Industrial Technology

ABB launches next generation cobots to unlock automation for new sectors and first-time users

ABB is expanding its collaborative robot (cobot) portfolio with the new GoFa and SWIFTI cobot families, offering higher payloads and speeds, to complement YuMi and Single Arm YuMi in ABB’s cobot line-up. These stronger, faster and more capable cobots will accelerate the company’s expansion in high-growth segments including electronics, healthcare, consumer goods, logistics and food and beverage, amongst others, meeting the growing demand for automation across multiple industries.

24th February 2021

Download issue 32 of Industrial Technology EXTRA

Issue 32 of Industrial Technology EXTRA - our interactive electronic supplement to the printed edition of Industrial Technology - is out today. You can view the PDF here, the flip-page magazine, or download the tablet version on the Industrial Technology app. Contents include:

22nd February 2021

Universal Robots to demonstrate how to ensure dispensing consistency with cobots

Universal Robots is pleased to announce the launch of a brand-new online conference focused on achieving consistency and quality for dispensing applications within manufacturing. The event takes place on 3 March 2021 at 11am GMT.

19th February 2021

ABB launches podcast series exploring robotics and automation

ABB is introducing a new series of podcasts that explore the innovative and exciting world of robotics, and their benefit to society in the greatest shift in automation in a generation, brought on by the pandemic.

17th February 2021

Download issue 31 of Industrial Technology EXTRA

Issue 31 of Industrial Technology EXTRA - our interactive electronic supplement to the printed edition of Industrial Technology - is out today. You can view the PDF here, the flip-page magazine, or download the tablet version on the Industrial Technology app. Contents include:

15th February 2021

ABB appoints UK system integrator to support industrial drives installations

ABB has expanded its technical support for variable speed drives (VSDs) in the UK with the appointment of Staffordshire-based system integrator Radway Control Systems.

12th February 2021

Global robotics company uses Igus product to keep robots alive

A leading industrial robotics company is continuing to breathe new life into old robots – thanks to a newly designed product from plastics experts Igus. The team at robotics company Aragon asked Igus, the global manufacturer of energy chain systems and polymer plain bearings, for a control panel cable management system.

11th February 2021

Automated pick and place solution ends labour-intensive process

RARUK Automation has supplied Plymouth-based Oakmount Control Systems with a new FlexiBowl parts feeder and Shibaura Machine SCARA robot. The two automated systems are now working in unison at a customer of Oakmount, where they are feeding, picking and placing a medical product into individual plastic packaging trays. Previously performed by a human operative, the end user is not only enjoying a faster, more repeatable process, but has redeployed its labour resource to a more value-added task.

10th February 2021

Omron exhibits new technologies in a virtual interactive platform

Omron has launched a virtual exhibition that enables visitors to walk through a 360 degree virtual tour, guiding them around ‘the factory of the future’ – one in which different innovations have been introduced to increase flexibility, enhance efficiency and boost productivity. The virtual exhibition highlights, in particular, six new technologies that can be used to achieve industrial transformation, with collaboration between people and machines taking a progressive leap forward.

9th February 2021

Neil Sandhu appointed new chairman of UKIVA

Neil Sandhu, product manager for imaging, measurement, ranging and systems at Sick UK has formally been appointed chairman of UKIVA during the vision association’s online AGM. Sandhu takes over from Allan Anderson, managing director at ClearView Imaging, who had completed a two-year cycle as chairman.

8th February 2021