Robotics company finds new life for $135K specialized machine

Two Lakewood Ranch businesses, RND Automation and Certified Collectibles, combine to make a donation to State College of Florida.


  • By Jay Heater
  • | 5:00 a.m. July 10, 2023
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Heather Zahory of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute and RND Automation's Aaron Laine talk about an RND Automation machine that is being donated to SCF.
Heather Zahory of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute and RND Automation's Aaron Laine talk about an RND Automation machine that is being donated to SCF.
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It was 2017 when Lakewood Ranch-based Certified Collectibles Group paid $135,000 for RND Automation to develop a special machine for its company to pull American Eagle silver dollars out of a case to be evaluated.

The machine made a laborious process rather simple — the coins were sealed tightly in a square plastic case — and cut the time needed to complete the task significantly.

 

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