Designing and Building Automated Assembly Systems When designing and manufacturing an automated assembly system, many influencers will affect the end concept and final machine design. Drivers will include cycle time,... Read more
Choosing the Correct Gripper for Your Robot Application Looking at an automation application, it can sometimes be obvious in which way the overall concept will come out. Either a linear... Read more
SP Elements - Collaborative Robots - About Us Partnering with companies such as Schunk, On Robot, Olympus Technologies, and, of course, Universal Robots SP Elements can provide complete cobot... Read more
How long does it take to receive a custom-built machine? The answer is it depends. Quite simply, a £3 million system will typically have a much longer lead time than... Read more
Things to Look for When Choosing a Systems Integrator Let's say you have been tasked with automating a process within your organisation. Assuming you don’t have the in-house resources to... Read more
Industrial Robots Vs Collaborative Robots (Cobots) Industrial Robots Industrial robots have been in production environments since the 1960s, with the first being introduced in GM. Over the years, they... Read more
Standard Automation vs Bespoke Automation One of the reasons that you are reading this is that your business may be at the stage of considering automation to increase productivity, quality,... Read more
How Much Does Automation Cost? One of the first questions that our clients ask once we have viewed their application is, 'How much will automation cost?' This is a very... Read more
Are Collaborative Robots Safe or do I need an Industrial Robot? Safety within any workplace is extremely important; after all, we are talking about people’s lives. Manufacturing, in particular,... Read more
In today’s climate with uncertainty regarding Brexit, labour shortages, etc., many companies are looking to automate. Automation has been part of business for more than a generation, and now, more... Read more
