Automation in action

At Motek in Stuttgart, automation specialist Tünkers from Ratingen will be demonstrating the interaction of its products using the example of a production cell.
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At Motek in Stuttgart, automation specialist Tünkers from Ratingen will be demonstrating the interaction of its products using the example of a production cell.

AMF is presenting a modular gripper with adjustable gripping forces. The gripping system for the machine tool has a shank interface and is inserted like a tool from the magazine.

Vacuum Lifter Jumbo Low-Stack. This new handling solution, which is also ideal for reaching into transport containers such as grid boxes and crates, is based on the modular system of the vacuum tube lifters Jumbo Ergo and Sprint.

For manual lifting tasks, the combination of vacuum lifter and crane system creates an ergonomic working environment. Schmalz has developed a modular flat jib made of aluminum to ensure smooth movements even in low spaces.

As a specialist in pneumatic automation, IAI Industrieroboter is expanding its range of freely programmable electric grippers. The new products include a two-point lifting magnet gripper for small parts assembly.

The intralogistics specialist Expresso is expanding its lift2move family of industrial trucks with a new entry-level model.
3i presents its Lift&Drive lifting devices. Ergonomically smooth-running, effortless and silent, they can be used to move objects of different quality, size, geometry and weight class.
The highly dynamic "PARO-Motion" linear system from Paro AG integrates the Multi-Carrier-System (MCS) from Siemens. It is based on the Simatic S7-1500 T-CPU controller.
Until now, when handling components with different shapes, the EOAT solution had to be used to match the geometry. Gimatic has designed the suspensions and ball joints for suction cups so flexibly that components with different shapes can be moved with just one EOAT.

By optimizing the shape of the housing and taking design measures, SMC has succeeded in reducing the weight of the pneumatic parallel grippers in the MHL2 series by up to ten percent. At the same time, strokes of up to 120 millimetres are possible.