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The handling editorial team is presenting the "handling award" for the sixth time. Companies or individuals can submit their applications online until June 19.
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The handling editorial team is presenting the "handling award" for the sixth time. Companies or individuals can submit their applications online until June 19.

Smartray, manufacturer of 3D sensors for quality inspection and metrology, presents its Ecco 3D sensors. The sensors in this series are the smallest and most economical 3D sensors in their class, according to the supplier.
Distorted images taken with a strong wide-angle lens are only of limited use for industrial image processing applications. Baumer presents a solution to perspective distortion for Verisens vision sensors.
Igus manufactures its pre-assembled readychain cable carriers largely by hand. Nevertheless, they pay off for users from a quantity of one. By reducing production costs and potential sources of error, the model reduces the burden on machine and plant manufacturers from the start of the product life cycle.
The highest demands are placed on surface inspection in the automotive sector. The requirements for inspection are correspondingly complex. Quality assurance with automatic optical in-line inspection, such as from Isra Vision, is recommended here.

The four-axis TS2 series from Stäubli aims to redefine the performance limits for Scara robots. With its performance, the series focuses on automotive applications as well as applications in sensitive environments such as life science, food and electronics.

The 17th leading international trade fair parts2clean will be taking on new challenges for industrial parts and surface cleaning at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre from October 22 to 24, 2019.

Vision sensors now even more flexible
The Visor series from manufacturer Sensopart has been given a makeover: With their slim metal housing, improved lighting and new functions such as aiming laser and motorized focus, the vision sensors can now be used even more flexibly and are easy to operate.

... dear readers, means continuous quality controls at every stage of production. Checking processes, technical parameters and product properties is an indispensable part of production.

The single-axis electronic inclinometer Tech 500 DP from Stabila with a measuring range of zero to 360 degrees (four times 90 degrees) is a versatile hand-held device for commissioning, automation, quality assurance and maintenance of machines, for example for checking the parallelism of the gripper and holder.