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Video: Q-Span Workstation with Air Gage
Air gauges are a century-old technology that remains the standard for making fast part measurements with micro-inch precision. Air gauge measurements require part insertion and removal on tool with about 0.001 inch clearance. Today nearly all air gauge measurements...
See live, in-person demos of our robotic gaging systems at the Quality Show
New Scale Robotics will demonstrate its Q-Span Robotic Gaging System live and in person at the Quality Show October 26-28, 2021 in Rosemont, Illinois. The demos will show how this do-it-yourself robotic kit can help high-mix, small-batch manufacturers to quickly and...
Simplifying Cobot Setup and Deployment for Quality Applications
New Scale Robotics was featured in a recent Universal Robots webinar: Simplifying Cobot Setup and Deployment for Quality Applications. The recent Universal Robots (UR) Webinar cited our Q-Span® Workstation Kit as an example of how UR+ Application Kits make it simple...
Modern Gaging Trends: Technology Evolves to Meet the Needs of Today’s User
A recent article in Quality Magazine is a great summary of some modern trends in gaging. At New Scale Robotics, we are working to combine these digitized gages with collaborative robots - helping manufacturers automate gaging with robotic tools that are as easy to use...
Plug-and-Play Robot Ecosystems on the Rise
We created our Q-Span Workstation Kits as part of the UR+ ecosystem. A recent article from the Association for Advancing Automation explains the incredible value of that plug-and-produce ecosystem for our users. Simply put, UR+ Application Kits make it easy to get...
Smart Mechatronics: Function Kits vs. Application Kits
Closed system function kits vs. open system cobot application kits - which is best for high-mix manufacturing? Smart mechatronic systems help manufacturers automate and drive towards industry 4.0. Mechatronics are systems that combine mechanical and electrical...
Q-Span Workstation demo at Buffalo Manufacturing Works
We traveled to the beautiful Buffalo Manufacturing Works facility for Automation Expo 2021, arranged by Ralph W. Earl Automation Solutions. Here's a Q-Span Workstation in a nutshell. (1:18) Learn more about Q-Span Workstation...
Measuring Ball Bearing Assemblies
Roller bearings and ball bearings are everywhere in manufacturing and automation. In our machines, actuators, motors and drives. And so, in almost every mechanical product - everything that moves has some kind of bearing. The typical steel ball located inside a...
Improve Assembly Yield and Quality With Automated Inspection
Presented at Universal Robots' Cobot Expo Series - Assembly In this session, Stefan Friedrich reviews some typical applications for collaborative robots (cobots) and how the use of cobots in quality inspection can be applied to both traditional applications for part...
Practical steps to evaluate and implement QC automation
Presented at the World Conference on Quality and Improvement (WCQI) In this session, New Scale Robotics CEO David Henderson explored how QC measurement has evolved: from manual gages and tools, to “smart” gages, and now to robotic systems. These systems feature...