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The rise in demand for automation in the tire industry has brought integrators committed to excellence and efficiency to the forefront.  That includes companies that build custom machines for the tire industry to help increase production and efficiency within their existing manufacturing processes. For over 20 years, Pioneer Industrial Systems has been helping tire manufacturers...

The concept of robotics and automation may have had their start in the imagination of the ancient Greeks and later gained the attention of the masses in the popular Sci-Fi stories of the 19th and 20th centuries; however, a man named George Devol is to thank for the development of the first programmable robot, Unimate, in...

For decades, injection molding has been a crucial part of many manufacturing processes. Simply put, it's a term that describes using heated materials that are then inserted into a mold, at which point they cool and form a custom-designed finish product. It's been employed to create everything from tools to automotive parts to product packaging...

One of the common misconceptions about industrial automation in any form is that it's destined to replace human employees entirely. Yes, it's true that over the course of the next decade, technology will advance to the point where a certain number of jobs will no longer be necessary - such is the nature of the...

Collaborative robots, as the term suggests, are those that are designed to work alongside human employees in some capacity. In a lot of ways, they're the next logical extension of industrial automation. If you can program a task to be performed consistently and accurately 100% of the time, that's an opportunity you would willfully take...

Also commonly referred to as BPA for short, business process automation involves automating certain complicated business tasks using advanced technologies - all to generate consistent, repeatable results that are virtually free from human error. BPA is not about replacing the human workforce, however - far from it. It's about supporting and empowering those workers so...

Pioneer Industrial Systems is the proud recipient of the 2022 Fanuc America Innovative System of the Year award!  Fanuc America Corporation presented the award last week in Miami, Florida at their annual Authorized System Integrator Conference.  Pioneer Industrial Systems won the award for its innovative use of taking a Fanuc robot from the factory to...

Collaborative robots, also called co-bots for short, have uses in a vast array of different industries. In the automotive sector, for example, they're used for everything from welding, assembly, painting and coating and more. But regardless of the application, their overall value is clear - they help organizations automate menial, time-consuming and potentially dangerous tasks so...

When people discuss industrial automation who may be on the outside of the manufacturing industry looking inward, they usually think about legions of robots on factory floors that are designed to replace human jobs. Thankfully, the reality of the situation is far from this - in fact, it may literally be the opposite.  Industrial automation...