S u n s h i n e T O O L
Welcome to Sunshine TOOL
Design, Development & Building of Industrial Automation Machinery
& Robotics Solutions for Companies Around the World
Welcome to Sunshine TOOL
Design, Development & Building of Industrial Automation Machinery
& Robotics Solutions for Companies Around the World
Industrial automation is the use of control systems such as computer or robots & information technologies for handling different processes & machinery in an industry to enhance a human operator. It is the second step beyond mechanization in the scope of industrialization.
Sunshine TOOL provides 3 basic types of automation:
- Fixed or Hard Automation refers to the use of special purpose equipment to automate a fixed sequence of processing or assembly operations. Each part of the operation is in sequential steps usually involving either a plain linear or rotational motion or a combination of the two. It is difficult to accommodate frequent changes in the product design with fixed or hard automation.
- Programmable or Soft Automation offers the capability to change the sequence of operations to accommodate different product configurations. The operation sequence is controlled by a software program which is a set of coded instructions to be read & interpreted by the system. New programs can be prepared & entered into the equipment to produce new products.
- Flexible Automation is an extension of programmable automation. A flexible automation system is capable of producing a variety of parts with virtually no time lost for changeovers from one part style to the next. There is no lost production time while reprogramming the system & altering the physical set-up. This is where we normally integrate robotics.
Automation solutions add value within companies & release associates from repetitive, dangerous or dirty & low value-added jobs. Sunshine TOOL focuses on helping our customers move from purely mechanical & people-oriented production to automating as many processes as needed. Let's discuss how we can apply these various types of automation to your company.
Reasons to Automate
Reasons to Automate
- Increases production output rates while reducing operating costs
- Improves process quality & workplace health & safety concerns
- Increases manufacturing flexibility (product change-over) to meet market demands
- Reduces turnover rate of labor & difficulty of recruiting skilled labor
- Reduces capital costs of inventory & work-in-progress
Advantages of Industrial Automation
Advantages of Industrial Automation
- Minimizes maintenance costs as industrial automation has a high up-time
- Minimizes staff for off-shifts & obtains better utilization of equipment to increase productivity
- Reduces errors associated with operator fatigue
- Improves process flow & reduces waste utilizing "Big Data" to obtain detailed key production information
- Eliminates operators working in hazardous conditions improving safety & lowering insurance costs
- High return on both investments & assets to become more competitive
Our full-fledged in-house machine shop at our Sarasota, FL location where we machine the components for your automation & machining projects
Our full-fledged in-house machine shop at our Sarasota, FL location where we machine the components for your automation & machining projects
What our customers are saying
What our customers are saying
When it comes to automation, there are many companies to choose from. While I have used several different ones to help retrofit our legacy equipment, no one has made it happen as fast & efficient as Sunshine TOOL. They helped reduce cost by upgrading our legacy machines to today's readily available components & have a program team at their disposal who can wire & code logic programs on the job as they work.
Richard Kidd, Maintenance Supervisor
AAF Flanders in Hillwood, PA