• How to Silence Your Noisy Actuator and Deal with Tribocorrosion

    Suffering from noisy actuators or tribocorrosion? Both are easily remedied with our maintenance tips. Actuator and Gantry systems do not get allergies but they are frequently affected by seasonal changes related to the surrounding environment. Changes from cooling to the heating season can cause your actuators to start making odd noises. Often this is attributed…

  • Exlar’s GSX Actuators Help Osgood Industries Save Space on Filling Machines

    Exlar’s GSX Actuators Help Osgood Industries Save Space on Filling Machines

    APPLICATION Machines that fill containers with yogurt or other similar products. CUSTOMER Osgood Industries, located in Oldsmar, Florida, is a leading manufacturer of machinery for filling applications. They produce machines for a variety of different industries from food and beverage to medical and personal care. CUSTOMER CHALLENGE Osgood Industries used a variety of methods, from…

  • How Many Balloons Would It Take to Lift You Into the Air?

    Summer is officially here, with Memorial Day behind us and the Summer Solstice on its way! For many Eastern Pennsylvanians, including Macron employees, this marks the beginning of many trips to the mountains and the shore. For those of us at Macron who head to the shore, we’ve had the opportunity to visit the boardwalk and…

  • What Is Linear Robotics?

    What Is Linear Robotics?

    Learn the benefits of using Linear Robotics and how a linear robot can be more economical than other types of robots such as articulated arm or SCARA. With automation on the rise, the case for linear robotics, has expanded. Linear robots are a type of industrial robot with two or three principal axes that move…