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The young market for collaborative grippers is growing and growing. The increasing variety of products on offer presents end users with the question: Which gripper is best suited to my application? One thing is certain: automation success stands and falls with the choice of the right end-of-arm tooling.
read more...Data communication is growing with Industry 4.0. Companies are increasingly relying on Ethernet connection solutions. But speed is not everything: simple and cost-effective cables are also increasingly in demand, as are hybrid cables.
read more...The digital factory is also finding its way into manual handling. Increasingly individualized products go hand in hand with increasingly complex processes, and intelligent handling devices help to make the growing complexity manageable and relieve the user.
read more...Hardware and software for automotive
Nikola Motor Company presents the hydrogen-powered Nikola Two truck for the first time. Bosch has supplied numerous innovations for this development collaboration to power the fuel cell truck and equip it with modern features.
read more...The Smart Cable Drum from Lapp is designed to help make the storage of cables more efficient. The intelligent cable drum was developed in cooperation with Schildknecht, the wireless specialist for industrial applications.
read more...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.
read more...... dear readers, means continuous quality controls at every stage of production. Checking processes, technical parameters and product properties is an indispensable part of production.
read more...The 1645 ... BHS brushless DC servomotor from Faulhaber extends the BHx series with a diameter of 16 millimeters with a more compact version that is only 45 millimeters long.
read more...Automated data analysis in real time
read more...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.
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