FANUC ZDT (Zero Down Time) and IIoT The Fourth Industrial Revolution (or Industry 4.0) is the ongoing automation of traditional manufacturing and industrial practices, using modern smart technology. Large-scale machine-to-machine communication (M2M) and the internet of things (IoT) are integrated for increased automation, improved communication and...
Why Tire Companies Seek OEM Business Supplying tires to the automakers has long been a part of tire companies’ strategy. There is prestige in being fitting to new and exciting vehicles and stability in the long production runs OEM’s demand. When it is time to replace...
The Shape of Things to Come: Projections for Robotics in 2021 and Beyond If you had to sum up the major theme of 2020 as far as robotics was concerned in a single word, "acceleration" would undoubtedly be it. The technology at the heart of these...
The Story So Far: Looking Back at the Top Robotics Trends of 2020 As a new year is upon us yet again, it's important to take a moment to appreciate just how far we've come in the last 365 days. At the beginning of 2020,...
Robot Programming Standards We are exposed to the benefits of Standards in everyday life. Consider traffic signals, how would we navigate the roads without everyone understanding the colors of a traffic light. In Robotics there is nascent effort to create a standard programming language. Currently each...
Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Implement Robotics In the November 2020 MIT research brief 15: “The State of Industrial Robotics” I was introduced to the top-down versus the bottom-up approaches to implementing robotics. Top down refers to specifying a robotic cell largely by a corporate engineering...
The Secret to Growth As a leader, we are always thinking about growing our business. We need to be spending our precious time on the most important things, but how can you do that? The good (or bad) news is that there are only three ways: look at the tasks you are doing...
Robot Preventative Maintenance Industrial robots are designed to withstand harsh environments, often running around the clock, and expected to operate flawlessly. When properly maintained FANUC robots can last years, or decades...
Pioneer Industrial Systems a family owned engineering company in NW Ohio has developed and built a Robotic Maintenance Vehicle taking our expertise in industry to the highway. Our patent pending RMV is designed with safety, efficiency, and quality in mind. We aim to improve highway...
One of our major customers operates several plants in NA. They were built in 1940’s, 1960’s, 1970’s and 1980’s. The fact that factories 32 – 76 years old are still operating is testimony to the continual investment in machine and process upgrades but where does...