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Festo takes the gold in 2019 LEAP Awards Pneumatics category

November 7, 2019 By Mary Gannon

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Winners of the LEAP Awards have been announced for the second annual awards competition. In the Pneumatics category, Festo took the gold for its DHEF adaptive shape gripper, which adapts to workpiece size and shape and picks up, gathers, and sets down single or multiple objects without manual adjustment. The new DHEF adaptive shape gripper from Festo […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry News Tagged With: aventics, emerson, festo, Parker, parkerhannifin

Pulsing air impacts the bottom line for packaging applications

August 28, 2019 By Mary Gannon

Pulsed air blow systems can provide cost-saving alternatives to continually blowing compressed air in bottling and packaging applications. Contributed by Alex Bakos, Product Sales Manager – controls Parker Hannifin’s Pneumatic Division As many companies continue to strive toward reducing operating costs, energy consumption is a key area where new technologies can improve the bottom line. […]

Filed Under: Components, Featured, Valves Tagged With: Parker, parkerhannifin

Condition monitoring for compressed air piping

July 22, 2019 By Ken Korane

The Transair business unit of Parker Hannifin has announced the next evolution in compressed air piping with its new Condition Monitoring Technology, which lets end-users track the status of their compressed air piping systems. The setup uses sophisticated wireless sensors to monitor a compressed air piping network, alert users to system changes, and provide critical […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industry News, Tubing Tagged With: Parker, Parker Hannifin

Redesigned Wilkerson modular air preparation units from Parker Hannifin

June 5, 2019 By Mary Gannon

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Parker Hannifin’s Pneumatic Division – North America is pleased to announce a new design for the Wilkerson 08/18/28 series of modular air preparation products effective June 1. The Wilkerson Series is Parker’s line of compressed air treatment products including filters, regulators, lubricators and accessories. The Revision B updates to these products refresh the design for […]

Filed Under: Air Preparation, Components Tagged With: Parker, parkerhannifin

Parker now offers Ethernet node in its pneumatic valve portfolio

April 18, 2019 By Mary Gannon

Parker P2M Industrial Ethernet node on pneumatic valves portfolio

Parker Hannifin now sells an expanded range of network connectivity options for its valve platforms — including an Ethernet node for factory automation. Designed with Industrial Ethernet connectivity in mind, Parker releases the addition of the P2M Industrial Ethernet network node to allow for an inexpensive means of connecting the H Series valve, the Moduflex […]

Filed Under: Components, Valves Tagged With: Parker, parkerhannifin

How continuous position sensing will tie together the factory of the future

June 5, 2018 By Mary Gannon

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Contributed by Tim Faillo, Global Program Manager – Factory Automation, Parker Hannifin Modern factories have come to rely on industrial networks to make their sensors and actuators “smarter.” The use of smart sensors, such as Continuous Position Sensors (CPSs), offers a route toward realizing smart motion control in pneumatic systems. These intelligent devices offer more advanced, […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Positioning sensors Tagged With: Parker, parkerhannifin

Virtual Engineer tool from Parker Hannifin gives users intuitive interface for simplified design processes

May 3, 2018 By Mary Gannon

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A new motion control design tool for engineers from Parker Hannifin Corp. aims to help with the proper selection of electromechanical and pneumatic linear motion. Dubbed Virtual Engineer, the free online tool is an intuitive interface where users can easily enter their application specifications, (for example, speed, load, external forces) and then quickly navigate to […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Industry News Tagged With: Parker, parkerhannifin

Parker and HMS Industrial Networks partner for valve control communications

March 19, 2018 By Mary Gannon

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HMS Industrial Networks has shipped its five-millionth Anybus product to Parker Hannifin, with its Anybus CompactCom B40, which is to be used in one of Parker’s new valve control units. Anybus CompactCom will enable these valve controls to communicate on any fieldbus or industrial Ethernet network and consequently be used in any type of application, anywhere. […]

Filed Under: Components, Industry News, Valves Tagged With: hmsindustrial, Parker, parkerhannifin

No turning back on IoT

May 19, 2017 By Ken Korane

Parker IoT at Hannover

After spending a week at the recent Hannover Fair, one comes to the inescapable conclusion that most everyone with a stake in the future of fluid power is either embracing the concepts of IoT, or is at least watching as the changes unfold. We’ve all heard the hype surrounding what’s called the fourth industrial revolution—the […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured Tagged With: aventics, festo, Parker, parkerhannifin

Parker’s Air Saver decreases compressed air waste, increases productivity

December 6, 2016 By Mary Gannon

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At PackExpo last month, Parker Hannifin highlighted its Air Saver Unit, which allows for easy adjustment of impulsed air flow to blow off contaminants, clean, move, and agitate products. Additionally, the company launched an updated suite of 15 apps to help properly size compressed air devices to reduce energy and waste. After a soft launch […]

Filed Under: Blog, Featured, Industry News Tagged With: Parker, parkerhannifin

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