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Photo sensors control bags of sweets being fed to robots

Photo sensors control bags of sweets being fed to robots

During high-speed production of retail bags, a confectionery manufacturer conveys individual bags of sweets to a pick-and-place packing robot for secondary packaging. A highly reliable diffuse-mode photoelectric sensor, mounted beside the conveyor, detects the presence of bags as they approach the packing station and inhibits the pick-and-place sequence if no bags are queued for the packing robot.

18th June 2020
Igus helps autonomous vehicles get to the bottom of ocean discovery

Igus helps autonomous vehicles get to the bottom of ocean discovery

As scientists delve into the study of climate change, new strategies and products are evolving to help them uncover data that is driving the world’s foremost crisis. The scientific community is obtaining significant information from international oceans, especially with the support of autonomous surface vehicles.

17th June 2020
Extended warranty for enhanced geared motors

Extended warranty for enhanced geared motors

SEW Eurodrive has launched an optional Premium Protection Package for its range of gearedmotors that includes an additional 12 months warranty on top of the statutory two year period the company already provides as standard.

17th June 2020
Intertronics supplies innovative Born2Bond cyanoacrylate adhesives

Intertronics supplies innovative Born2Bond cyanoacrylate adhesives

Adhesives specialist Intertronics has been appointed as distributor of Born2Bond, a new range of cyanoacrylate (CA) adhesives suitable for bonding applications in high technology industries such as medical devices, electronics assembly, and automotive manufacturing and aftermarket. The new, patented products can overcome the speed issues of a traditional methoxyethyl cyanoacrylate (MECA) product, but still offer the stability and strength of an ethyl cyanoacrylate (ECA), meaning manufacturers can use CA adhesives with fewer compromises.

16th June 2020
Osram SPL SxL90A lasers enhance LiDAR vision of autonomous vehicles

Osram SPL SxL90A lasers enhance LiDAR vision of autonomous vehicles

Mouser Electronics is now offering the SPL S1L90A and SPL S4L90A lasers from Osram Opto Semiconductors. The high-power, infrared SMT components feature a 905 nm laser wavelength suitable for use in autonomous vehicles and other Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) applications.

15th June 2020
On the pulse of the machine

On the pulse of the machine

Building from scratch is often not always trouble-free but there is a clear benefit: Requirements can be taken into consideration early on in the new structures. This also applies to maintenance. Anyone planning a modern production plant or a logistics centre can equip machines and plants with smart sensors in order to selectively query the status data of individual devices or areas at a later time. Performing inspections remotely and efficiently planning maintenance – thanks to fast fieldbus networks and industrial Ethernet.

15th June 2020
Robots speed up the production of Covid-19 tests

Robots speed up the production of Covid-19 tests

In the fight against the coronavirus, speed and close co-operation are required. This is why Senova, a leading German developer and manufacturer of rapid test systems for biomarkers, viruses and microorganisms, decided to use the robotics expertise of Omron to enhance its production process. Previously, the manual production of the tests was very time-consuming. In the past few weeks, in conjunction with Omron and Kraus Maschinenbau GmbH, Senova has developed and built machines that significantly accelerate and improve the process. This will enable more people to be tested more quickly.

15th June 2020
Collaborative robot brings game-changing industrial performance

Collaborative robot brings game-changing industrial performance

A new generation of human collaborative robots which combine important key features and benefits to ensure powerful, robust and safe application capabilities have been introduced by Yaskawa. The Yaskawa Motoman HC20DT robot is the latest example of Yaskawa’s expanding range of Motoman Smart Series robotic solutions which are helping users to meet the rapidly changing demands and adaptation of new manufacturing practices.

14th June 2020
SKF Enlight ProCollect extends its capability to support lubrication management

SKF Enlight ProCollect extends its capability to support lubrication management

SKF has extended the capability of its Enlight ProCollect portable data collection system, enabling maintenance engineers to plan lubrication routes around a factory or process operation.

14th June 2020
Over-specification of threaded fasteners

Over-specification of threaded fasteners

Ultimately, one can never know completely how a fastener will function in-situ until you try it which is why accelerated aging trials and extended excess load tests are frequently performed to ascertain a realistic safety margin. Guidelines from hard-won experience can normally be accessed, but sometimes an unusual situation needs to be evaluated or perhaps a replacement of the exact same type is simply not available.

11th June 2020
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