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Always Start With Number 1

You know the saying, “It’s always the last place you look”? Well, that doesn’t usually apply to Indramat errors. Before embarking on a wild goose chase, check your Indramat troubleshooting guide and start with the first cause and remedial action. Start with number 1 As obvious as it may seem, you should always start with… Read more »

Forget the Turing Test –Just Ask ‘Em!

The Turing test is not relevant to industrial automation. Its basic idea is that a robot which can fool a human into thinking that it is also a human would be  …well, hot stuff. It’s not a test for real-life value or applications. But many many makers have tried to create a bot that can,… Read more »

Coming Soon: A Robot Unicorn

  There have been robots in the form of dogs, baby seals, and hedgehogs, so why not unicorns? A Chinese maker is planning to bring a rideable robot unicorn to market…someday. Xpeng Robotics Xpeng Robotics, the maker, is a division of XPeng car makers. It takes advantage of XPeng’s experience with navigation to travel safely… Read more »

Policing Singapore with Robots

Robot policing hasn’t worked out that well in the United States, but five public service organizations have gotten together to give a particular kind of policing a go in Singapore. Small autonomous vehicles are trundling around the city looking for undesirable behavior. Seeing a smoker, for example, the police vehicles  can call out, “Please do… Read more »

Demographics and Sustainable Packaging

Indramat drive and control machinery has always been prized for its combination of precision and power. Nowhere do we see this more clearly than in the packaging industry. Especially now that the physical printing of newspapers is less common than it used to be, printing and producing packaging is taking center stage among industries that… Read more »

Navilens Makes Cereal More Accessible

Breakfast cereal is pretty accessible, right? It doesn’t require cooking skills, electricity, or…well…anything. You can eat it straight out of the box if you want to. So it may be a surprise to hear that Kellogg’s cereals in the UK are going to take a major leap into greater accessibility. Navilens technology Kellogg’s UK says… Read more »

Call Us When You Need Indramat Specialists

We’re Indramat specialists that can help you with any of your Indramat needs. If it’s related to Indramat, we can help you troubleshoot it, repair it, or otherwise remedy it. Here are just a few of the Indramat support services we provide. Indramat error codes or fault codes Error codes must be cleared as quickly… Read more »

5 Signs It’s Time for Indramat Service

Between lifetime lubricated bearings, fully-enclosed housings, and legendary durability, it seems as though your Indramat servos never need servicing. This isn’t exactly true, though. You know that your machinery needs attention if it’s not working, but you don’t necessarily want to wait until you have a problem with your machinery to seek out Indramat service…. Read more »

Automated Bananas

Bananas are not an endangered species, but the one particular banana we see in U.S. grocery stores is on its way out, threatened by a disease that has already wiped out the most popular variety of banana in the USA once. The Cavendish banana There are hundreds of varieties of bananas, but only one regularly… Read more »