RARUK Automation appoints robot sales engineer

The rapid growth in automation products sales that prompted RA Rodriguez to create a dedicated sister company has now prompted the appointment of new staff. The first new addition to the team is a dedicated sales engineer for the company's robot solutions, built around the Universal Robot. This is a range of flexible 6-axis robot arms that are central to the RARUK Automation product programme and for which the company holds the rank of preferred supplier in the UK.

Igus drylin ZLW for linear robotic applications

Igus has produced a new video explaining the drylin ZLW linear robot system in more detail. This modular drive system enables engineers to design and configure their own ready-to-install linear robots with maximum flexibility. With the drylin ZLW system, machine builders can address various design challenges and working environments in a diverse range of applications, rapidly and at lower cost than custom build solutions. 

Unmanned ground vehicles rely on Maxon motors

Ross Robotics specialises in building unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) that replace people where they shouldn’t or can’t work. The robots are extremely resilient and designed to perform in unstructured environments, to avoid obstacles, to react to unpredictable events and cope with vibration, dust and radiation. 

DP Seals and Ridgemount Technologies build great connections

DP Seals has completed development of an intricate seal for Ridgemount Technologies, the European designer, developer and manufacturer of specialised fibre optic connector interfaces. The seal, which has a unique cross sectional profile, is for a new connector which will be used in military, industrial and hazardous environments, in particular, immersion and exposure to weather extremes. In all cases maintaining optical continuity for communication, data or sensing is essential. Product failure is not an option.

NAMUR and ODVA collaborate on the optimization of Industrial Ethernet for the process Industry

John Jackson reports on an EtherNet/IP proof-of-concept system planned for process automation lab at Industriepark Höchst.

LG Motion develops customised positioning system for Diamond Light Source

Basingstoke based LG Motion has designed and manufactured a customised beamline detector positioning system for Diamond Light Source, the UK’s national synchrotron science facility. The system illuminates miniscule crystal samples with an X-ray beam and the detectors are positioned to a precision of just a few tens of microns to capture scattered light that reveals the complexities of protein structure and their functions.

Industrial Technology November issue incorporates Vision in Action

Igus introduces new polymer material optimised for railway applications

Igus has introduced a new variant of its iglidur tribopolymer material, RW370, that complies with EU fire protection standard EN 45545 for railway vehicles. Resistant to harsh media and extremely durable, the new material is well-suited to a wide range of bearing applications within rail transportation systems, including door guides and hinges, as well as in rotating joints and adjusting mechanisms for seats and tables. 

Bespoke cabling systems company grows with Spelsberg enclosures

An ISO assured manufacturer of quality wiring harnesses and cable assemblies attributes at least part of its on-going success to its relationship with electrical enclosure company Spelsberg UK.

Magnets from Elesa – temporary fixings for instruments to signage

Elesa permanent magnets offer a simple way of providing temporary fixing for workpieces, instruments, gauges, covers, doors, signs or drawers. They offer a range of closure from low to extremely high adhesive force in a very small footprint – giving easy manual placement or concealed closure if required. Temporary fixing with high power magnets can provide permanent solutions, quickly adjusted or removed completely.