7 Critical Design Challenges for High-Precision Gantry Automation Systems
Designing, manufacturing, and controlling a high-precision gantry is a complex, multidisciplinary challenge that requires deep expertise in structural mechanics, thermal behavior, mechatronics, and advanced motion control.
Harnessing AI to Revolutionize Bike Safety with Velo AI
By choosing Hellbender as its trusted hardware partner, Velo AI was able to reduce its development time, get its product to market, and execute on its core mission - creating safer streets for cyclists - sooner.
How Dominique Bastien Turned Gondola Restoration Into a Specialized Manufacturing Discipline
Over the years, we developed much more precise restoration procedures. Things like sanding sequence, machine pressure, heat control, polishing compounds, and movement patterns all became extremely important.
Industrial Flooring Upgrades: When Retrofitting Makes More Sense Than Full Replacement
Whether it's a mezzanine system or a ground-floor concrete slab, full replacement often means extended downtime, lost productivity, and significant labor costs.
NORD Powers Bulk Material Handling with Reliable, Robust Drive Solutions
NORD's reliable solutions for bulk goods accommodate a wide range of plant arrangements and offer various application-specific options for long service life, low maintenance, and excellent load capacity.
If the Headline Number on Your Monitoring System Is Spindle Uptime, You're Measuring the Wrong Thing
How OMW Corporation retired a homebuilt monitoring system, changed the vocabulary on their floor, gained 12% utilization across 43 machines, and turned a single customer meeting into $2.5M in new business.
Workholding Device Manufacturer Eliminates Stockouts After 2-Month ERP Rollout
AirWeights, a Colorado-based manufacturer of vacuum workholding systems, went live with ERP software in just two months. "We went from constantly catching up and having to advertise lead times to our customers, to being in stock," says Jace Dispenza, Founder of AirWeights.
How Manufacturers and System Integrators Can Build Pricing Power in a Commodity Market
Too many manufacturers understate their value … and if you can't communicate your value on the back of a cocktail napkin, you're probably getting too complicated.
ISP Tuning: Machine Vision vs Human Vision Explained
This blog breaks down that comparison from an embedded vision perspective, focusing on how ISP tuning enables machines to interpret the world differently and often more effectively than humans.
How Recognition Champions Influence Consistency, Safety Culture, and Day-to-Day Performance
The main benefit to having a champion is that they model behaviors that others can see and follow. Champions model authenticity and consistency, and connect recognition back to the impact of the work.
The State of Agentic Cybersecurity
A modern cyber range provides teams with a safe, realistic environment to practice responses to attacks, helping them see how people, tools, processes, and AI perform under pressure. This is crucial because disruptions in manufacturing are not just about data.
79% of US manufacturers are reshoring. Only 34% are ready for it.
Research in March 2026, found that 79% of US manufacturers have already brought outsourced production in-house or are actively doing so. Only 8% haven't even looked at the option.
Embodied AI: Industrial Manufacturing's Answer to the Great Margin Squeeze
Embodied AI-enabled robotics helps companies address the "great margin squeeze" head-on and shift to a high-mix manufacturing approach with faster changeovers and fewer exceptions that stop the line — without adding engineering bandwidth.
More sustainable injection moulding
Dervish Ibrahim, international sales manager at TM Robotics, explains why all-electric injection moulding machines are the way forward for reducing the process's environmental impact — while also helping manufacturers achieve a lower cost-per-part.
Automate 2026 Product Preview
Automate 2026 takes place June 22nd - 25th in Chicago, IL. The Exhibit hall floor will be loaded with new products and services. Here is a preview of some things to look forward to at this years event.
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