Single-phase growth
From 2020, the EQ electric chain hoist line from Kito will be joined by the single-phase EQS. It is designed for a 230-volt power supply and offers load capacities of 500 or 1,000 kilograms.
read more...Handling technology
read more...Vacuum instead of muscle power
Handling with tube lifter. Packages of different sizes are often still moved manually in internal logistics. Power-sapping handling processes can be ergonomically designed with tube lifters.
read more...Every handle a nail
Handling on the machine. The start-up BoKa relies on two-jaw grippers from Röhm for its latest development, a sheet metal bending and welding construction in cube form. With these, a robot picks up individual workpieces directly at the machine for further parts handling.
read more...Product design the short way
An interview with Marcel Pfeiffer. Product design has also become significantly more important in the German mechanical engineering industry in recent years. Many factors determine the design: safety, reliability and optimum function are set against the recognition value of the brand and corporate identity.
read more...Gimatic develops 4.0 hand change system
Gimatic has further developed its simple SQ manual changing system and made it suitable for Industry 4.0 robotics. The robot-side base plate is now available in a version with a secure locking mechanism that is sensor-supported.
read more...Getting started with automation
Cobot gripper with starter pack
The flexible EGH co-act gripper from Schunk is designed to provide an easy introduction to the world of cobots.
read more...Double gripping with vacuum
With the VGC10 Compact, OnRobot is launching a new electric vacuum gripper onto the market. It has flexibly adaptable suction cups and arms and two independent air channels for double gripping.
read more...Piab takes over the Tawi Group
Piab acquires the Tawi Group, a manufacturer of intelligent lifting solutions.
read more...Lifting aid reacts in real time
With the Liftronic Easy-6, the manipulator from Scaglia Indeva, users can move heavy objects with ease. The intelligent lifting aid has real-time response speeds, which ensures shorter cycle times and smooth workflows.
read more...Nemo hand vacuum lifts all materials
A new addition to the Eurotech portfolio is the battery-operated Nemo vacuum cleaner, which is suitable for handling almost all surfaces.
read more...Gripping systems become collaborative, intelligent and intuitive
Industrial production will change towards intelligent processes, says Henrik A. Schunk. The component landscape will change accordingly and grippers will have to become flexible and smart.
read more...SMC: Parallel grippers become ten percent lighter
By optimizing the shape of the housing and taking design measures, SMC has succeeded in reducing the weight of the pneumatic parallel grippers in the MHL2 series by up to ten percent. At the same time, strokes of up to 120 millimetres are possible.
read more...Gentle contact and secure grip
The gentle and safe handling of thin workpieces with sensitive surfaces requires a suction pad that can handle dynamically with high suction power and still grip gently. Schmalz has developed the SFF/SFB1 vacuum suction pad for this purpose.
read more...Hygienic lifting device with belt drive
Nimo-KG has developed a lifting device with a belt drive. The company, which is based in the Swedish province of Skåne, designed the lifting device at the request of several companies, including a German manufacturer of processing machines for the food industry.
read more...Smart with active force maintenance
The intelligent parallel gripper Schunk EGI was specifically designed for handling tasks in electronics, pharmaceutical and laboratory applications. With its individually programmable stroke of up to 57.5 millimetres per jaw and equally flexible gripping forces of up to 100 newtons, the robustly designed mechatronic gripper in size 80 covers a wide range of workpieces.
read more...Gripper at the click of a mouse
With the SLG, Schmalz has developed a system for various handling tasks that users can configure individually online without any prior knowledge. Schmalz developed the digital platform for this together with the software company Trinckle 3D from Berlin.
read more...Pupils invent robot systems at Schunk
As part of the 9th European Robotics Week, the Schunk Robot Competition took place again at the end of November at the training center in Lauffen. Pupils worked in mixed teams to create industry-related robot solutions.
read more...Digitization of gripping
With a view to the SPS, Henrik A. Schunk emphasizes: "Digital technology and artificial intelligence methods will revolutionize assembly and handling in the coming years."
read more...Individually configurable gripper from the 3D printer
With the SLG, Schmalz has developed a system that can be designed and configured quickly and easily online. Production using 3D printers optimizes the entire manufacturing process. The lightweight gripper is suitable for a wide range of handling tasks.
read more...New generation of belt hoppers
Parts storage and dosing
The IBB series generation of belt hoppers from Afag can be used to store and automatically refill parts. With these refilling devices, users can ensure a constant and precisely dosed flow of parts in feeding, weighing or counting processes.
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