At first blush, the industrial robotics market doesn’t appear to be a place for fluid power. Walk through an industrial trade show, and you’ll see a multitude of Delta, SCARA, Cartesian and other types of robots busy demonstrating their skills. And each of them is run by electric drives—certainly not hydraulics or pneumatics. But a […]
Compressed Air Fail: Settings problem causes high unload hours
By Ron Marshall A paint manufacturer had a small compressed air system consisting of four lubricated screw compressors feeding general plant compressed air flows. As part of a compressed air assessment, the compressor operations were monitored and found that all four of the compressors were running during production but they were at reduced duty cycle. […]
Kurt Workholding introduces new pneumatic clamping system
Kurt’s new pneumatic Zero-Point clamping system runs on existing shop air readily available in every machine shop. The Kurt DockLock Airline system is a high precision system which can reduce set-up time more than 90% by rapid change-out of large and small machine fixtures. The Kurt DockLock system features a tapered plug design to aid […]
Custom suction cup picks brittle lasagna sheets
Piab is introducing a suction cup specifically designed to handle thin and brittle food items such as the sheets of pasta used in lasagna or very thin slices of cracker bread. A tailor-made solution, the food contact approved F-BXT cup is designed with an extra-long and thin lip enabling it to handle fragile pasta sheets […]
Aventics launches product portal in the United States
Aventics is now offering its customers in the United States an innovative service and product portal. Available at http://www.pneumatics-shop.us, the portal helps to quickly and easily find information on components and solutions tailored to the requirements of engineers and purchasers. At the same time, the portal’s lean structures and processes speed up online order processes. […]
VMAC appoints Jim Hogan to CEO, Tod Gilbert to President
VMAC has announced changes to the organization of its Senior Management team—appointing former President Jim Hogan to CEO, and Tod Gilbert, former EVP to President. “These changes are an important next step in the company’s exciting future as VMAC continues to differentiate itself as the innovative leader in mobile compressed air,” says David Elgie, VMAC’s […]
IMI Precision Engineering hosts ground-breaking at new Indian production facility
IMI Precision Engineering recently reached a milestone in its global manufacturing strategy. In Noida, near New Delhi, the company hosted a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate its INR 200m investment ($3.1 million U.S.) into a state-of-the art facility. The site is designed to increase the company’s production capacity to meet the growing demand for its products […]
New piPUMP offers vacuum without the frills
Piab is introducing piPUMP23, a powerful vacuum pump aimed at automated industrial procedures involving, for instance, packaging, sheet metal and wood products. The new pump offers the same premium vacuum ejection performance and energy-efficiency as piCOMPACT23, the company’s popular all-in-one vacuum generator. However, not included are the advanced integrated controls and additional features of piCOMPACT23, […]
51D electronic pressure switches from Norgren
Norgren’s new 51D pressure switch has been designed for high accuracy and resolution for pneumatic applications and works precisely with an accuracy of +/- 2% and a response time of +/- 2.5ms. For filtered, lubricated or non-lubricated compressed air, neutral and incombustible gases. Features include: • Port sizes: 1/8 NPT, G 1/8 • System pressure selectable […]
Piab’s recent acquisitions offer a glimpse into its future
I had the chance yesterday to sit down with Mike Tuohey, Piab’s Sales and Marketing Communication Manager, in his office in Hingham, Mass. Tuohey’s name is one of the most familiar to me in all of fluid power—he’s been in the industry for 33 years now and has seen a lot of history. But the […]