Advanced end effectors can make cobots more useful in solving the labor shortages faced by US manufacturers.

The system offers improvements over standard pressure-sensitive and printed systems, which are time-consuming and require double handling of parts, said Muller.

Cargill executive Borre Moolenaar offers personal insight on blockchain’s use in product traceability and the here-now future of supply chain efficiency.

Manufacturing product shifts, supply chain disruptions, labor shortages, and new consumer buying habits altered packaging machinery tactics over the past year in at least four ways.

Packaging operations need to change on a dime these days. That requires coordinated motion control hardware and software.

The world of micro molding is growing in medical devices, drug delivery, sensors, aerospace, and other industries that depend on ultra-small parts.