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Special machines and custom projects

Assembly, Machine Builders and Integrators

Vibratory Bowls

Frank Jun 12, 2011 Tagged with material handling, vibratory bowls

Vibratory bowls and feeders use a variable amplitude control box to control a drive unit with …

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Applications, Consulting, quoting

Applications

Frank Jun 5, 2011 Tagged with brainstorming, quoting and bidding

My goal is to become a national and international resource and as such I am hoping…

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Applications, gauging, Integration, Packaging, Test Equipment, vision

Filter Tester

Frank May 29, 2011 Tagged with Machine Vision, systems integration, vibratory bowls

In another post I described an air filter tester built with NAS in the late 1990s. …

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Applications, gauging, Laser, Sensors, Test Equipment

Precision Measurement Application

Frank May 22, 2011 Tagged with lasers, photoeyes, sensors

This station was used to measure a small crystal used in the manufacture of medical CT …

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Assembly, Extrusion, Packaging

Binder Processing

Frank Apr 24, 2011 Tagged with aluminum extrusion, servo

This is another machine built with NAS in about the 1998-1999 time frame. As you can …

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gauging, Test Equipment, vision

Leak Tester

Frank Apr 10, 2011 Tagged with aluminum extrusion, gauging, Machine Vision, pressure testing

This is another application done with NAS from about 1998. We did a lot of vision, …

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Conveyors, Software & Programming

An HMI application

Frank Apr 7, 2011 Tagged with conveyors, design, HMI

This is a screen shot from a job I subcontracted for in about 2002 or so. …

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Assembly, gauging, Poka-Yoke

The Art of Pokayoke

Frank Mar 24, 2011 Tagged with poka-yoke

Poka-yoke is a Japanese term roughly translated to “mistake-proofing”. Techniques include the use of sensors to …

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Conveyors, vision

Non-Industrial Industrial Applications

Frank Mar 20, 2011 Tagged with material handling, USDA

I was browsing through some old pictures of systems trying to get some inspiration for today’s …

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Applications, Controls Design

Hello from Tucson

Frank Mar 17, 2011 Tagged with brainstorming, travel

As I travel on business I realized that it is more difficult to post when on …

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