The metalworking industry is one of the most important manufacturing industries in the world. Welding technology plays a major role in the metalworking industry. Companies from this area are often pioneers in the development and application of new manufacturing and joining processes in production.
Robots – be they conventional industrial robots, modern lightweight robots or trendy cobots – open the doors to new automation applications and help to make them more efficient and process-safe. The end effector or gripper is a central element as a link between the robot and the workpiece.
In late April of 2020, OSENSA Innovations Corp. announced the commercial availability of its FTX-910-PWR+R fiber optic temperature transmitter with PRB-910 and PRB-110 probes for continuous monitoring of electrical hot spots in equipment up to 38kV.
Festo is renowned for its bionic creatures – robotic fauna that fly, crawl, scamper or swim and point the way to possible commercial developments that mimic actions in nature. Now, Festo Didactic, the leader in basic and advanced training solutions for industry, has unveiled the Bionic Flower, a construction kit for today’s young STEM students inspired by the world of flora.
Festo has recently introduced a new generation of PROFINET bus interfaces for its CPX automation platform. These new FB44 and FB45 interfaces add four key features based on the latest PROFINET controllers and software, including S2 System Redundancy that provides redundant protection to keep processes running in the event of a CPU error.
J. Schmalz GmbH has recently developed a new gripper for automated handling: The FQE is suitable for a variety of different tasks, including on collaborative robots, and grips workpieces of varying shapes and sizes with speed and reliability.
Smart Vision Lights was recently pleased to announce that it has earned ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management systems (QMS). ISO 9001:2015 is an international QMS standard developed and published by the International Organization for Standardization.
Whether due to a bustling economy, reshoring, better technology or a skilledlabor shortage, manufacturers are automating more than ever before. According to ASSEMBLY magazine’s annual Capital Equipment Spending Survey, 89 percent of U.S. factories employed manual assembly processes in 2009, while only 17 percent used fixed automation.
The Moog air-cooled L3S and liquid-cooled L3SK flat linear motors are designed for highly dynamic applications. L3S and L3SK motors are three-phase, synchronous, linear iron core motors, which are supplied in the form of active parts (built-in motors).
The MXQ A is the newest generation of precision slide tables integrated with hardened stainless steel guides and rails to isolate the load bearing from the movement of the dual rods and piston seals. Its recirculating ball bearings are matched by size to each slide table with a slight negative clearance resulting in greater accuracy.
Complete automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas has released a new complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) photoelectric sensor family, the E3AS-HL Series.
The Parker Bestobell’s cryogenic pneumatic actuator is designed for use with flow control valves and emergency shut down applications. Manufactured in Carbon Steel or Stainless Steel, the pneumatic actuator is available in four standard sizes – 168mm, 210mm, 315mm and 420mm diameters.
Parker offers a range of linear actuators and cylinders for pneumatic, electric and hydraulic systems. These actuators and cylinders come in a wide range of construction types, ranging from compact light duty aluminum air actuators to motorized electric actuators and heavy duty hydraulic designs.
The high-speed, six-axis MHP45L handling robot is Factory Mutual (FM) approved for Class 1, Division 1 use in hazardous environments. Featuring a wide motion range, this robust robot is ideal for transferring large workpieces while avoiding interference with paint robots and other peripheral equipment.
Recently, Smart Vision Lights was pleased to introduce three separate lines of short wave infrared (SWIR) LED-based machine vision lights. These lights perfectly complement the recently introduced Sony IMX990 and IMX991 SenSWIR line of cost-effective imaging sensors as well as the quantum-dot SWIR Vision Systems CQD sensor line.
Smart Vision Lights recently introduced its new LM150 miniature linear light with an internal Multi-Drive LED light controller. The built-in Multi-Drive controller allows the LM150 to work in either continuous or OverDrive mode, depending on the input signal to pin 5.