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Sensors for industrial automation
The new KNS capacitive standard sensors from di-soric detect solid, liquid, powdery, electrically conductive and non-conductive objects and substances alike - even through non-conductive container walls, barriers and packaging.
read more...With the electric gripper swivel unit EGS from Schunk in size 40 from the 24V modular system, parts weighing up to 0.55 kilograms can also be picked up and rotated in a compact space.
read more...Counters and switches with ATEX certification
The pneumatic totalizers and time counters 495, 497 and 499 as well as the proximity switches of the 490 series from Hengstler are now ATEX-certified. This makes them suitable for use in environments with potentially explosive atmospheres.
read more...Cleaning machines and systems, especially in the sensitive food sector, is a technical challenge. Certain areas are often difficult to access and the systems must always be optimally clean.
read more...Inductive proximity switches from the IGMH...GSP-L series are equipped by sensor specialist EGE exclusively with silicone-free materials. They are suitable for drying ovens or paint stores and other applications that require silicone-free materials.
read more...The Fraunhofer IVV has developed a mobile cleaning device that uses Baumer sensors and cameras to detect contamination in processing systems and then cleans them in a hygienic manner.
read more...Gripping systems and clamping technology. For a long time, the production of individual parts and very small series was considered complex and difficult to automate in mechanical engineering.
read more...As the world's first angle compensation unit for robots, the AGE-W from Schunk combines simultaneous rotation and angle compensation around all three axes. This enables fast and precise handling of parts whose position is not exactly defined.
read more...Automated machine loading. With Gripkit-PZ, Weiss Robotics offers the first fully integrated gripping solution for machine loading with universal robot arms.
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