Practical articles on custom industrial automation, written by the engineers doing the work. Honest takes on what’s changing in the field, what’s working, and what we’re learning alongside our customers.
The articles in this section cover what we think matters in custom industrial automation: how to know when to automate, how to navigate regulatory requirements, how to build a tech stack that actually works, and what we’re learning about the industry from where we sit.
Nothing is more elusive than the perfect tech stack. I know this is true, because I stood in a room full of executives and said, “who loves their tech stack?” The answer is, almost no one. Our company sells automation. When manufacturers need custom equipment and seamless integration, they come to us. But we didn’t […]
Recently, an existing customer requested additional units of equipment we had previously designed for them, this time shipping to Europe. Enter CE and IEC requirements to gain expertise in! With our customer expecting equipment ‘identical’ to what was previously manufactured, we needed to ensure compliance with slightly different codes while maintaining the design & elegance […]
Yep, we’re still growing. Over the last eight months, we’ve added three new employees to our team to make sure we continue to meet our customers’ expectations. Ben Grover joined us in January. He came to us with three years of experience with machine maintenance and die setting at Avery Dennison. His work experience and […]
The manufacturing of medical devices is, appropriately, a closely regulated industry. That’s a good thing. But, the level of scrutiny and high stakes can make changing your manufacturing process feel daunting and risky. You might already know that manual assembly is inefficient, but you also know that the end result is a certified product that […]
Remember that episode of I Love Lucy where Lucy and Ethel have to wrap chocolates as they speed by on a conveyer belt? (Season two, episode one. Go watch it again, but come right back.) It’s overstated, of course. It’s comedy. But it also hits on many of the shortfalls of manual manufacturing processes: throughput, […]
Meet Andre. Andre Villeneuve is a student in the Cheshire Career Center’s engineering program and, more recently, our intern. He’s a vintage video game system collector and aficionado, a lover of music and cats, and the proud owner of a light blue 1967 Ford Galaxie 500 two-door convertible. Andre will graduate from Keene High School […]
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