Onrobot, which recently emerged from the companies On Robot, Optoforce and Perception Robotics, presented its first new products at Automatica: The Gecko Gripper, the Polyskin Tactile Gripper, the RG2-FT and a technical upgrade to the HEX force-torque sensor product line.
read more...Heinrich Kipp offers several clamping systems that are compatible with each other. One example of this is the Uni-Lock five-axis modular system combined with the Uni-Lock zero-point clamping system. This enables highly efficient machine utilization.
read more...With a turnover of 48 million euros, Gimatic achieved growth of around 20 percent in 2017; the turnover forecast for 2018 is around 53 million euros. The manufacturer of EOAT solutions and mechatronic components is and remains on course for success.
read more...Solutions for handling. From servo presses to palletizing systems for production under cleanroom conditions: IEF-Werner shows solutions with which companies can design handling processes economically and safely.
read more...Siemens PLM Software and Schunk want to simplify the entry into the simulation of handling solutions. The starter package consists of the Mechatronics Concept Designer from Siemens and a component library of digital twins from Schunk. The tool can be integrated into Siemens NX.
read more...Wörner is expanding its portfolio of components for material flow control with stoppers from the PND series. The stoppers gently stop workpiece carriers at the desired position and release them for further transport after the respective work step.
read more...With the collaborative rope balancer, Schmalz has developed a new lifting system. It is ergonomically designed, easy to operate and equipped with intelligent functions for controlling and monitoring the handling process and for networking the device.
read more...Gimatic presents the electric two-jaw parallel gripper MPRJ, which is self-centering and can clamp the load from the outside and inside. The finger grippers can be moved to adjust the respective position.
read more...With the acquisition of automation specialists SAS and Feba, Piab is taking a step towards becoming a full-service provider in the field of gripping and moving. A special modular system enables the simple combination of different components.
read more...At Automatica, Goudsmit Magnetics will be exhibiting a combination of a magnetic timing belt, a spreading magnet and a magnetic gripper. With this unit, steel sheets can be quickly and accurately separated, lifted and placed in a press.
read more...Robotiq is expanding its product portfolio with Hand-E. The new 2-finger gripper simplifies the use of collaborative robots in industrial environments and is particularly suitable for precision assembly, machine operation or pick-and-place tasks.
read more...Dalmec has developed pneumatic handling manipulators, which will be presented at Automatica. They can be used flexibly and can be adapted to the individual requirements of the respective area of application thanks to their modular design.
read more...Enrico Krog Iversen, former CEO of Universal Robots, and the Danish Growth Fund are merging the three gripping system companies Perception Robotics, Optoforce and On Robot to form the new company OnRobot.
read more...In order to implement customer-specific system solutions for process automation economically, ANT Antriebstechnik relies on close cooperation with selected specialist companies from the fields of electrical engineering, control technology and switch cabinet construction.
read more...Scaglia Indeva is presenting a special feature at Automatica: with the Indeva Modulo modular system, users can design and assemble their very own safe gripping tool and modify it as required.
read more...Servo-electric cobot gripper. For use with cobots, Weiss Robotics offers the CRG 200, a smart servo-electric gripper module that has been developed for cooperation between man and machine.
read more...Vacuum cups are usually used for handling glass panes. When the pane condenses, suction cup marks become visible that are difficult to remove. Eurotech has developed a suction plate cover.
read more...Working from a conveyor belt is an efficient method of producing components from sheet metal directly on site, i.e. on an assembly machine. For parts with complicated shapes, this eliminates the often expensive handling process of "arranging".
read more...With the electric gripper swivel unit EGS from Schunk in size 40 from the 24V modular system, parts weighing up to 0.55 kilograms can also be picked up and rotated in a compact space.
read more...Automated, networked production systems are needed to make the smart factory a reality. Henrik Schunk explains how Schunk is creating the conditions for this with intelligent components in the run-up to Automatica.
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