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5 Costs That Influence The Cost Of Automating Medical Device Manufacturing

5 Costs That Influence the Cost of Automating Medical Device Manufacturing   Within the medical device industry, automation has for a long time, played a major part in manufacturing lines... Read more

How Much Does it Cost to Integrate Robots?

How Much Does It Cost to Integrate Robots? When looking to automate, ultimately what you are seeking to achieve is reduced manufacturing costs for your product. In some cases, production... Read more

How Much Does it Cost to Integrate Vision Systems?

How Much Does It Cost to Integrate Vision Systems into Automated Machines? SP Automation and Robotics, has been using vision systems on their machines for around 25 years, with the... Read more

Cobots Used for Machine Loading

Cobots Used for Machine Loading In most manufacturing industries, supply and demand can change rapidly. It is therefore an essential part of any manufacturing business to ensure they have a... Read more

Designing & Building Assembly Systems

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

How to Choose the Correct Gripper For Your Robot Application

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 linear or... Read more

SP Elements – Collaborative Robots

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

What is the Average Lead Time for a Custom Built Automated Machine?

How long does it take to receive a custom-built machine? The answer is it depends. Quite simply, a £3million system will typically have a much longer lead time than a... Read more

Things to Look for When Choosing a Systems Integrator

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

Industrial Robots Vs Collaborative Robots (Cobots)   Industrial Robots Industrial robots have been in production environments since the 1960’s with the first being introduced in GM. Over the years they... Read more