Hardware

An AVM A1 PCMCIA ISDN-Controller, a stack of floppy disks, and a switch box; these are examples of legacy technology that SFA can help upgrade or replace.

3 Dead Pieces of Shop Floor Technology

January 3, 2018

There is likely old technology on your shop floor that is limiting your productivity. You are being robbed of time, profits, and resources in order to keep replacing them. Who …

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Helping Machinists Cope with Work Stress

October 10, 2017

Creating stressed out machine operators without meaning to? The manufacturing industry is experiencing a lot of growth. This also creates a demand for machinist stress relief resources. An interesting article …

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October 2017 Shop Floor Automations Case Study

October 5, 2017

We love learning about the results our customers get after integrating our productivity solutions. In this new Shop Floor Automations case study, our customers at Stollen Machine talk about how …

DSU Device Search Utility v2 Release Notes

September 13, 2017

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DNC Software & Hardware – Peas in a Pod

August 16, 2017

DNC Hardware for CNCs If you have recently made the decision to add DNC software to your shop floor to help with productivity and CNC communications, you are off to …

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MFG Costs, Budgets & Integration ROI

August 14, 2017

Manufacturing costs are a pain. MFG costs and budget comes into play whenever productivity improvements are considered. Costs are sadly not predictable. There are four variables of expenses when running …

A woman stands at the airport looking at 3 machine monitoring screens related to the status of her machine at the shop. A blue text bubble coming from her backpack says "Text: Downtime. Machine 2. Department notified."

New Manufacturing Techniques

August 10, 2017

People try out new technologies each day. The manufacturing industry is no exception. They buy new phones, lease new cars, upgrade the software on their phones and computers, or add …

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Why Customers Use CNC Machine Tool Hardware

April 12, 2017

Shop Floor Automation Hardware Evaluated When working with a CNC machine tool, it can sometimes be frustrating for machinists and those on the shop floor. When you have a big, …

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SFA meets 2017 Manufacturing Technology Trends

January 25, 2017

2017 Manufacturing Technology Trends Being a technology-related company, part of what we do is about keeping up with trends. We were definitely excited to see we meet the criteria of …

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Hire a Professional Technician – It’s Worth It

January 24, 2017

Professional Technicians are worth the investment With the popularity of YouTube, Reddit, WebMD, and similar sites, we are definitely a culture obsessed with DIY (AKA “do it yourself”). While this …