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According to the World Robotics Report 2019, USD 16.5 billion was invested in robots worldwide and 422,000 units were delivered. A pause in growth is expected for 2019, but double-digit growth is forecast for 2020.
read more...Bonding technology and vacuum potting
The Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco intends to take over Scheugenpflug and integrate it into its Industrial Assembly Solutions division. The company specializes in highly automated system solutions in adhesive bonding and dispensing technology as well as dispensing systems for vacuum potting.
read more...International Federation of Robotics
India's robot market continues to grow: a new record of 4,771 newly installed units was achieved in 2018. India thus moved up to 11th place in a global comparison.
read more...For an end customer, Zellwag Pharmatech supplied a rotary transfer machine that simultaneously fills and closes containers. Electric handling systems from Afag are used for pre- and post-screwing. This enables the user to handle up to 2,000 containers per hour.
read more...Tightness is one of the key quality requirements for a wide range of products.
read more...Injection molded parts can have simple, flat or very complex shapes. The gripper must be designed accordingly for automatic removal. The requirements increase if the parts to be removed are to be chrome-plated later.
read more...HRC has a lot of potential - for the right application in each case. But HRC integration can only succeed if all aspects of safety are taken into account and the solution pays for itself in economic terms.
read more...Following the acquisition by Triton Partners in December 2018, SKF Motion Technologies (SMT) will introduce the new name and brand identity. With the Liftkit and Slidekit, SMT has new cobot features in its portfolio.
read more...With the TUM.Additive action agenda, the Technical University of Munich is initiating a comprehensive research focus on additive manufacturing. Together with high-tech partners from industry, it is founding the "Bavarian Additive Manufacturing Cluster" with the aim of establishing Bavaria as a leading economic region for digital manufacturing technologies.
read more...Powder for additive manufacturing
In the NRW lead market project AddSteel, new, functionally adapted steel materials for additive manufacturing will be developed over the next three years. A central component of the project is the qualification of the developed materials for the metallic 3D printing process Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen.
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