As did many other Rhode Islanders this past weekend, I had the opportunity to witness an America’s Cup sailing race. Sunday was the final day of the America’s Cup World Series 2012 with a match race between the two Oracle Team USA boats. Local and global visitors lined the shore at Fort Adams State Park and even Larry […]
Category Archives: SmartDispenser Systems
I’ll Have Another…Belmont, 10 Reasons Fishman®’s Customers are Saying, “I’ll Have Another”
When the first Fishman® linear drive dispense system was introduced in early 2000, manufacturers would routinely call Fishman® when they had a critical fluid assembly application that required the repeatability only an air free fluid dispenser could offer. Typically, they had run tests with every pneumatic fluid dispenser, and could not get what they needed. Invariably, Fishman®‘s LDS solved their repeatability problem and they purchased an LDS. As […]
The Magic of Fiber Optics…Right Up There with the ATM
No one gave a better perspective on the almost unimaginable way fiber optics work and how ubiquitous they have become than this fiber optic pioneer from Abilene TX; “they are like ATM machines, there is so much going on behind the curtain, that most of us don’t ask any questions about them. Few of us could ever have conceived of how easy, accurate […]
5 Ways AirFree® Fluid Dispensers Decrease Business Travel..
Today’s Process Design Engineers, Process Control Engineers, Operations and Quality Managers have global responsibilities. They are like the rest of us road warriors who travel for business. The first few business trips are enjoyable and a nice break in the work week routine. . This is especially true if you are; young, single, fly first class, stay at the Ritz, are traveling to the Caribbean, have an […]
Manufacturing Moneyball, Real Time Production Data for Assembly Processes, 9 Points of Commonality
I finally had a chance to watch the movie Moneyball. Fast forwarding from 2002 to 2012, now we have not just the data, but we have it in real time. Like so many sports teams today,our fluid dispenser manufacturing customers are increasingly collecting, analyzing and making important decisions using real time data. They use data directly generated from our equipment(click on […]
185 Billion Apps, Oh My..
Gartner Group is projecting that by the end of 2014 there will be 185 billion Apps! Just like all those 20 something App Developers, they are researching for the next killer Apps. So just what is the next frontier for these amazing widgets? We at Fishman® Corporation and many other companies such as BMW and Cognizant believe it is to be found on the […]
Dizzy from the spin!
Dispensing Solutions for the 21st Century: A member of the “That 70’s Show” community recently made an attempt, via the Assembly Magazine Enews, to ramp up the spin cycle to high. Why is the core technology of their product 1970’s technology? Some would say they got too fat and happy dominating air dispensing for 30 years and turned a deaf […]
New SmartDispenser® Accessory Kit Video
View the latest Fishman® Corporation SmartDispener® product release video featuring the SmartDispenser® Accessory Kit. El Presidente Out~
That 70’s Show is Spinning Tales Again and El Presidente must Rebut! (Part 1)
Recently a member of the “That 70’s Show” community put out information that, in El Presidente’s opinion, is not factually correct. As the seeker of truth and facts, El Presidente must rebut this feeble attempt at spinning the facts. For all of you new to this blog, El Presidente refers to the competition as “That 70’s […]
Forward Thinking Into The Design of the SmartDispenser® Platform For Validation and MES Systems
Deep inside Fishman® Corporation is an operative we call “The Mole.” The Mole rarely comes out of the engineering/product development bunker and is directly wired into the latest technology advancement trends in regards to fluid dispensing in manufacturing. Below is an exclusive look, from a 2008 interview, at a few of The Mole’s goals with the […]