A Coca Cola machine on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in the 1980’s is often held as being one of the earliest examples of the Internet of Things (IoT), even though the term IoT didn’t appear until almost a dozen and a half years later. In the beginning, it was a curiosity for the initiated few. The Coke machine had been …
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Intelligent vs. Dumb Manufacturing Systems
There is a lot of talk in manufacturing about having smarter processes, more intelligent systems, and more intelligent equipment, in order to minimize defects and maximize productivity, but very few of these conversations really define just what that means. In some cases, the system’s intelligence comes from retrofitted sensors added to an …
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Cellular Manufacturing is the Future
One of the newest trends in the arena of manufacturing is cellular manufacturing. Traditional assembly line manufacturing had operators perform their individual tasks, exactly as prescribed, over and over again, as the unit being assembled came past on a conveyor or was brought to them by some such similar means. Assemblies would be passed …
Special Applications
Most Equipment Suppliers produce a selection of standard products, that perform a few basic functions, designed for a range of applications. The end-users who purchase them and use them in their manufacturing facilities, often have to rig together “science projects” on their shop floor to make that equipment do precisely what their manufacturing …
Promess Exhibits Four Intelligent Assembly “Building Block” Technologies At Automate 2019
Promess, Inc. manufactures turnkey monitoring and motion sensing systems for precision assembly and test applications based on a series of standard hardware components synchronized, controlled and monitored with sophisticated programmable electronics and specialized proprietary software. They will exhibit four system “building block” technologies …