subject: Assembly Automation Keeping Pace With New Developments [print this page] Driven by the increasing demand to fulfill industrys requirement for higher productivity, a simple serviceable term defining automation implies that it is easy to implement and should be cost effective. To provide most efficient and cost effective solutions to various manufacturing processes, the assembly automation technology is constantly being researched, designed, developed and refined. Modularity, flexibility and efficient quality control monitoring marks today's assembly machines and systems.
Assembly Automation is aimed to keep pace with new advancements and developments, making it invaluable to engineers and managers who design and apply automation systems in various user industries all over the world.
New innovations are constantly being devised to test and deploy assembly systems for better quality, faster production and minimum running costs. The process of Assembly Automation includes all of the following systems but is not restricted to these only.
- design, inspection and machine vision for assembly
- artificial intelligence for assembly
- compliant mechanisms
- joining technologies and flexible gripping
- manufacturing control and modular assembly systems
- parts feeding and presentation
- rapid prototyping and robot assembly stations
Investing in assembly process technologies can give a manufacturing company an edge over its competitors. But such investments are not without risk. Equal amounts of time and consideration must be given to choose the automation provider and select the automation technology that can best convert your investment into profit.
Today, special purpose factory automation, especially the automated assembly, has become a world-encompassing business but since the aspects like quality assurance, logistics and organization also play an increasingly decisive role, factory automation requires a combined effort that is well beyond the standard process technologies.
