, FPE Automation Kawasaki Robotics hosted its annual partner conference this week, called Drive 2023. Hundreds of integrator partners were in attendance. Keynote speakers included Kawasaki top leadership, and presentations were made about exciting advancements in the world of industrial robotics and
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
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