
New standards in Vietnam
Harting has installed a Rösler interlinking system in a connector production facility in Vietnam.
The seventh axis is used in manufacturing and production systems to make robots more agile and increase their reach. As an additional traversing axis, this linear axis brings robots quickly into the workspace or guides them precisely to parallel path-controlled operations.

Jack Link's has been a pioneer in the automation of BiFi sausage production since 2006. The meat snack manufacturer continues to invest millions of euros every year in state-of-the-art automation solutions for food production.
The 40th Motek will take place from October 4 to 7 at the Stuttgart Exhibition Center at the airport. It is flanked by the Bondexpo bonding technology trade fair.

With ROTU and PARU, the manufacturer Hofmann & Stirner Feeding Systems has combined the flexibility of a robot with the performance of a vibratory feeder. The increase in performance is possible thanks to digitalization: AI evaluates feasibility, simulation designs the sorting tools.

APS now offers a complete solution for feeding, counting, checking, sorting and packing components in order to eliminate excess or short quantities and faulty small parts when packing small parts.

Feeding technology. Afag is working with European and US technology providers to accelerate production solutions for Covid-19 test units. The specialist for automation components and subsystems supplied special feeding technology systems for this purpose.

Components made of technical ceramics require high-quality processing and careful inspection. Martin Mechanic has developed a feeding solution for its test cell to ensure that the sintered parts do not break during this fully automated testing process.

Mint is the latest development that offers the possibility of fully automating the screwdriving process. With linear motion modules that can be modularly expanded with a camera, grippers and safety technology and combined with the Mint feed technology depending on requirements, a manual workstation becomes an assembly cell - without any programming knowledge.

Variobotic is now cooperating with SIM Automation. The aim is to provide flexible feeding solutions for the automotive industry and special machine construction, among others.

The PTEZ belt guide system from Flexco is suitable for light to heavy-duty applications as well as for reversible and unidirectional belts up to 2,100 millimetres wide.