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One Screw System (TOS). The modular gripper system from automation specialist Tünkers is suitable in the TOS 002 double profile version for heavy and large components such as side panels and underbodies in automotive production.
read more...Door-opening day at Ziehl-Abegg
On October 3, Westdeutscher Rundfunk's "Sendung mit der Maus" once again hosted a door-opening day. This is when companies give children access to production facilities and salesrooms. Ziehl-Abegg has extended this campaign to all six continents.
read more...Tightness is one of the key quality requirements for a wide range of products.
read more...Growth in the greater Stuttgart area: Item has opened its new site in Tamm, north of Ludwigsburg. The new 3,300 square meter site has around 2,300 square meters of warehouse and production space.
read more...Linear transport system. Machine builder Unista developed a solution based on the eXtended Transport System and automation components and software from Beckhoff in order to implement the wishes of cosmetics supplier Shiseido with a short time-to-market.
read more...To optimize the parameters of stretch blow molders, KHS and Agr International have developed the Mold Control unit. This digital process control system, which is connected to the KHS control system, regulates the respective blow molding stations individually.
read more...Kathrein presents its new product ARU 8500 Reader with integrated circular switch beam antenna. It enables goods and their direction of movement to be detected without any doubt.
read more...Solutions for limited space: Ganter, the standard parts specialist, equips mechanical components with electrical functions and has added the GN 422 bow handle with electrical switching function and integrated LED ring illumination to its portfolio as the latest component in this series.
read more...TGW is building a highly automated shuttle warehouse on Lake Lucerne for coffee machine specialist Thermoplan, which is due to go into operation in February 2020. Thermoplan CEO Adrian Steiner talks about the reasons for automation and the role ergonomics play in the design of the picking workstations.
read more...Omron has launched a new all-in-one CP2E series controller with integrated I/O connections, communication functions and machine axis control, which now offers new control technologies and IoT connectivity for compact machines.
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