Piab, a leading supplier of industrial vacuum technology, has released piFLOW p. It is the next generation of premium conveyor line from Piab. piFLOW p meets the high demand from the food and pharmaceutical industries. With its proven design for robustness and cleanability, Piab conveyors are regarded as the leading option for vacuum conveying worldwide. […]
Best practices for handling bags with suction cups
A bag of sweets dropped on the floor in the plant’s packaging area. Or a bag of frozen peas deformed from its original square shape into a messy plastic package with an ugly cone-shaped suction mark. These are the kind of problems faced by manufacturers wishing to use a vacuum-based automated system to handle bags, […]
New precision vacuum regulator provides precise control up to full vacuum
ControlAir Inc. today announced the introduction of the new Type 480V precision vacuum regulator. It is the first vacuum regulator offering from ControlAir and provides precise control up to full vacuum. The unit is designed with a push type locking knob which allows for smooth output adjustment and the ability to lock in your setpoint […]
Rethinking manual handling in the digital factory
Digitalization is on the rise in factories, and manual handling is no exception. Increasingly customized products go hand-in-hand with increasingly complex processes, and the way workers deal with goods needs to adapt. Intelligent handling devices play an important role in making this growing complexity manageable, according to the engineers at J. Schmalz GmbH, Glatten, Germany. […]
Schmalz compact ejector generates vacuum in tight spaces
Small, powerful and scalable SCPM vacuum generators from J. Schmalz GmbH, Glatten, Germany, represent a new series of compact ejectors that can be integrated directly into a vacuum gripping system thanks to a slim, lightweight design. The new SCPM family was developed in response to the growing demand for space-saving, decentralized vacuum generators that combine […]
Reducing dust with safe, gentle handling of a fragile product
Desiccant gel packs are used to absorb moisture/water (desiccating the surrounding material). The typical function is to protect electronic products, clothes and shoes from the effect of moisture/humidity. Oxygen absorbers are used to absorb oxygen. The typical function is to increase shelf life of food or pharmaceutical products. Inside these gel packs is a sorbent, a […]
Heavy-duty bag grippers for palletizing
If your automation cell requires a palletizing or de-palletizing End-of-Arm Tool, Piab has components and systems that make your robots function precisely and efficiently. The modular and custom-machined component designs of our products allow our EOATs to operate on any make and style of robot. Piab has introduced the first-generation heavy-duty adjustable bag grippers in […]
Piab adds new sizes to bellows suction cup line
Piab is extending its generic line of bellows suction cups to include cups measuring 13 and 26 mm in diameter. Another two new cup sizes will be added at a later stage, further broadening the already extensive application range of the company’s popular bellows suction cups. “We decided to plug a few gaps in our […]
Vacuum management made easy with Lemcom Manager
Specially developed with vacuum handling applications in mind, LEMCOM Manager is a PC software package which allows users, in just a few clicks, to remotely setup and configure LEMCOM vacuum generators as well as run diagnostics. Packed with numerous functions such as the import/export of parameters, vacuum cycle analysis, alarm and operation cycle monitoring, configuration help or even […]
Ergonomic vacuum lifter handles any type of sack
Regardless of what they are made of — paper, plastic, fabric — or what they contain (flour, sand, pharmaceutical ingredients), all sacks are handled with ease with the help of Piab’s ergonomic Vaculex vacuum lifter. No more heavy manual work such as lifting sacks for stacking on pallets, emptying into hoppers/feed stations, or feeding/loading/palletizing directly […]
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