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Robotics and automation help companies to remain internationally successful. Cobots help manufacturing companies to assert themselves productively in the market by interacting directly with humans. EMO Hannover shows what this can look like.
read more...The 38th Motek - International Trade Fair for Production and Assembly Automation - is in the starting blocks together with the 13th Bondexpo - International Trade Fair for Bonding Technologies. The highlight is the "Arena of Integration".
read more...Axle and portal construction kit
Axle and gantry construction kit expanded. The gantry robots from Fibro Läpple can handle up to 3,000 kilograms. The modular system is now available in additional sizes.
read more...Whether in the watch industry, medical sector, microsystems or precision engineering - small and light components often have to be moved automatically. With Minispin, IEF-Werner has developed a highly dynamic unit.
read more...Electric gripper for bottle handling
Industry 4.0 opens up a wide range of possibilities for manufacturing customized mass products flexibly and economically. The Zimmer Group participated in a project for an automation concept for customized beverage bottles by developing a gripper.
read more...The assembly and loading of heavy machines for processing film, paper or packaging materials requires special crane technology to handle the extreme loads. The machine manufacturer Kampf uses eleven heavy-duty crane systems from Abus for this purpose.
read more...Professional protective equipment
For hygienic reasons, experts expressly do not recommend washing workwear at home. Unprofessional care of protective clothing can even endanger the wearer's life.
read more...Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence introduces an RS6 3D laser scanner for the new generation Absolute Arm mobile measuring arm launched in 2018.
read more...Autonomous transport systems. Mobile robot platforms offer potential for optimizing production. The joint research project FORobotics looks at mobile, ad-hoc cooperating robot teams, sub-project 3 "Task-oriented planning" deals with the planning and control of networked and mobile production resources.
read more...SRBC collaborative rope balancer. Digital manufacturing also has an impact on handling processes. Increasingly individualized products go hand in hand with increasing process complexity - the handling of goods must also adapt to this.
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