Sage Automation apart in the robotics and automation industry. Sage’s engineering foundation was built by Don Cawley and his son Cliff Cawley, who spent their time inventing and re-inventing designs in industrial automation on a daily basis. A combined 90+ years of experience helps solve most any engineering problem customers threw at them. The Cawley design hallmark was almost always “less is more.” When approaching an automation or mechanical engineering problem, they always started with the least amount of mechanisms and then added as necessary instead of over-complicating things from the start.Don’s father Cliff started his own machine shop in the 1940s which led to Don’s early interest in machining, automation, and later robotics. Building on his father’s knowledge and resources, Don founded his own machining company in 1964. While in business, he pioneered Gantry Robots and in 1981 had the word “Machine” in his company name changed to “Robotics.” Having already been highly successful, Don recruited his son Cliff at a young age to help him continue the growth he had started in the industry of automation and robotics.Sage Automation as a single corporation able to create a robot from concept to installation completely in-house. Application Engineers, Conceptual Designers, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, Software Engineers, Designers, Fabricators, Installers and Servicemen all reside under one roof to help bring the best possible equipment to the customer.Sage Automation and I-Corp Inc. are both Debt-Free CorporationsSage Automation has been an authorized FANUC Robotics Reseller since 1995. In that time Sage Automation Engineers and Programmers developed a strong line of communication with FANUC for maximum technical support coverage and problem-solving capabilities. Sage Automation can easily integrate almost any platform with the FANUC Control Units thanks to the FANUC certified training that our programmers and engineers have taken as well as real-world experience in previous jobs involving FANUC equipment.Sage Automation developed two types of open gantry robots. One, with the classical moving Y beam and a new industry design using a fixed Y concept. These robots replaced many competitor’s open gantry robots in the rubber and publishing industries.• Sage develops EOAT’s and special conveyors to make palletizing and depalletizing possible in the food and beverage carton and converting industries. This machinery is expanded to make it possible for press to gluer, pallet to gluer, and buffer to gluer systems in the converting industry.• Sage develops high payload gantry robots to handle full length rolls of non-woven material. During this project high strength core chucks are created.Sage Automation develops the software and control schemes so that PLC controllers can be used to control servo driven robots. These advances lead to the replacement of antiquated PC controllers.Sage Automation patents a high pressure rubber clamp. This clamp is used as an EOAT on robots to automatically palletize rubber bales.• Sage received numerous patents. Some examples are its high pressure EOAT rubber clamp, its vacuum hood for picking layers of product, and a high speed palletizer using servo controlled conveyor ejection.• Sage completes many upgrades of old robots no longer serviced by the original maker. These robots get new control systems, new gearing and rail systems. Sage upgraded open gantry robots as well as various types of closed gantry robots. These upgrades applied to conveyor systems as well.