Category 2 - 1st place: Vision becomes seeing
Robominds presents a flexible robotic vision system based on artificial intelligence (AI) to solve pick-and-place and bin-picking applications and wins first place in the robotics category.
read more...read more...Category 2 - 2nd place: Automation in the blink of an eye
The jury awarded one of the shared 2nd places in the robotics category to UR+ application kits from Universal Robots. These kits simplify the integration of common cobot applications and facilitate access to automation.
read more...THE BIG GREEN BOOK Edition 2020 - order now for free!
The norelem catalog THE BIG GREEN BOOK is presented in two separate volumes for the first time in 2020. A total of more than 2,200 pages contain around 60,000 products, including numerous new products. Particularly convenient: 98% of norelem components are available from stock.
read more...Practical examples: Shock absorption for automation tasks
If you want to efficiently reduce mass forces in the automation of industrial production processes, there is no getting around miniature shock absorbers in many applications. Four applications show the possible uses.
read more...Fast throughput times for customer-specific components
Continental is converting production for the automotive industry with additive FDM technology from Stratasys and highly specialized materials.
read more...Item founds subsidiary in France
Item has been represented by a subsidiary in France since the beginning of July. The specialist for profile and linear technology offers the French market more than 4,000 components for the construction of machine frames, workstations, automation solutions and lean production applications.
read more...Configurable machine components
Misumi starts MTO component production in Europe
In future, Misumi will also manufacture its make-to-order (MTO) components in Europe. Hinge bolts and screws with shoulder will be the first, with further components to follow in 2021. Until now, the machine components have only been produced in Asia.
read more...Tuning in automation
Improved deceleration is used when forces from compressors, turbochargers or larger displacements need to be slowed down. In automation, too, engineers are making their designs more efficient and safer by using components for deceleration.
read more...New Chairman of the Board in VDMA specialist department
Sebastian Merz was elected as the new Chairman of the Executive Board of the VDMA Surface Technology Division.
read more...Ergonomics in U-shape
At Siko, the production of measuring devices was to be optimized and ergonomically designed. The solution came from Item: 100 workstation systems that can be flexibly expanded and individually adapted to the employees.
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