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Battery handling with Igus low-cost automation

Battery handling with Igus low-cost automation

Precise handling, no lubrication, no mess, no fuss – handling applications have never been easier. With Igus low-cost automation gantry systems, the company says precise, quiet and lubrication-free operations are quick and easy. You can also program it all via the iRC – Igus Robot Control system.

5th November 2021

Pepperl+Fuchs shows first switch with Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer

Pepperl+Fuchs shows first switch with Ethernet Advanced Physical Layer

Ethernet-APL will look familiar to users in process industries. It combines two well-known technologies: Ethernet for seamless, parallel communication – and robust two-wire technology combined with explosion protection for the field within the process plant. Ethernet-APL thus enables the digitisation of the instrumentation.

5th November 2021
State-of-the-art sensors for laboratory automation at the EuroMedLab 2021

State-of-the-art sensors for laboratory automation at the EuroMedLab 2021

Panasonic Systems and Solutions will present comprehensive solutions for laboratory automation at the EuroMedLab 2021 in Munich. From 28 November to 2 December, Panasonic will exhibit its broad portfolio of sensors and automation components for laboratory testing devices and liquid conveyance equipment at the ICM International Congress Center on booth 94.

5th November 2021
Electrocomponents unveils global 2030 ESG action plan

Electrocomponents unveils global 2030 ESG action plan

Electrocomponents has announced ‘For a better world’, the Group’s comprehensive and robust 2030 environmental, social and governance (ESG) action plan to support a more sustainable and inclusive world.

5th November 2021
Stratus and Schneider Electric spotlight edge computing at ADIPEC 2021

Stratus and Schneider Electric spotlight edge computing at ADIPEC 2021

Stratus Technologies has announced its participation in Schneider Electric’s booth at ADIPEC 2021 featuring the EcoStruxure Micro Data Centre (MDC) with Stratus ftServer. Demonstrations of the MDC’s fault tolerance, uninterrupted power supply, and cybersecurity protections will give attendees hands-on experience in the quick and efficient deployment, management, and protection of oil and gas applications and equipment data at the edge.

5th November 2021
Inductive sensors now in compact D3 and M4 housing

Inductive sensors now in compact D3 and M4 housing

Wenglor’s product family of inductive sensors with increased switching distances features enhanced performance in miniature design. A total of eight new sensors from the I03 and I04 series in the compact D3 and M4 housing are available for detecting metallic objects in confined systems. Practically no larger than a pin head, the robust sensors in V2A stainless steel housing demonstrate their strengths exactly where space is most limited.

4th November 2021
OKW

OKW"s new EVOTEC size 125 designer table-top enclosures

OKW has added a new 125 size to its elegant EVOTEC range of designer table-top plastic enclosures. Designers specify tough but soft-contoured EVOTEC for applications including measurement and control, IT, IoT/IIoT, gateways, medical, laboratory and environmental technology.

4th November 2021
Fast and simple valve actuation monitoring ensures dosing accuracy

Fast and simple valve actuation monitoring ensures dosing accuracy

Precise and consistent dosing accuracy ensures product quality. However, as the repeatable accuracy of valve actuation typically declines over time, monitoring valve actuation is crucial. Failure to do so can not only reduce dosing performance, it can also lead to unplanned maintenance that will impact productivity and service levels. Implementing a valve actuation monitoring system is the answer.

4th November 2021
All-in-one embedded vision platform with new tools and functions from IDS

All-in-one embedded vision platform with new tools and functions from IDS

At IDS, image processing with artificial intelligence does not just mean that AI runs directly on cameras and users also have enormous design options through vision apps. Rather, with the IDS NXT ocean embedded vision platform, customers receive all the necessary, coordinated tools and workflows to realise their own AI vision applications without prior knowledge and to run them directly on the IDS NXT industrial cameras.

4th November 2021
Maintaining the benefits from your investments in robotics

Maintaining the benefits from your investments in robotics

With robots now an essential element in many manufacturing facilities, users are benefiting from the increases in productivity, quality and consistency which these systems deliver. The high levels of reliability and uptime associated with robot systems however can sometimes lead to complacency when it comes to planning preventative maintenance schedules. This article from Stäubli’s Simon Jenkins highlights the benefits which can be realised by adhering to preventative maintenance schedules for robot systems, which will in turn ensure long term performance and an ongoing return on the initial investment.

4th November 2021
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