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What You Need to Look for in Machine Tending Automation

In industrial automation, when it’s time to automate a process it’s sometimes hard to know where to begin. There are plenty of systems integration companies that offer off-the-shelf kits for specific applications, but what if your application is different? What if you want to build your own custom cell? This article will give you some tips about what to look for in machine tending. As all machines, robots, programming tools and applications are different, I will explain this subject using general terms. This article uses a complete machine tending loop as the example.

Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
By Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette
on Mar 11, 2014 in Automation. 6 min read time
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