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Top design agency appoints Modular Automation

Top design agency appoints Modular Automation to build assembly equipment for new windscreen repair system

News from Engineeringtalk, 31 July 2006

Modular gains in-house laser expertise

Warwick Laser Systems has joined forces with assembly equipment manufacturer Modular Automation in what is described by Modular as a major boost to its manufacturing operations.

News from Engineeringtalk, 21 November 2005

Pedal sensor assembled in just 9 seconds

A new assembly system designed for Wabash Technologies accurately assembles the eight components of a safety-critical throttle position sensor and checks the component's function.

News from Engineeringtalk, 28 August 2002

System ends lottery of game card distribution

UK National Lottery organiser Camelot has placed an order with Modular Automation for an automation system to speed the distribution of gaming cards throughout the country.

News from Engineeringtalk, 18 March 2002

Automation system keeps manufacturing in the UK

Modular Automation has developed a new plastic insert loading system for Medic-aid.

News from Engineeringtalk, 22 February 2002

Vision system improves glazing cell at Nissan

After the success of a glazing cell supplied to Nissan two years ago, the window design had changed, so for a new cell, a vision system was used to centralise the windows

News from Engineeringtalk, 28 January 2002

Nissan saves time with robot

Europe's most efficient car plant, Nissan Motors in Sunderland, has recently installed a new system from Modular Automation to apply adhesive to glass panels for the new Nissan Almera

News from Engineeringtalk, 18 September 2001

Product variants assembled with minimum retooling

Modular Automation has used simple engineering ingenuity to develop a new assembly machine for Nastech which has the flexibility to assemble multiple product variants with minimum retooling

News from Engineeringtalk, 21 June 2001

Automation for assembling electrical switches

MEM250 of Oldham has automated new process for assembling a range of electrical switches on two separate assembly machines using a process designed and built by Modular Automation.

News from Engineeringtalk, 22 May 2001

Deciding the viability of an automation project

Will Bourn, sales manager of Modular Automation in Birmingham, takes a practical look at the factors that should decide the viability of any automation project.

News from Engineeringtalk, 10 April 2001

Taming the paharmaceutical validation process

Modular Automation, describes how the application of their tried and tested modular approach to pharmaceutical manufacturing can significantly reduce the headaches involved.

News from Engineeringtalk, 10 April 2001

Machine combines cam drives with pick and place

Modular Automation of Birmingham has designed and built an assembly machine that combines the use of cam drives with pick and place automation to achieve flexibility with speed.

News from Engineeringtalk, 17 January 2001

Speed and flexibility on telephone assembly system

Modular Automation of Birmingham has designed and built an assembly machine that combines the use of cam drives with pick and place automation to achieve flexibility with speed.

News from Engineeringtalk, 12 December 2000

Cam technology rewrites assembly machine rulebook

Through a strategic alliance with Bodine Corporation in the USA, Modular Automation has harnessed the benefits of cam-driven manufacture and combined it with their own modular engineering technology

News from Engineeringtalk, 12 December 2000

F11-iP motor maintains 40m/s optimum cutting speed

Parker Hannifin, the provider of motion and control technologies, has developed a hydraulic saw motor that automatically maintains an optimum cutting speed of 40m/s for 35 per cent faster cutting.
Schaeffler launches enhanced ball roller range

The Schaeffler Group has launched a complete family of ball roller bearings, which offers reduced friction and allows bearing mass and width to be decreased by 20 per cent.