The art of stuffing and stripping containers
A dietician who is overweight or a police officer who has a habit of driving through a red light when off duty. Just a few examples of people who put their credibility on the line. At Selmers, we always help our clients to work in a lean way which implies we have to do the […]
Robots, cobots or nobots?
With the deluge of new technologies, the question arises whether your company should get serious about robots, if only to be ready for relatively new technologies such as AI and ML. However, robotization is a means and never an end in itself. Before implementing robotics, it is therefore important to first map out various considerations […]
No bridge too far, no pipe too big, no job too crazy
Who on earth would go to the Finnish freezing cold at the request of a customer to set up a complete mobile deicing plant under harsh conditions, with a tight deadline and without any previous experience with the problem? Our guys would! Thanks to a great deal of improvisation and perseverance, a lot of guts […]
Keeping a grip on complex projects using six eyes
Complex custom projects in industrial environments are by definition a challenge. The fact that in our case these projects are often also multidisciplinary and long-term only adds to the challenge. For example, how do you keep a grip on the countless details? If such things are not well organized, you may just as well close […]
Inside the mind of an inventor
Autodidacts, while rare, have been around since time immemorial. To this select and usually brilliant group belong names such as Benjamin Franklin, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Phil Collins, Bill Gates and…our very own Johan de Troije! Partly thanks to his intrinsic motivation, self-determination and true passion for learning Johan is inimitable in his thinking which allows him […]
How quality analysis can lead to cost savings
In mass production, even one gram of material savings per item can yield substantial cost savings. This is often done on the basis of analyses and (subsequent) calculation, and determined over a longer period of time and a multitude of production runs. Real-time adjustment of consumables during a production run however is, as far as […]
Education 4.0? 3.0? Just get ready for the Next Gen Worker!
Anyone who reads our blogs regularly knows that almost everything with us is about automating business processes. As long as robots using Artificial Intelligence, algorithms and Machine Learning haven’t taken over all of our work, and as far as we’re concerned that is never going to happen, people still need to learn. In education, innovation […]
The birth of a robot
Like other technologies, the development of robots does not stand still. They are also becoming more human, with, for example, wonderful applications in healthcare where robotic animals keep clients company. Some people have even fallen in love with chatbots! Our customers are not going that far, but they are certainly happy. Like with the ‘Predator’ […]
Standardized customization: contradiction or holy grail?
For many customers, our company name is synonymous with tailor-made solutions. And rightly so, because for decades we have done nothing else. With great success and pleasure, by the way. And even though we continue to do so, we have been increasingly modular in our approach in recent years. This has only advantages for us […]
When the going gets tough, our Concepts Team gets going
The A-team was without a doubt one of the most popular TV series ever. The combination of tough guys, determination and a high degree of resourcefulness appealed to the imagination of countless people worldwide. At Selmers we have our own ‘C-team’ that shows some resemblance with the TV heroes, in a different but equally exciting […]
