The strain placed on global supply chains this year continues to make headline news, from semiconductor shortages to labour and equipment availability, all exacerbated by geopolitical uncertainty.
Kassow Robots, a developer of 7-axis cobot solutions for machine tending, material handling, and related applications, is pleased to announce its KR1018 7-axis cobot is being deployed as part of a solution to automate the textile industry.
The Ethernet based GigE Vision standard is still considered the most frequently used interface in machine vision. It offers a large variety of compatible standard network equipment and enables scaling the performance of the whole system over a wide range. This makes GigE Vision especially suitable for multi-camera systems.
After a construction time of just 16 months, Leuze has opened its new production site in Malacca (Malaysia). With immediate effect, Leuze sensors will be produced there for the international market. Leuze's Asian customers are primarily supplied from Malaysia.
Continental selects bio-attributed PVC BIOVYN for its production of surface materials for the automotive industry. BIOVYN resins help Continental to reduce its carbon footprint. Certified by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, BIOVYN delivers a reduction in carbon footprint of over 70%. The use of BIOVYN resins meets increasing customer demand for more sustainable raw materials.
The swing arm applicator of Phoenix Labeling is precise, safe and its electronics allows you to control the acceleration and deceleration phase, allowing safer and fully controlled movements. Furthermore, this swing- arm applicator, driven by an electric motor, is programmable and brings the plate to any desired angle between, 0 ° and 180 °.
Worldwide, over 90 million barrels of crude oil, natural gas and refined hydrocarbons are produced, transported, stored, and sold to end customers every day. For maximum accuracy when loading, unloading and transporting hydrocarbons in the oil & gas industry.
The automation company Pilz will be presenting its safety and industrial security solutions for primary, secondary and end-of-line packaging at the international trade fair FACHPACK (27–29 September). One Pilz highlight in Nuremberg: The TÜV SÜD-certified solution for safe monitoring of the cardboard feed on packaging machines.