What does the future hold for TSN and industrial Ethernet?
John Browett, General Manager of the CC-Link Partner Association (CLPA) Europe, on Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) and the future of the industrial Ethernet.
read more...read more...Networking in a vacuum
To make electric vacuum generators, grippers or compact ejectors visible for the smart factory, they must provide digital energy and process data in real time. Schmalz integrates interfaces into its components for this purpose.
read more...Smart robotics for order picking
Market trends such as omnichannel distribution, batch size 1, ever shorter order throughput times and delivery cycles and the handling of a growing variety of product ranges place high demands on intralogistics.
read more...Always suitably positioned
In order to fully exploit the potential of a new woodworking center, the family business Löffler relies on clamping technology from Schmalz. The VCMC-K1 mechanical clamp ensures that the workpieces are held securely in place.
read more...Gripper teaches itself to grip
Autonomous gripping. While gripping processes have primarily been geared towards high productivity and process reliability to date, flexibility is also coming into focus in conjunction with the smart factory. In the future, grippers will enable flexible operations through to autonomous handling scenarios.
read more...Endless revolutions
The ISW at the University of Stuttgart is researching rope robot systems, including a rope robot with an endless axis of rotation. The use of ropes as driving elements opens up new application possibilities, particularly for extended handling tasks.
read more...Robot colleague arrives via simulation
The success of an MRI application is closely linked to the planning and validation of the newly designed workstation system. The LPS at the Ruhr University Bochum is researching new ways to investigate and evaluate MRI applications through simulation.
read more...Safety during operation
Kito refers to the EDC electric chain hoist as a handling solution. It has now been enhanced with an adapted magnetic gripper and some new features. The chain hoist is fast, reliable, lightweight and compact in design.
read more...Something can be tilted here
The Danish manufacturer of industrial trucks Logitrans has introduced handling equipment for reels, drums and crates. With the multi-barrel tipper, the user can transport and move barrels made of different materials and in different dimensions.
read more...Automated processes improve 3D printing in toolmaking
Geometrically complex molds and designs with integrated cooling and temperature control channels are increasingly being produced additively in toolmaking. The Tool, Mold and Jig Making Forum will show new application possibilities.
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