Manufacturing Plant Lighting & Air Quality
Older manufacturing and metalworking plants are dark, smelly, and dirty places that can negatively affect the employees working in these dangerous environments. Air quality standards and guidelines for lighting type, quality, lux levels and placement are available for general industrial environments, as well as a variety of very specific work situations and tasks. Manufacturers have […]
Production System Design: When to Use Lean (or Flexible) Work Cells, Hard Tooled Automation, or a Hybrid Manufacturing System
Designing a production system to manufacture a product is a complex and challenging task. Process engineers and company management must decide on the labor, equipment, and methods they will use to produce a quality product in the desired output volumes. Cost and lead time of custom equipment, production rate, process risk, product lifecycle, flexibility, safety, […]
Understanding the Evolution of Industrial Robots
Industrial robots have made dramatic advancements over the last 20 years. Huge leaps in both hardware and software performance have made them faster, more durable, and much easier to integrate. To understand today’s industrial robots, it is beneficial to understand their evolution. Developed over 50 years ago, primarily for use in the automotive industry, robots […]
Successful 2020 Loaves & Fishes Food Drive
While 2020 will be remembered as a challenging year to virtually everyone, we are pleased that the annual food drive for Loaves & Fishes was again a resounding success. Donations collected at Keller Technology were delivered to the main warehouse for Loaves & Fishes. Due to COVID-19, a week’s worth of groceries will be pre-packaged […]
Keller Technology Corporation Partners with Kawasaki for Industrial Robotic System Solutions
Keller Technology Corporation and Kawasaki Robotics USA Inc., a leading supplier of industrial robots, have agreed to a formal partnership that will enhance KTC’s ability to offer highly effective and innovative industrial robotic system solutions to many diverse industries. Kawasaki Heavy Industries began the commercial production of industrial robots in 1969 and has now shipped […]
The Trend Toward Reshoring of Manufacturing to North America
Recent events, especially the U.S.-China trade war and the COVID-19 pandemic, have exposed the fragility of global supply chains. Leading up to the current disruptions, companies seeking the lowest labor rates had stretched their supply chains far away from some of their major markets most notably the United States. Many companies took advantage of the […]