
Mapal reports 610 million euros turnover
The precision tool manufacturer Mapal reports a turnover of 610 million euros for 2017, continuing its growth of recent years.
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The precision tool manufacturer Mapal reports a turnover of 610 million euros for 2017, continuing its growth of recent years.
Onrobot, which recently emerged from the companies On Robot, Optoforce and Perception Robotics, presented its first new products at Automatica: The Gecko Gripper, the Polyskin Tactile Gripper, the RG2-FT and a technical upgrade to the HEX force-torque sensor product line.

Solutions for handling. From servo presses to palletizing systems for production under cleanroom conditions: IEF-Werner shows solutions with which companies can design handling processes economically and safely.
Siemens PLM Software and Schunk want to simplify the entry into the simulation of handling solutions. The starter package consists of the Mechatronics Concept Designer from Siemens and a component library of digital twins from Schunk. The tool can be integrated into Siemens NX.
Simulation of handling solutions
As part of an OEM partnership, Siemens PLM Software and Schunk want to radically simplify the entry into the world of simulation of handling solutions.
With the collaborative rope balancer, Schmalz has developed a new lifting system. It is ergonomically designed, easy to operate and equipped with intelligent functions for controlling and monitoring the handling process and for networking the device.
Best practice for HRC. Companies see human-robot collaboration as a key technology for solving emerging challenges such as increasing variant diversity, ageing workforces and flexibilization.

Yaskawa presented its Industry 4.0 concept at Automatica. The integrative approach includes current and newly developed Motoman robots as well as products and solutions from drive and control technology and specially developed software solutions.

At Schmalz, everything at Automatica revolves around intelligent automation. The vacuum expert is presenting the ECBPi electric vacuum generator, which works without compressed air and is suitable for handling tasks in mobile robotics.
Human-robot interaction plays a central role at Automatica. It is clear that the future of human-machine collaboration is bright.