Filter regulator lubricators (FRLs) take what can be hot, dirty and wet air from a compressor and make it safe for use throughout the other parts of a compressed air system, which can be sensitive to contamination. First, the air-line filter traps solid particles like dust, dirt and rust while separating water and oil. Removing […]
Intuitive operating concepts
Intuitive operating concepts are already successfully established in everyday life: voice controlled mobile phones, tablet PCs operated with swiping motions, and game consoles and televisions commanded by gestures. As part of the Bionic Learning Network, companies have been working for some years on innovative intuitive operating concepts for the automation sector. Where buttons are pressed […]
Piab introduces new Value Line
Piab introduces a new line of products called Value Line. This competitively priced line consists of 21 suction cups in three different shapes as well as two small lightweight vacuum ejectors. This product line is suitable for more basic applications, where machine speeds and surfaces to be gripped are less challenging, such as with case/carton […]
OEM Drop-In Cylinder Optimax Series OCG now available in metric design
PHD, Inc. is pleased to release a new metric design of its Optimax Series OCG Round Body Pneumatic Cylinder. Built on the foundation of long-life products for industrial automation, PHD Optimax actuators are designed to meet machine builders’ performance requirements at a competitive price. These economical, efficient, and reliable actuators provide an alternative choice to PHD’s standard “built-toorder” product line, delivering even more […]
Electro Pneumatic Positioning System: EPPS
Unlike most pneumatic positioning systems on the market, which control the position of the actuator with directional flow, AVENTICS utilizes our expertise in direct acting proportional pressure regulators. This principle of operation can be applied equally well in both piston rod and rodless pneumatic cylinders in a considerable range of bore sizes and strokes. The […]
Clippard announces “Wrapped & Ready” stainless steel cylinder initiative
With increased market demand for stainless steel cylinders, Clippard Instrument Laboratory has responded by expanding their Continuous Flow Manufacturing process for stainless steel cylinders at their Cincinnati, Ohio production facility. This process ensures efficient production of Clippard’s high quality stainless cylinders, enabling thousands of sizes to be guaranteed “Wrapped & Ready” for sameday shipping, and others to be available to […]
Close to the actuator: energy-efficient pneumatic design
Technical designers always try to position pneumatic valves as close to actuators as possible, because shorter tubing lengths reduce the required compressed air by up to 20 percent. However, common valves are usually too large and heavy for handling applications. With AVENTICS’ new generation of extremely compact and lightweight Advanced Valve AV valve systems, engineers […]
Robots learn to pick the harvest
Supermarket customers prefer to purchase shiny red peppers and perfect apples. To ensure that fruit and vegetables arrive at the market ripe and without bruises, they are carefully and laboriously harvested by hand. Machines could work more quickly, but how does a machine find the fruit often hidden under leaves and then manipulate it? How […]
Ultra-efficient pneumatic mini slides
The MSC series mini slides have a compact design, require minimal installation space and can be optimally configured for virtually any automated handling task. The new generation of mini slides offers a multitude of variants and equipment details. Its numerous configuration options make the MSC mini slide a truly universal handling component. Diameter, stroke length, […]
Industry 4.0: Efficient engineering processes with “OPAK”
Engineering processes are to be carried out more intuitively, faster and more efficiently in future, and the individual automation components will have a digital memory: these are the aims pursued by Festo together with partners from science and industry in the joint research project “OPAK” (open engineering platform for autonomous mechatronic automation components in a […]
