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Online retail is booming. Manufacturers, retailers and logistics service providers need to optimize their processes accordingly. In order to become more efficient and protect the health of employees, it is worth investing in ergonomic lifting equipment.
read more...Hoffmann expands centric clamps
The Garant Xtric centric clamp with quick jaw change system from the Hoffmann Group is now also available with a center jaw, gripper holes and an endutec automation interface.
read more...The Chair of Robotics and Embedded Systems at the University of Bayreuth has extended the concept of playback programming to include a graphical user interface.
read more...Igus has now developed control software for its low-cost automation solutions to make it easy to program robots. Robot Control is available online free of charge.
read more...Semi-automated handling system
What happens when Swabian inventiveness and Baden pioneering spirit meet? The result is a top-class handling project for the automotive industry.
read more...Interview with Björn Milsch, OnRobot
Only with the right combination of cobot, end-of-arm tool and software can processes be automated profitably. Björn Milsch, General Manager for DACH & Benelux at OnRobot, talks in an interview about the competitive situation on the gripper market and the lessons learned from the coronavirus crisis.
read more...Dalmec has developed a manipulator for handling large metal pipes with a maximum weight of 1,000 kilograms. The pneumatic handling manipulator Megapartner can be used in almost all branches of industry.
read more...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.
read more...In order to realize movements on the fifth robot axis, for example, at low cost, Igus has new types of shaft gears. Thanks to the use of Iglidur high-performance plastics, the shaft gears do not need to be additionally lubricated like metal versions, and friction and wear are optimized.
read more...Machine manufacturer Bausch+Ströbel has developed a production system that automates the filling and closing of ampoules, syringes and vials.
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