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At Schmalz, the focus at Logimat is on handling technology. This includes, for example, concepts for low room heights: Thanks to the V-Chain drag chain, the Jumboflex on the flat jib gains valuable centimeters below the crane jib.
read more...The Zimmer Group wins three German Design Awards 2020 for the design of its products.
read more...Igus offers its low-cost robot robolink DP - consisting of high-performance plastics - in customized designs.
read more...In collaborative robotics, manually operated systems are also used in addition to fully automatic gripper changing systems. With the QC75, Gimatic has developed a collaborative manual changer that is tailored to the requirements of cobots.
read more...Robots have become an integral part of our everyday working lives. According to industry associations, they will continue their triumphant advance beyond industry. Some people are becoming increasingly skeptical. The play "Liliom" shows how robots can fit into our lives and interact with us. Including: industrial robots from Kawasaki and grippers from the Zimmer Group.
read more...Piab's vacuum-controlled end-of-arm tool (EOAT) Picobot is now available with a generic electrical interface and ISO 9409-1 mechanical mounting plate dimension options, so it can be configured to work with any collaborative robot and smaller industrial robots.
read more...Handling on the machine. The start-up BoKa relies on two-jaw grippers from Röhm for its latest development, a sheet metal bending and welding construction in cube form. With these, a robot picks up individual workpieces directly at the machine for further parts handling.
read more...The hybrid, HRC-capable Motoman HC10 robot from Yaskawa can be used in collaborative operation as well as a fully-fledged industrial robot.
read more...Small, smart computer chips, so-called semiconductors, can now be found everywhere in everyday life. In semiconductor production, the chemical element silicon is processed in the form of wafers. During production, the wafers are stored and processed in special plastic cassettes under clean room conditions.
read more...Clamping, screwing and closing
After six record years in a row, the annual turnover of Andreas Maier GmbH & Co. KG (AMF) fell slightly again for the first time in 2019. At 47.3 million euros, the specialist for clamping, screwing and fastening recorded a decline of just under 5.5 percent.
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