Bimba Manufacturing Co. announced the completion of its acquisition of Pneumadyne Inc. Headquartered in Plymouth, MN, Pneumadyne has been a manufacturer of pneumatic components and control systems
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Special design award goes to pneumatic hand
East Providence, R.I.—Louisiana Robotic Machines has developed an innovative, all-pneumatic robot hand that uses Zipper-style cable carriers in its finger joints. The design won the “Special Design” award in the igus vector 2012 competition, which sought to honor those implementing polymer cable carriers in unique and challenging ways. Louisiana Robotic Machines designs, develops, and builds […]
Fluid power: A great career choice
Loved seeing a news item last week on the Facebook page of the Minnesota West Community & Technical College. Their Granite Falls Campus announced that its Fluid Power Technology program, a 2-year technical program, has had 100% job placement rate for the class of 2012.
Pneumatics is key to human-robotic actuation
When the future doesn’t pan out quite the way that movies or television envisioned it, people often complain about the absence of items available today—from flying cars to wristwatch TVs to lifelike robotics. While Ford has yet to announce the 2014 Floating Taurus and Apple hasn’t quite perfected the wearable iTV, automation technology expert Festo […]
Combining pneumatic components for more efficiency
Met with Richard Bull of Norgren last week. Bull brought a sample of the new Integrated Valve and Actuator Control pneumatic product.
Humphrey introduces 153 Series balanced solenoid valve
Humphrey has introduced the 153 Series balanced poppet, direct-acting solenoid valve technology. The balanced design achieves universal valve functionality.
New NPQP polypropylene push-pull pneumatic fittings
Festo is introducing a new addition to its portfolio of push-pull fittings. The new metric NPQP fitting series is focused on the most popular fitting functions and offers resistance to aggressive media
First look at Festo’s pneumatic ExoHand HMI system
Festo has been active on the cutting edge of design the last few years, from the award-winning design of its M9 compressed air preparation units to its elegant SmartBird and elephant-inspired robotic arm. So it’s great to see the latest item to come out of their German design team, the ExoHand. And nice to see pneumatics playing a prominent role in this design
Automation Studio P6 is released
Automation Studio P6 is a multi-user environment. This allows users to perform collaborative work on a project through data sharing and synchronization between different users.
Extra-large flat suction cups provide flexibility
Piab has introduced a new line of extra-large flat pneumatic suction cups that has been designed to handle various product sheets safely and securely in manufacturing environments.