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Poor quality barcodes — no matter the cause — result in no-reads. Once the cause of the barcode problem is defined, it can be addressed by taking simple preventive measures. A high-performance barcode reading system will ensure the best read possible and protect a company’s time and data. Omron published a highly-informative downloadable white paper...

The Omron TM collaborative robot, available from Innovative-IDM, when equipped with the new 3D vision camera, is able to pick up known objects with random overlapping positions out of a bin. Traditionally, this was difficult to automate because of varying weights, shapes and orientations of objects that require 3D location and different forces during picking....

Today at our morning hoopla meeting (right), we danced around the Innovative-IDM Maypole to celebrate several things. the end of April May Day Our customers we are free the fact that May Day and Mayday have very different meanings Now if you believe all of that malarkey, consider this. We really do have a customer...

(Omron machine safety white paper) Today’s manufacturers are under pressure to be more flexible, reduce downtime, increase efficiency and, above all, keep personnel safe from injury and even worse. These efforts are complicated by yet another requirement: the successful management of external influences. These factors are difficult to predict. And when their true effects become...

I’ve spent three decades working with industrial drive- and PLC-centric production processes. Much has been written and talked about replacing DC systems with AC drives and systems. However, your production process might require you to retain your DC system. If the DC motor is in good shape but you need to upgrade the drive, then...