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100% Tax Deduction for Automating Measurement Inspection?
Here’s a great idea from our partner Universal Robots: If you’re a US manufacturer, you may qualify* for a significant federal tax deduction that will stretch your equipment budget and help boost your Covid-19 recovery. Section 179 of the Internal Revenue Code allows...
Production Machining: Cobots Gain Ability to Sort and Measure
In the September 2020 issue of Production Machining, senior editor Lori Beckman writes about Q-Span Systems and how the innovative precision robotic caliper extends the applicability of collaborative robots to perform sorting and measurement of small parts. The...
Collaborative Robots: Moving into the the Quality Lab
Our customer OptiPro Systems appeared in the August issue of Quality Magazine. This case study shows how Q-Span technology helped OptiPro enhance their world-class optics manufacturing systems, adding robotic machine tending and small-part measurement. From Quality...
New Scale Robotics Featured in Rochester Business Journal
New Scale Robotics was featured in the August 21, 2020 issue of the Rochester Business Journal. The article discusses how the company grew as a natural offshoot of New Scale Technologies, a company with a long history and deep expertise in creating precision motion...
NIST: High-Mix/Low-Volume Manufacturers Are a Sweet Spot for Collaborative Robots
A recent post on the NIST Manufacturing Innovation blog provides a great summary of the promise of collaborative robots for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs). “Collaborative robots are increasingly attractive to manufacturers who require flexible...
New White Paper: Innovations in Small-Part Measurement
New Scale Robotics has published a new white paper exploring the evolution of QC measurement techniques, including recent innovations in end-of-arm tooling that allow collaborative robots to perform QC measurements. Like their counterparts in production, collaborative...
Innovator David Henderson featured on “Robot Nation” podcast
New Scale Robotics CEO David Henderson spoke with Jim Beretta, host of the new Robot Nation podcast, about the development of the Q-Span System and how it is changing the game for QC measurement inspection in small-batch, high-mix manufacturing. The new Robot Nation...
Get your QC team back to work safely – with robots
Collaborative robots help with social distancing in the QC/QA lab. Quality teams at high-mix manufacturing facilities are getting back to full production after shut-downs and slow-downs caused by the response to Covid-19 in the USA. They are finding that...
Five Things You Should Know About Parts Trays for Pick-Measure-Record-and-Place Automation
A Q-Span Workstation uses cobot grippers to automatically pick parts from “parts-in” trays and place them into appropriate “parts-out” trays after measuring them. Designing parts-in and parts-out trays for each part is not difficult, but there are five key points to keep in mind.
How to qualify tool capability of new robotic caliper for QC measurement
New white paper discusses how to qualify Q-Span Workstation tool capability for parts and processes in small-part manufacturing. New Scale Robotics has announced a free white paper: “Q-Span System Correlation Study - Automating Small-Part Measurement.” A...