Tag: Semi-automatic

Our Engineers Work for You

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You wouldn’t knowingly sign off on a cheap machine that doesn’t work or meet your needs, but we hear it happen time and time again.

Many times, we get a 911-like call from a customer who is now even further into the project timeline and realizes that they’ve lost time, opportunity loss and money to bad machinery.

Recently, we came across a start-up company looking to fill 15-20 containers per minute.  They were sold a mono-block automatic filler by a broker, which they did not end up using as it was more machine than they could actually use at this particular stage.

Now, this startup who was learning the hard way contacted Frain to ask if we were interested in purchasing it from them, while also renting a semi-automatic filler to better meet their needs.

Companies of all sizes find value in the rental equipment we provide quickly, but ultimately appreciate the engineering expertise we lend to them free of charge to validate their equipment needs first and foremost.

We get customers who are ecstatic to hear that we can borrow them machinery under rental terms that will work for them, cost them minimal monthly payments and allow them to return as needed.

We appreciate the fact that are many options in the market.  You can and will go anywhere you please and feel comfortable.

But, before you do, we ask that you consider a unique value we provide in validating your equipment needs with experience engineers.

The Social Push

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With a tremendous rise in social media, companies, sectors, groups, individuals, etc. have been “exposed”.  Customers are not only expressing their likes/dislikes to the manufacturer. They are using public displays and online interaction to express concern, dejection, amazement or favoritism toward a brand, product, person and everything in between.

For example, a loyal customer shared her disgust of a cosmetic product over social media and even directly to the founder of the company: “So,,, I hit pan on my @JeffreeStar highlight and found HAIR embedded into it.” Another shared disbelief and difficulty supporting a product: “Your beef is frozen and we all know it. Y’all know we laugh at your slogan ‘fresh, never frozen’ right? Like you’re really a joke.”

As a result to public complaints, many companies have directly pushed for transparency and optimization of quality to improve their products.

Some companies turned to Frain for the automation of their production lines by using robots, detection technology or equipment that decreased the number of operators to reduce human error. Customers selected from a wide variety of packaging and processing equipment to convert to a semi-automatic or automatic process to enrich production lines and quality control.

Whether you prefer data collection/analyzation or a combination of both automation and data, Frain has the equipment needed for a seamless transition. Our technicians, mechanics, and engineers are dedicated to your equipment goals and integration requirements.

Let Frain help you like it has helped other companies.

From Floppy to Clouds

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I recall going to computer class and inserting two floppy disks: one to boot the computer and another to play a game. At that time, patience was key because loading took about 5-10 minutes…nothing compared to the current 30-60 second loading time.

Floppy disks were revolutionary from the 70’s to 90’s and were considered an inexpensive “high-speed mass storage” apparatus, but were ‘read-only’ when first introduced. As time passed, floppy disks got smaller and transitioned to ‘read-write’ disks while becoming more budget friendly and doubling in capacity.

The push for even more convenient data storage surged and floppy disks began to fade out. Technology giants introduced superior data storage tools, like USB flash drives, external hard drives, and memory cards. The face of social media and a ‘share’ generation may have enabled cloud storage to hold massive amounts of media and data files available from any device upon login.

At their peak, floppy disks were high-tech, but technology advancement left them in a distant past. In a similar manner, automatic machinery is changing the way manual processes are perceived.

The industrial revolutions, for instance, took hand-crafted products to machine generated commodities that reduced time and labor and revolutionized American living with innovations like the lightbulb.

As in the past, innovation and consumer demand continue to spark mass production and thus, companies convert manual or semi-automatic practices to automatic methods as business takes off.

Companies looking to increase production/output requirements, new product roll out, open a plant and more come to Frain for semi-automatic, automatic, or integration requirements. Frain’s vast packaging and processing inventory has the equipment to get customers to market faster than anyone else in the industry.

The packaging and processing industries have primarily gone from manual to automatic like storage went from floppy to cloud, and although disks are still being used today in different industries like embroidery and aviation, there is a limited supply and companies will be forced to transition to newer technology.

Stay ahead of the game. Increase capacity, facilitate quality control and improve efficiency with semi-automatic or automatic equipment provided rapidly and conveniently.

 

Resources:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/why-do-floppy-disks-still-exist-the-world-isnt-ready-to-move-on/
https://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/industrial-revolution/pdf/teacher_guide.pdf