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Afag Automation is expanding its product range with the DG 20 rotary gripper. The DG 20 is suitable for demanding pneumatic gripping and turning tasks involving small parts. As the shortest rotary gripper in its performance class, it aims to impress with its precise jaw guidance.
read more...3i Handling Technology presents pneumatic rope balancers. The worker can use these specifically configurable balancers to support daily movement sequences without effort or noise.
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...With the Indeva Modulo modular system, Scaglia Indeva presents a world first: with the range of standard components, users can configure and build their own safe handling device.
read more...On Robot is launching a flexible gripper onto the market: the RG6 is specially designed for collaborative robots that are used in applications where they have to handle workpieces of different sizes.
read more...Gripper and lid closing system
Bowler Plastics in South Africa automated two Arburg injection molding machines and put an end to the monotonous manual closing of plastic caps for food or cosmetic bottles.
read more...With mobile collaborative robot applications from Universal Robots, distribution partner Müller Maschinentechnik is presenting flexible automation solutions for modern metalworking at Metav 2018. Most of the accessories for the applications come from the Universal Robots+ online ecosystem.
read more...Vacuum and gripper technology. The degree of automation in the packaging industry is traditionally very high. With the implementation of Industry 4.0, the requirements for all components of a packaging system are increasing.
read more...Schunk now offers a freely programmable and therefore universally applicable magnetic switch with ATEX certification for device group II, category 2, for querying gripping systems in potentially explosive atmospheres.
read more...Edag has developed a media-free gripper system for individual car body parts that is additively manufactured, which means it weighs less and is easy to assemble. The gripper is particularly suitable for simple handling tasks as well as for other gripper activities with low loads.
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