This is an excerpt from an article in Fab Shop Magazine, featuring Greg Giles, Executive Director of MES for RedViking - By Kip Hanson Automotive robots aren’t just getting smarter; they’re also becoming more talkative What if your car could email the dealership and tell the mechanic there might be a problem? Maybe there’s a metal shaving Keep Reading >
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RedViking Honored As “Cool Place To Work” Second Year in a Row!
“The organization provides a cafe, workout facilities and classes, tuition reimbursement but most of all, the owners care about their employees.” Crain’s Business Recognizes RedViking 2nd Year in a Row RedViking is happy to announce that we’ve been honored as a Cool Place to Work in Michigan by Crain’s a second year in a row. According to Keep Reading >
Optimized Inspection Station Increases Engine Production
This is an excerpt from an article in AutomationWorld, featuring Dave Olson, controls engineer leader for RedViking - By Grant Gerke , Automation World Contributing Editor, on July 6, 2017 A diesel engine OEM eliminates manual inspection with an automated, vision-based inspection station to increase product yield on its assembly Keep Reading >
3 Steps Toward Industry 4.0
This is an excerpt from an article in Automation World, featuring Greg Giles, Executive Director of MES / Argonaut at RedViking. Whether you’ve embraced digital manufacturing or are wondering where to start, there are things you can do right now to move closer to the future. Manufacturing execution systems (MESs), Industrial Internet of Keep Reading >
Using Lost Foam Casting for Highly Engineered Gearboxes
<This excerpt from Gear Solutions Magazine describes how lost foam casting is used in our design and build process for helicopter test stands> RedViking has built powertrain test systems since the early 1990s. Early on, these were used for the automotive industry, and the integrated test stand gearboxes were relatively straightforward with Keep Reading >
5 Steps to Becoming a Government Contractor
There's a great opportunity available for U.S. business owners that most haven't considered. 60% of all federal government contracts are eligible to go to small business contractors. Maybe you think you don't have anything the government would buy, or maybe you think your company is too large to qualify. You might be surprised. Although it may Keep Reading >
New technology pushes machine smarts to the edge
What is a smart edge device, and are there smart ways to use them on machines? With the advent of the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0, the use of smart edge devices is becoming more common in factory automation. A wide variety of these devices are being used for data collection and control, but what exactly one is depends on who you Keep Reading >
Battery-free AGVs – Material Handling – Assembly Lines
No Batteries Required If you've ruled out AGVs because they're not powerful, durable, or intelligent enough, you need to check out RedViking's battery-free AGVs. We'll be in Booth N1807 at Automate/Pro-Mat 2017 in Chicago, showing off our Wingspan Battery-free AGVs for both assembly lines and material handling. Much More Than a Keep Reading >
See you at Heli-Expo?
Will you be at Heli-Expo next week? RedViking will be in Booth 6018 at the Helicopter Association International event next week in Dallas, Texas. We'll be showcasing our dynamic component test stands, including helicopter main gearbox stands, intermediate and tail rotor gearbox stands, and dynamic blade balance whirl towers. Heli-Expo is the Keep Reading >
What’s Driving Assembly Line AGVs?
Mark Sobkow, VP Manufacturing Solutions, wrote for Manufacturing Tomorrow on why manufacturers are moving to assembly line AGVs. What’s Driving Assembly Line AGVs? We’ll install more assembly line automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in the first half of 2017 than we installed in the preceding two years. The AGV floodgates have opened for Keep Reading >