Over the past few months, COVID-19 has impacted just about every aspect of our daily lives. The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is no exception. First Robotics FRC is an international high school robotics competition. It was founded in 1989 by inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen, with inspiration and assistance from physicist and MIT professor Woodie …
At Solara Automation we have specialized in creating automated solutions for demanding assembly applications. Collaborative robot arms provide a future-proof platform for small businesses that need to optimize production. If your workflow changes, the cobot can be quickly redeployed to new processes due to its small size and lightweight design. Easier programming (even by non-technical …
Read more Solara Automation’s Collaborative Robot Assembly System
Big things are happening at Solara. How big? Well, it involves one of the largest collaborative robots in the world — capable of lifting loads up to 35 kg. The future of automation is a world without safety fences, a world in which humans work side-by-side with robots. Cobots will handle the strenuous and dangerous …
Read more New Collaborative Palletizing System at Solara Automation
Scope: A leading manufacturer of builder products requested Solara to design, develop, and install an end-of-line robotic palletizing system for strapped bundles of nail plates. Part/Product: Zinc-plated steel nail plates bundled and strapped together in sets of 20 each. Nail plate sizes vary from 3”x4” all the way to 10”x16” for a total of 36 …
Application: Material Handling, Welding, and Grinding Industry: Tools Solara Automation's customer produces portable bandsaw blades. Solara's engineers faced the challenge of creating an automation cell responsible for feeding the raw material, shaping the blade into a loop, welding the ends together, annealing the seam, and grinding it. Solara designed and constructed a three-robot cell for …
Application: Inspection and Packing System Industry: Automotive Solara Automation's customer manufactures sintered metal parts for engine applications. They needed an automation system to inspect three distinct assemblies for defects and ensure proper dowel insertion depth. The system had to package the inspected parts onto molded trays. Solara Automation designed and constructed an automated machine to …
Application: Material Handling Industry: Electronic components Our customer selected Solara Automation to significantly enhance the production of a minuscule gold part (measuring down to 0.020” x 0.020”) essential in the electronics industry. The task involved bulk feeding these tiny components and packaging them in trays of varying sizes. The system needed to be highly adaptable, …
