A while back I was looking at a robotic water jet cutting process that needed improvement. The process used two six axis robots and each robot cut half of a part with a high pressure stream of water. We needed to reduce the cycle time and improve the repeatability of the cutting process. By that time in […]
We recently completed these little fixtures for a customer. They look like simple little V-block’s, but they have some neat features which are not intuitively obvious. When used with a matching inspection system, the inspection system will recognize the fixture and the parts to be inspected. The parts to be inspected will automatically locate themselves on […]
An important benefit with laser markers is the elimination of consumables. These consumables take many forms. Printing labels, ink, and gases utilized with older lasers represent unnecessary costs in today’s manufacturing. The latest generation of 3D lasers also provide the additional benefit of marking on surfaces that vary in height. It is no longer necessary […]