It’s 7 o’clock…do you know where your produce came from? If you have fruits or vegetables from Wishnatzki farms, you not only know where it came from, but also what field it came from, what day and time it was picked, and who picked it! Wishnatzki Farms has taken the Produce Traceability Initiative to heart.
Topics: Agricultural
Procom Sound is no stranger to conquering “technical difficulties.” As an audio/visual integration specialist for both commercial and residential applications, they've had their fair share of unruly technology and migraine-inducing integration. However, when asked to install the ultimate TV viewing motion track in a Chicago penthouse, they were able to utilize SmartMotor technology and Animatics tech support for the all-angle solution.
Topics: Entertainment
Realistic 17th century Spanish cannon? Yes. Prototype for a new Lamborghini? Of course. Life-size rendition of Michelangelo’s “David”? Absolutely! All of this and more out of giant blocks of foam with the help of Animatics’ SmartMotor™ and JenCNC™… why not?
Topics: Architecture, Signage
A customer from a large pharmaceutical industry recently came to Moog Animatics with the need to rapidly transfer pill bottles on and off a fast moving factory line for inspection.
Topics: Packaging, Pharmaceutical
Metal is vital to modern industrial design because of its durability, solidity and strength, but these properties also make it extremely difficult to penetrate. The technique of plasma cutting has become a popular solution, though not an exceptionally accurate one. With plasma cutting, the strongest metals can be completely severed using an ionized, high powered stream of gas sent through a small nozzle, creating an arc. The electric arc heats the gas to such an extreme temperature that it becomes plasma, simultaneously melting the metal and clearing away the metal debris.
Topics: Metal Working Machines
Taking an innovative design approach to the traditionally large, heavy and expensive surfboard shaping machines previously available, Precision Shapes Northwest, a U.S. surfboard design studio was inspired to develop and build compact, rugged and low maintenance surfboard shaping machines that provide a faster return on investment for its customers.
Topics: Wood Working Machines
Coordinated motion of multiple axes is not a straightforward task. When the technology artists behind this motorized sculpture needed an integrated and effective way to choreograph the movement of 65 precisely engineered mechanisms, they recruited the help of Animatics' SmartMotor™ solution.
Topics: Art & New Media
Moving one vertical load is simple; moving countless loads in a small space is not. Coordinating the movement of 1,008 individual loads over a 40 foot vertical distance to create synchronized, fluid movement seemed impossible. That was the challenge set before Animatics during the production of FTSI Automation’s spectacular kinetic sculpture at The World Expo in Shanghai, China.
Topics: Entertainment
Spooling is the most effective way to provide convenient packaging for materials of exceptionally long length. Typically spooling material is fed at a certain rate while the material traverses back and forth corresponding to the desired pattern.
Topics: Material Handling
“Pipe crawlers” are more than robotic gymnasts. They are robust machines moving with the utmost grace and stability, accompanied by the toughness and audacity of a mechanized lineman. Controlling the stability and guiding the machine are four SmartMotorTM servos balancing on top of frozen, elevated Alaskan pipeline while two long arms holding imaging equipment scan the bottom portion of the petroleum pipes in freezing conditions. These machines are integral to the protection of the arctic tundra.
Topics: Oil Industry