Decentralized systems from Mikron ensure supply in times of a pandemic. Festo is a key development partner. Disposable protective nasal-and-mouth masks are in short supply, but a manufacturing system from Swiss company Mikron could put masks within everyone’s reach. This scalable system produces 50-100 face masks per minute, depending on the version. With engineering support […]
Bag grippers help keep roads ice-free
At the company Sapho GmbH, a company of the Bilgram Chemie Group, the old bag gripper no longer provided the necessary performance. The regions of southern Germany, Austria, and parts of France are supplied by Sapho with de-icing salt from its up to 50,000 tons of salt warehouse, which is partly filled from May to […]
Piab Kenos KCS gripper
Piab’s Kenos KCS gripper enables a collaborative robot (cobot) that can handle just about anything, anywhere, at any time. This makes it a suitable ”co-working” tool, especially for small businesses, where flexibility is essential. Originally developed together with a leading cobot manufacturer as a tailor-made automation tool for one customer, the resulting vacuum gripper cobot […]
Novotechnik U.S. introduces new compact hydraulic/pneumatic position sensors
Novotechnik U.S. introduces the TM1 Series of magnetostrictive linear hydraulic and pneumatic position sensors with compact housing. A magnetic ring-shaped marker is affixed to your application’s moving cylinder and moves up and down the TM1 rod without contact. TM1 Series stroke lengths are from 50 to 2,000 mm in 25 mm steps. Operating pressure is […]
Piab Kenos KCS gripper
Piab’s Kenos KCS gripper enables a collaborative robot (cobot) that can handle just about anything, anywhere, at any time. This makes it a suitable ”co-working” tool, especially for small businesses, where flexibility is essential. Originally developed together with a leading cobot manufacturer as a tailor-made automation tool for one customer, the resulting vacuum gripper cobot […]
Magnetic coupling means more cylinder options
Longer stroke, smaller footprint and high-load and side-load capabilities are all special advantages of rodless pneumatic cylinders. Now IMI Norgren MC Series magnetically coupled rodless cylinders deliver the extra benefits of greater design flexibility and easier application-specific customization. The cylinder’s stainless steel tube and machined components are independent of each other, with the carriage and piston […]
VMAC’S new DTM70 PTO driven air compressor
VMAC has released its newest Direct-Transmission Mounted PTO Driven Air Compressor, designed specifically for RAM trucks. The DTM70 is the world’s first direct-transmission mounted PTO driven air compressor, currently available for Ford F-250 to F-750 Power Stroke Diesel trucks, and now RAM 3500 to 5500 chassis cab Cummins Diesel trucks. The DTM70 Air Compressor produces […]
Air Engineering and Supply receives two awards
Air Engineering and Supply, a major Midwest distributor of Fluid Power and Pneumatic components and value-added assemblies, recently received two awards for outstanding sales and growth from Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc., of Cincinnati, Ohio. Clippard is a global leading designer and manufacturer of miniature fluid and pneumatic products used in automation machinery, hydraulic equipment, packaging […]
Pneumatic grippers for cobots
By Walt Hessler Edited by Mike Santora The simple definition of the word collaboration is: “The action of working with someone to produce or create something.” This is the exact purpose of a Collaborative Robot, or cobot. Cobots are typically power and force limiting. The robot can feel abnormal forces in its path and may […]
Pack Expo returns to Vegas
Pack Expo will be held Monday, September 25th through Wednesday, the 27th at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. The event brings together more than 2,000 suppliers of advanced packaging equipment, materials, containers, and automation technologies including several pneumatics and hydraulics manufacturers. Attendees run the gamut, from plant […]
