by Nate Rippke | Oct 20, 2022 | Robotics
Unable to Find Qualified Workers – Plant managers increasingly report their inability to find qualified workers to fill positions is becoming the new norm. This challenge is not unique to any single industry. The U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics indicates a...
by Nate Rippke | Oct 20, 2022 | Robotics
COVID-19 and Robotics – With the rise of the coronavirus crisis, robotic palletizing is more attractive than ever before. People working together in close proximity have proven to be a large vector for increased cases and transmission rates. Robotic palletizers...
by Nate Rippke | Nov 20, 2019 | Robotics
Demand for palletizers in North America has surged in recent years. We estimate that market revenues grew by 12.3% in 2018 to reach nearly $340 million. This growth is largely fueled by both the increased cost of labor and availability of labor. Manual palletizing is...
by Nate Rippke | Mar 27, 2017 | Robotics
When robots first entered the manufacturing work force in the mid-twentieth century, they were installed to perform heavy or dangerous (or both) tasks, over and over again alongside other robots. Where it was impractical to put the robots in rooms of their own,...
by Nate Rippke | Feb 16, 2016 | Robotics
(This is part threein a three-part series on integrating packaging machinery with track and trace serialization systems to meet the 2017 pharmaceutical mandates. Part one is here. Part two is here.) TRACK & TRACE PALLET CELLS Robotic palletizers also integrate...
by Nate Rippke | Feb 24, 2012 | Robotics
We have all heard the phrase reduce, reuse, recycle. Use less. Use it again. Return it to its original form to reshape it. It’s easy to apply the logic to aluminum cans, but what about packaging machinery? Add a fourth R, repurpose, and the adage also holds true, and...
