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Case Study: Akron University Police Robot

“Bad Guys Beware” – The University of Akron Honors College, The Akron Ohio Police Department and item North America teamed up to design and build the Automated Reconnaissance for Emergency Services (A.R.E.S).
The original purpose of ARES was to investigate potential threats while eliminating the time, expense and manpower of assembling the local SWAT Team in problem situations.

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Case Study: item North America and Rexel USA

Rexel, the world’s leader in distribution of electrical supplies with 2,600 locations and 35,000 employees in 34 North America with the intent of part of their customers an innovative solution
to a packaging problem. 

The initial objective was to offer a robust sub-structure or machine base capable of carrying drives, motors, controls, stack lights and related hardware necessary to pack cases of plastic
parts in an injection molding operation.

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Case Study: University of Akron Case Study

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The University of Akron’s Mechanical Engineering Department came to item with a unique application involving the use of high-speed photography to determine the distortion of metal sealing rings.

At the start of this project, Akron engineers quickly realized that standard photography tripods were not sturdy enough to deliver top quality results in high-speed applications.

A successful ongoing relationship with item North America lead Akron engineers to make a phone call and visit to item’s North American Headquarters just a few miles from the University campus.

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Case Study: WARDJet, Inc. and item North America Make a Splash in the Waterjet Industry

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Tallmadge, OH – WARDJet, Inc., a manufacturer of waterjet cutting machines, provides customers with leading edge equipment and support in multiple products related to waterjet cutting.

WARDJet’s goal is to design and build CNC gantry systems that are recognized as the leading waterjet cutting platform in the industry. In early 2005, WARDJet contacted item North America’s engineering department for assistance in developing a system that would travel at fast speeds and remain light weight with high acceleration/deceleration capabilities, while sustaining the ability to withstand the aggressive environment of abrasive waterjet cutting.

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Case Study: Transfer System & Finishing Process

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NUTRO Corp., a Cleveland-Based integrator and machine builder, provides automated finishing systems for a variety of industries, including the automotive industry. NUTRO has integrated several machines that are involved in the finishing process of brake rotors. However, the product line has recently changed, making there former finishing process obsolete. NUTRO needed to develop a new, more efficient way to transfer the rotors from one finishing process to the next. Because of the new shape of the brake rotor, NUTRO decided it would be best to use the item system in a pick and place or transfer application.

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