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ABB Wins Red Dot Award for Flexpacker Industrial Delta Robot

 

ABB’s IRB 390 FlexPacker® industrial Delta robot designed for ultra-fast packing has been chosen for the Red Dot Product Design Award – the second ABB robot to receive the prestigious award in two consecutive years. The global Red Dot Design Awards recognize achievements in product design, with the jury – comprised of over 50 international design experts – testing and evaluating thousands of entries every year. In 2022, the Red Dot Award panel looked for products that showed design quality and a high degree of innovation – attributes that informed the FlexPacker’s development from the beginning.

 

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Superior Cleanability with New Additions to Rittal’s Hygienic Design Line!

 

The new additions to Rittal’s HD line include small, single door enclosures, push button boxes, terminal boxes, and accessories to help food and beverage producers create a more efficient, flexible automation system that optimizes safe and sanitary production processes. Junction boxes, production data cabinets, and fire extinguisher enclosures help producers ensure high hygienic standards at every touchpoint on the production floor.

 

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ABB Launches Five Axes Delta Robot Fastest for Lightweight Product Picking, Packing & Re-Orientation

 

ABB is expanding its FlexPicker® Delta robot portfolio with the IRB 365. With five axes and 1.5kg payload, the IRB 365 is both flexible and the fastest in its class, as ABB claims, for reorientating packaged lightweight products such as cookies, chocolates, peppers, candies, small bottles, and parcels. Responding to the rise in e-commerce and growing demand for shelf ready packaged goods, the IRB 365 has been developed for applications including food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, and consumer goods, where production line speed and adaptability are essential.

 

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NEW: PITreader Keys – New Colours for Simpler Handling

 

The generic PITreader Keys are now available in six new colours. As a result, the transponder keys for the reader unit PITreader can be distinguished at first glance and provide much simpler handling in practice. It’s entirely up to you which functions you assign to the individual colours, as the RFID keys are freely programmable. So you determine which colours you assign to the different machine types, functions, zones or even operating modes.

 

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ABB Access – Unlocking Your Drives, Motors, and PLCs

 

With ABB Access, you can unlock all aspects of your drives, motors, or PLCs, from one central location: the palm of your hand. Simply scan the QR code on the ABB product to get started. ABB Access helps you easily find up-to-date product online data. It also provides easy access to documentation and manuals. If you happen to experience issues with your ABB product, this can be quickly and easily reported online to reach expert support from ABB.

 

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ABB Robots Check All Boxes, Helping to Make Packaging Company More Productive

 

Less than an hour away from the Detroit-Windsor border in Canada lies Orora Fresh, a global packaging company who provides plastic and corrugated cardboard packaging solutions around the world. The combination of a need to boost productivity, hiring challenges, and the desire to boost the quality of work for existing employees, inspired Windsor-based integrator AIS Technologies to come up with a system that enables Orora Fresh to achieve these goals.

 

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Endress+Hauser Enhances J22 Natural Gas Analyzer with Advanced Features and Hardware

 

Endress+Hauser announces a new version of its J22 TDLAS gas analyzer, an update to the initial release in 2021. The J22 tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) analyzer continues the tradition established by its predecessor with best-in-class accuracy, a user-friendly interface, integrated diagnostics, and a host of modular hardware. 

 

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Winters Pressure Accessories from AutomationDirect

 

 

AutomationDirect has added new pressure sensing accessories from Winters. These accessories will protect delicate pressure measurement equipment from damage caused by pressure surges, superheated media, and more. Included in the new product release are siphons that protect pressure gauges, transmitters, and switches from the effects of high-temperature media such as steam. New pressure snubbers protect instruments by suppressing pressure pulsations and spikes.

 

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POSITAL Extends Product Finder Portal to Include Kit Encoders

 

Kit (or modular) encoders are designed to be integrated into electric motors or other types of rotating machinery, providing position feedback for the control system. While sharing performance characteristics with POSITAL’s stand-alone absolute encoders, kit encoders are stripped-down designs without their own shafts, bearings, or seals. Instead, the rotating element – a permanent magnet array – is attached directly to a motor’s shaft, while the measurement module is designed to fit onto the motor’s housing. 

 

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Epson RC+ Automation Software: the Ultimate Choice for Robot-System Development

 

Advanced Motion & Controls Ltd. supplies automation solutions by Epson Industrial Robots, and they work with the Epson RC+ line of industrial automation development software. Epson RC+ provides powerful tools and features that take automation efficiency to new places. It allows all components to interface with each other in one environment, for seamless integration. This advanced software suite comes with Epson SCARA and six-axis robots, without any recurring licencing fee.

 

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EMA Servo Actuators by HyperCyl Work for Precision Assembly Tasks

 

HyperCyl industrial products are available in Canada through Advanced Motion & Controls Ltd., such as the EMA series of electro-mechanical actuators. These are robust, servo-driven actuators designed for precision assembly tasks, plus applications not suitable for standard HyperCyl or IntelliCyl solutions. They are available in Roller Screw and Ball Screw configurations.

 

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Smart Analyzing Unit for The Safe Radar Sensor PSENradar from PILZ

 

The new analysis unit PSEN rd1.x I/O with USB connection is available now for safe protection zone monitoring in rugged application conditions. In conjunction with the radar sensor PSEN rd1.2, you have a safe, complete solution (UL-certified) for all applications with high temperature influences, dirt, rain or steam. In addition to outdoor applications and areas in woodworking and metalworking, robot applications can now also be safeguarded thanks to a category up to Cat. 3/PL d.

 

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First UKCA Certificate for myPNOZ Safety Relay from PILZ

 

Pilz is the first company in Germany to receive from TÜV Süd the UKCA certificate for the modular safety relay myPNOZ. As such, myPNOZ will be accepted on the British market even after January 2023. In the wake of Brexit, the existing CE mark used in the European Union will be replaced in England, Wales and Scotland by the UKCA certificate. UKCA stands for United Kingdom Conformity Assessment and will be mandatory once the transition period expires at the end of 2022. From this point onwards, all products sold on the British market must have UKCA certification.

 

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Rittal AX Fiberglass Enclosures: Added Durability with Non-Metallic WM Enclosures!

 

Rittal has rounded off its AX range of compact enclosures with its newly developed fibreglass enclosures. The manufacturer now offers the best of two worlds: the advantages of sophisticated technology combined with the benefits of an extremely robust material. The AX fibreglass enclosure protects the electrical components even in very harsh environments. Its new mounting functions make rapid expansion possible and provide a greater scope for installation using smart technology.

 

State Of the Heart: Heartbeat Technology Empowering New Endress+Hauser Devices

 

Endress+Hauser has incorporated its market leading Heartbeat Technology in many of its newest measurement and monitoring devices, like the Prosonic Flow W 400 , Proline 10 and Promag W 800 liquid flowmeters and t-mass F/I 300/500 thermal flowmeter. Heartbeat is a critical set of tools professionals depend on to maintain high productivity, while at the same time keeping operating and maintenance costs low and assuring safety and regulatory compliance.

 

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EMA Servo Actuators by HyperCyl Work for Precision Assembly Tasks

 

 HyperCyl industrial products are available in Canada through Advanced Motion & Controls Ltd., such as the EMA series of electro-mechanical actuators. These are robust, servo-driven actuators designed for precision assembly tasks, plus applications not suitable for standard HyperCyl or IntelliCyl solutions. They are available in Roller Screw and Ball Screw configurations.