Tyson Percival’s Post

Automate 2024...It's going to be a great week in Chicago! We're looking forward to catching up with everyone and more importantly seeing all the great new stuff that we can incorporate into our systems. The products offered by the automation sector are endlessly evolving and we always get to come back with a few new great products or ideas that add functionality, help us solve a new customer problem or just make things a little more slick. We'll be at the show or hanging out on the north side of the river until Friday morning so give us a shout if you want to meet up.

Super proud of this one! We designed and built the film application tool from scratch and supplied everything from the rollcase conveyors to the paint booth. Let me tell you...successfully applying a thin adhesive film to a 20 meter long not-perfectly-flat slab of wood has a few challenges! The whole robot cell is 171 feet long and the panels themselves can weigh in excess of 20,000 pounds.

This is a pretty cool one...it's a protective film application system. The tool configuration and robot paths are generated parametrically from customer database info on the fly, as each infed part is very different and there are thousands of different parts that could be loaded at any time. It's absolutely mesmerizing to watch it run. We also designed and built the actual process equipment (not shown in the pic) from scratch. I think both the controls and mechanical teams knocked it out of the park in terms of quality. 

One of the nice things about these smaller systems is they come together (relatively) quickly! This one was approx 8 weeks from first parts arriving to customer acceptance testing.

Really happy with how this one turned out. We'll have some more info about the part storage carousel to show off soon but it's heavy-duty, easy to changeover, and 75% of the shelves can be accessed by an operator at any time while the system is running.

Hi Network! For the past few days we have heard from many colleagues and friends checking in to see how we are doing here in Kelowna due to the incredibly sudden and severe wildfire that broke out on Thursday. While everyone is safe, I'm sad to report that our senior applications engineer and all-around great guy Calum Macintosh and his wife Erica lost their home when it was burned to the ground by the fast-moving flames. This could not happen to a nicer pair of people. In a bizarre twist of fate, the local news captured it on video. While they are being incredibly stoic about the situation, they will certainly be facing a lot of challenges and additional expenses. I've set up a fundraiser to help Calum, Erica and their 2-year-old son get through the coming weeks a little easier. If you've dealt with us or Calum in the past it would be greatly appreciated if you could signal boost this. It would be great if they had a little less to worry about. Thanks! https://gofund.me/067a3818

Technically this was a month ago but don't tell anyone

Hey network...we are growing continuously and could use some more great team members. Any referrals would be appreciated! We have some co-op opportunities as well not listed here.