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How to Combine an Automatic Screwdriver With a Tool Changer

Picture your product as it moves down the assembly line. As it comes into a new station, the operator grabs the electric screwdriver, picks up a screw, and fastens it. The next step needs a lower torque for a different type of screw, so your operator puts down the current screwdriver and reaches for another one. Although this all sounds simple for a human, fastening multiple types of screws within the same assembly is a complex automation project. But it doesn’t have to be if you use a tool changer. 

Élizabeth Martel
By Élizabeth Martel
on Apr 05, 2022 in Automation. 5 min read time
How to Combine an Automatic Screwdriver With a Tool Changer

Picture your product as it moves down the assembly line. As it comes into a new station, the operator grabs the electric...

Élizabeth Martel
By Élizabeth Martel
on Apr 05, 2022
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Assembly Automation for Beginners: Spotlight on Fastening

How can you start automating a screwdriving or other fastening task? In this quick guide for assembly automation beginners, we...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Mar 29, 2022
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7 Things to Avoid When Using Screw Assembly Automation

Screw assemblies are extremely common in an assembly line. Over the course of a single shift, for example, operators can easily...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Mar 22, 2022
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Automated Screwdriving: Is My Task Really Suitable?

Screwdriving is the second-most common assembly task. But it is also a tiresome job with many problems when done manually....

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Mar 15, 2022
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What's the Best Way to Apply Food Processing Automation?

You want to start using automation for your food processing process… but what is the best way to start using the technology?

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Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Jan 11, 2022
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How to Find the Right Logistics Automation System for You

Are you feeling pressure to adopt more automation? It can be hard to know which logistics automation system is the right one...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Nov 26, 2021
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You Want to Automate Now—Really?!
      A fews months ago, we pulled the emergency brake on the world economy. After a few weeks of crisis management and making a...
Samuel Bouchard
By Samuel Bouchard
on Aug 04, 2020
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10 Steps to Automate a Finishing Process

Looking back to only a year ago, automate finishing applications with a cobot was something that only robotics experts were...

David Maltais
By David Maltais
on Mar 05, 2020
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Want to Produce Locally? Reshoring Is Easy and Thriving

The offshoring bubble appears to be deflating. Now, more than ever, businesses are looking for ways to move operations...

Alex Owen-Hill
By Alex Owen-Hill
on Nov 07, 2019
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