Project Spotlight: Automated Picture Frame Assembly Automating high volume production operations is relatively straight forward: design a specialized machine that only produces one part. The rest of the time is spent to make it robust enough to do it at speed and for...
What’s on Our Floor: OnRobot Grippers In the automation world, many times it’s the gripper that packs the most innovation on a system. The grippers are where the automation system actually interacts with the products moving through the cell. Specifying the right...
What to know about cobots – before you buy one It’s easy to believe that most collaborative robots, or ‘CoBots’ are plug-and-play. Unpack the robot and after a few steps, it starts producing. Many times, this just isn’t the case. While industrial robotics are getting...
What’s on our floor: The FANUC CRX Cobot A part of what we pride ourselves at Midwest Engineered Systems is keeping up to speed on the latest technologies in automation. With that in mind, we’ve brought in one of FANUC’s latest collaborative robots (or cobots) from...
Robotic conveyor picking automates part infeed operations There’s plenty of machine tending systems on the market, but how do the parts arrive to these systems? Chances are, there’s a large amount of manual labor being used to unload pallets and bins to feed them....
Get Universal Robot programming and integration on-site Need more out of your UR robot? Midwest Engineered Systems offers Universal Robot system service on-site to get the most out of your robotic arm without wasting months learning how to program them yourself. We...
