Providing robotics and factory automation services throughout the Pacific Northwest

Cascade Services Group, LLC has an extensive track record of delivering into the world good, useful and safe (GUS!) robotics and factory automation deployments across a wide range of industries and applications - aerospace, medical device, biotech, fulfillment and data center, food production, consumer electronics and material handling.

Automation Technology Experience

  • Robotics

    Robotics

  • Machine Control

    Machine Control

  • Motion Control

    Motion Control

  • Vision/Sensing

    Vision/Sensing

Services and Duties

  • Machine programming

    Wide range of devices and technologies - robots, PLCs, HMI, motion control/servos, machine vision, C#/Visual Basic, MS SQL, etc.

  • Control System Design

    Machine networking of disparate devices - data structures, configuration, protocol config (EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP/IP, EtherCAT), etc.

  • Component Sizing and Selection

    Robots, servo motors, servo tuning, stages and actuators, gearheads, vision lighting/lensing, etc.

  • Application Development

    Developing, justifying and managing factory automation projects to ensure that they will be good, useful and safe (GUS!)

  • Manufacturing/Process Engineering

    Developing and deploying automated processes such as force control, data acquisition, process characterization (Cp, Cpk), etc.

  • Resource Network

    Well-developed network of resources: control panel design, safety analysis/design, machine design and test and software engineering

Application Portfolio

  • FANUC robot force guided assembly

    Component insertion using FANUC LR Mate robot, force/torque sensor and Enhanced Data Access, Allen-Bradley PLC and HMI and EtherNet/IP networking. Responsibilities: control system design, machine programming, data analysis, DfX feedback to product development and project management.

  • Epson robot force-guided assembly

    Component insertion using Epson C8 robot and force/torque sensor, Allen-Bradley PLC and HMI and EtherNet/IP networking. Responsibilities: control system design, machine programming, data analysis, DfX feedback to product development and project management.

  • Keyence carbon fiber tape metrology

    Critical process monitoring and data collection using Keyence LJ-V7000 profiler, Allen-Bradley PLC and EtherNet/IP networking. Responsibilities: control system design, machine programming, data analysis and project management.

  • Allen-Bradley electronics assembly

    Component insertion using Allen-Bradley PLC, HMI and servos, Parker ballscrew stages and EtherNet/IP networking. Responsibilities: control system design, machine programming, resource allocation, data analysis and project management.

  • Cognex VisionPro asset tracking

    Reading device barcodes using Allen-Bradley PLC and HMI, Cognex Designer/VisionPro vision, Animatics Smartmotor and EtherNet/IP and IEEE-1588 networking. Responsibilities: application approval/financing, control system design, machine programming, resource allocation and management and project management.

  • Allen-Bradley/C# interface

    C# applicatoin to both both read and write variables to/from Allen-Bradley PLC. Responsibilities: both C# and PLC programming and documentation for use by the team.

  • FANUC multi-robot material handling

    Transporting electric devices and storage using 4x FANUC robots (2x M-10id and 2x M-710ic), Allen-Bradley PLC and HMI and EtherNet/IP networking. Responsibilities: control system design, resource allocation, vendor and project management.

  • C#/Galil/Keyence test system

    Multi-axis motion control using a Galil motion controller, Keyence LJ-X8000 profliometer and C# for the GUI. Responsibilities: machine and software programming, training and customer management.

  • Mitsubishi FX5 PLC tote handling

    Fulfilment center tote handling and conveyor control using Mitsubishi FX5 PLC. Responsibilities: machine programming and project and customer management.

  • FANUC/Yaskawa/Allen-Bradley work cell

    High-speed (6/sec) electrical pin insertion using a FANUC SR6-iA robot w/DCS, Yaskawa MP3300 machine controller, and various EtherNet/IP devices. Responsibilities: system design, data structures (extensive), programming, commissioning and documentation.

  • CoDeSys/AMP test system

    Convenient application development and training center for new generation of client’s machine using WAGO PFC100, CoDeSys 3.51 and Applied Motion Products StepSERVO via ModBus TCP/IP. Responsibilities: system design and build, programming and training.

  • Keyence/C#/MS SQL data logging

    Data logging application for various Keyence vision devices, populating an MS SQL data base via C#. Responsibilities: system design, programming and training.

  • Mitsubishi iQ-R PLC servo force control

    PID force control of servomotor-powered robot EOAT , including process development and validation across a wide variety of material to be handled. Responsibilities: control system design, process/test design, validation and documentation/report.

  • Galil/C# 2D motion planning

    Interpreting *.SVG file to 2D motion for a wide variety of geometries and path types. Responsibilities: system design, programming, validation and documentation/report.

  • CoDeSys/EtherCAT Ingenia drives for EOAT

    Programming and deployment of a robot EOAT. Responsibilities: system design, programming, documentation/validation and commissioning/deployment.

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