Packaging operations continue to embrace automation as a way to reduce labor costs and workplace injuries while improving the efficiency and quality of packaged goods. But the use of automation isn’t evenly distributed, with large consumer packaged goods producers running with more automation than smaller packaging firms. One area ripe for increased automation are operations…
Robotic Kits for “Do-It-Yourself” Packaging System Design
Modular programming and articulating arm kits let you design your own robotic-based packaging system. By Tom Jensen Engineering Manager ELAU Inc., a Company of Schneider Electric For many years two factors gave robot designers and manufacturers a lock on developing equipment for the packaging market: patents and the specialized kinematic knowledge required to program robotic […]
Innovation Insights – Five lessons on Pharmaceutical Innovation from Dr. Lex Adjei
Late this summer, I was privileged to spend a weekend with Dr. Lex Adjei, Chief Scientific Officer of XIOS Pharmaceuticals. While our wives made a trip to Chincoteague beach, Lex and I stayed behind to discuss innovation. With 44 US patents to his name and a sterling resume of achievement (see sidebar), this is a […]