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What is an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV)?

February 13, 2023 For many years, the manufacturing industry has been investing in ever new ways to automate its processes. Whereas 20 years ago autonomous manufacturing solutions were reserved in particular for high-volume parts, today the market offers a wide range of applications even for small batch sizes and products with many variants. The decisive…

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EPOS4 by Maxon: Truly micro!

February 10, 2023 Robotic, analysis, and handling systems demand compact integration of a large number of energy-efficient compact drives, combined with highly dynamic controllers and a networked bus system. maxon is up to the challenge. Requirements: Compact multi-axis system concepts Products such as surgical robots, analytical instruments for medical devices and laboratory technology, as well…

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Pallet Detection on Roller Conveyor Systems—Optical or Ultrasonic?

February 10, 2023 Regardless of whether a company is using Euro pallets or special plastic pallets, customized solutions were required to detect different pallet types on roller conveyor systems until recently. To make this application more efficient, Pepperl+Fuchs has developed the Pallet Detector—an application-specific sensor system that allows flexible switching between two technologies. The system enables different types…

ROBOFLEX® Cables, On the Spot: Focused and Precise

February 8, 2023 Focused and Precise with ROBOFLEX® Cables. Scansonic MI GmbH specializes in optical systems for robot-assisted laser machining. The modules from the high-tech company in Berlin feature custom ROBOFLEX® cables from HELUKABEL. These cables withstand mechanical stresses such as bending and torsion, making them ideal for use in automated industrial applications such as…

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Digitalization: What Will it Take for People to Accept it and its Benefits?

February 8, 2023 Digitalization: what will it take for people to accept it and its benefits? What do reluctance in boarding a pilotless plane or riding in a driverless vehicle and the digital twin have in common? From the everyday individual to engineers, people are often hesitant to accept and adopt new technology in their…

G-Code and Conversational – MAZATROL Does it All

February 8, 2023 Industrial machining computer numerical control (CNC) programming language has evolved through many iterations since its inception in the 1950s. Standardized in the early 1960s by the Electronic Industries Alliance as RS-247-D and now known as EIA/ISO machine programming – or G-code – it has become the foundational and most widely used protocol…

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Palletization: The Ultimate Guide To Identifying Different Types

February 6, 2023 Palletization is a core step in the supply chain process. On the surface, palletizing can seem very simple — you just stack boxes onto an empty pallets. But there are many different types of palletization and various ways to compare these types. With so many different pallet types and materials, process layouts,…

Cobots by UR Help Manufacturers to Overcome the Labour Shortage
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Cobots by UR Help Manufacturers to Overcome the Labour Shortage

Universal Robots (UR) is on the cutting edge with its industrial automation solutions, particularly collaborative robot arms (or “cobots”), which are available from Advanced Motion & Controls Ltd. A major benefit of UR cobots is their ability to fill urgent labour gaps, especially during the current international labour crisis. With worldwide industry handicapped by a shortage of skilled labour, UR can help by automating difficult, repetitive processes while moving current employees to more rewarding positions.

NSK Innovation in Dental Handpiece Technology:Reimagining What a Bearing Can Do

NSK Innovation in Dental Handpiece Technology:
Reimagining What a Bearing Can Do

Some people have perfect teeth. For the rest of us, at some point in our lives we will need to get a cavity filled. You will sit down in the chair, your dentist will pull out a dental handpiece, powered by compressed air spinning a turbine, and insert it in your mouth. You will hear a light buzzing noise “bzz bzzzt bzzz” as the decay is drilled away, and shortly after you will have a shiny new filling.

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Single Pair Ethernet Promises a Consistent Ethernet Connection from the Sensor to the Cloud.

The automation sector is delighted, but is also asking for standards February 1, 2023 Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) is the catchword when it comes to the network infrastructure for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Users hope it will allow them to implement a consistent communication architecture in all applications where data is present. This…

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EV Charging Opportunities for Business: A Primer

January 31, 2023 Electric vehicle charging stations are booming and can be an excellent business opportunity, given the current price of gasoline and Canada’s intention to ban the sale of new gas-powered vehicles. Interested in installing an EV charging station? Guillevin’s experts can advise you. EV Charging Opportunities for Business: A Primer Are you considering…

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Rotary Encoders for Harsh Environments

January 30, 2023 Rotary encoders are electromechanical devices that provide feedback on the rotational movement of an axle or shaft. Comprising two parts – a reader and a scale – they typically accomplish this task either by either “absolute encoding” or “incremental encoding”: Absolute encoders measure the precise angular position of the reader relative to…

Energy Technology Perspectives 2023

Energy Technology Perspectives 2023

Energy Technology Perspectives 2023 highlights major market and employment opportunities, as well as the emerging risks, for countries racing to lead the clean energy industries of today and tomorrow. The energy world is at the dawn of a new industrial age – the age of clean energy technology manufacturing – that is creating major new markets and millions of jobs but also raising new risks, prompting countries across the globe to devise industrial strategies to secure their place in the new global energy economy, according to a major new IEA report.

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Robotics: A Dynamic and Important Sector for Cables

Robotics, a key industry: experts discuss trends, opportunities and challenges January 23, 2023 New applications in robotics are constantly emerging as the industry continues to develop new solutions to efficiently manage complex tasks. Consequently, robotics is a key industrial sector for HELUKABEL – cables and wires are, after all, indispensable in all types of robots….

Register for Hazardous Area Training Programs with Pepperl+Fuchs

Register for Hazardous Area Training Programs with Pepperl+Fuchs

As an expert in hazardous area protection, Pepperl+Fuchs has applied their decades of experience and expertise in this field to build a portfolio of training modules. The diverse topics relate to the principles involved in applications in potentially explosive atmospheres. In addition, some of these modules can be customized specifically to the customer’s needs to provide a unique training experience.