Machine Learning Helps Robots Adapt

Robots are faster, stronger, and more precise than human workers. Industrial machines do more work in less time, and they can work far longer than people can. Robots don’t need breaks, they don’t get food poisoning, and they don’t take time off for holidays. Of course, there’s still one area where robots can’t compete with… Read more »

4 Tips to Prevent Indramat Servo Errors

Sometimes clearing Indramat servo errors is a simple task. Check a cable connection here, reset some parameters there, and you’re good to go. Sometimes clearing Indramat error codes is a long, tedious, and expensive process. While you can hope that your Indramat servo errors are always easy fixes, you’re better off doing what you can… Read more »

Beware of Condensation!

Sometimes condensation is a good thing. Like when you see beads of sweat rolling down an ice cold glass of lemonade on a hot summer day. Sometimes condensation is a bad thing. Like when your drive controller is colder than the air in your control cabinet, and the resulting condensation damages your machinery. Electronics and… Read more »

Keeping Your Indramat Servos Happy

Indramat servos are among the best motion control products ever made. Your Indramat servo drives and servo motors will live long, happy, maintenance-free lives assuming that the conditions are right. Here are a few things that you should keep in mind when it comes to preserving your Indramat servos. Think about the environment Environmental factors… Read more »

Automation Gets a Promotion

Everyone’s heard by now that automation – industrial robots and automated systems – will steal your job and leave you standing in the unemployment line. Maybe you reject this negative prediction and align yourself with optimists that say automation will create new jobs for people. But what if automation were in charge of the hiring… Read more »

5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Skip Indramat Maintenance

Regular maintenance helps ensure that your motion control system runs as long as it possibly can, it saves your business money, and it helps keep your employees safe. Here are five reasons you shouldn’t skip Indramat maintenance. They just don’t make them like they used to. Indramat motion control systems are legacy systems. You can’t… Read more »

Indramat Motor Repair Made Easy

Maybe your MHD motor is overheating, or your MSK motor isn’t turning and you have no idea why. It doesn’t really matter what’s wrong with your Indramat servo motors, a broken motor causes loads of stress and frustration. Indramat motor repair is surprisingly easy and convenient, however. It’s easy for you, that is. All that… Read more »

Fast Servo Repair vs. Safe Servo Repair

People typically think of fast servo repair and safe servo repair as two different things. However, this simply isn’t the case with Indramat servo repair. A fast and safe repair are one and the same. At least, they can be. A fast servo repair doesn’t have to be poor quality. Fast servo repair doesn’t have… Read more »

Can Party Tricks Benefit Industrial Robots?

We’re living in a rousing age in robotics. The attention, research, and resources being put into robots and automation is greater than it’s ever been before, and the results are really impressive. Modern robots are capable of doing some pretty cool things, but how practical are they? Boston Dynamics is one of the most famous… Read more »

Do We Want Robots to Be Dangerous?

It sometimes seems as though people want robots to be dangerous. Obviously, you don’t want dangerous robots in your factory. Industrial machines are meant to make work easier, more efficient, and safer for humans. However, people keep pushing the idea that robots are dangerous, or that they will soon be dangerous, even though modern industrial… Read more »