We know that poor employee health can negatively affect productivity. A recent study suggests that poor community health leads to lower worker productivity, as well. People who live in areas with poor community health – higher prevalence of poverty, homelessness, family dysfunction, drug use, and care giving burdens – were more likely to get to… Read more »
You have a few different options if your Indramat servos stop working. You can take the opportunity to upgrade your system; this is your most expensive option. You can look for a new Indramat servo, which can be difficult because Indramat components are no longer produced. Indramat repair is a good, cost-effective choice. In most… Read more »
What’s the most important aspect of food production? We need food to be nutritious and we need food to be tasty. Taste and nutrition are certainly important -people won’t eat food that isn’t either healthy or delicious – but food must be safe to eat. Servo motors play a big role in food sanitation in… Read more »
Some people are lucky enough to live where it’s 75ºF and sunny year round. Most of us, however, live in a place with different seasons. Some people love it when the weather turns, but changes in temperature, humidity, and precipitation can affect your factory machinery. You can simply put a sweater on when you get… Read more »
Modern manufacturing wouldn’t be what it is today without servo motors. Thanks to servos, like the ones used in Indramat motion control systems, production is faster, safer, more efficient, and more consistent than ever before. Of course, not all servos are the same. There’s a big difference in the servos used for industrial manufacturing and… Read more »
Automation improves our lives in many ways. That doesn’t stop Hollywood from cranking out films about robots going rogue. Here are five of the best scary movie robots. While the movies themselves aren’t scary, just try to imagine coming face to face with these automatons in real life. The Stepford Wives “The creepy men’s association”… Read more »
People often associate increased automation in factories with a negative outcome for human workers. The reasoning is that machines are taking the repetitive, dangerous, low-skill work away from people. Automating these tasks will leave a lot of blue collar workers without a job. While unemployment usually dominates discussions about industrial robots, one recent study suggests… Read more »
Rethink Robotics, the company that brought Baxter to the world, is closing its doors. Baxter was one of the first collaborative robots, or at least one of the first to spark the excitement and lofty expectations. Collaborative robots, or cobots, were supposed to change the way we look at manufacturing. Along with machine learning and… Read more »
Robots make our cars and they make our tools. They make our furniture and our refrigerators. Now, robots even make our lunches. An increasing number of restaurants are using automation for everything from ordering and paying to cooking and delivery. Here’s a look at different robots in restaurants. Ordering McDonald’s introduced automated kiosks in the U.S…. Read more »
Your Indramat servos stopped working. The best way to fix the problem quickly, economically, and properly is by calling 479-422-0390. Don’t make these common Indramat repair mistakes. Do it Yourself repairs Maybe you consider yourself pretty handy. You fixed your refrigerator’s ice maker, and you know how to install a single-pole light switch. Doing your… Read more »