Robotics

Vacuum grip end effector ready for cobots in fulfillment centers

Piab's new piCOBOT gripper is small, powerful, and ready to collaborate with human and cobot workers. Recently, it has been certified by Universal Robots.

November 16, 2018

Machinery: Page 247

Controls & Machine Components

Exair Corp.: Compressed air products catalog

Exair 's Catalog 32 showcases engineered solutions to common industrial conveying, cooling, cleaning, blowoff, drying, coating, and static electricity problems.

November 13, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Fitting track and trace into a patient-first culture

Catalent’s Bloomington, IN facility meets U.S. and European regulatory deadlines via a turnkey approach on a vial and syringe packaging suite.

November 13, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Industrial Automation: Programmable multi-axis controller

Omron Industrial Automation introduces the CK3M-Series programmable multi-axis controller that is capable of delivering output speeds of 50 µs/5 axes and enables nano-level, high-precision positioning.

November 13, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Banner: Custom indication software

Banner Engineering offers Pro Editor software, an easy-to-use graphical user interface designed to program compatible RGB indicator lights with a variety of pre-defined colors and animations.

November 9, 2018

Secondary Packaging

Two high-speed juice lines to Saudi Arabia

Almarai, the leading producer of liquid dairy and juice products in the Middle East, recently increased production capacities around orange juice distributed via cold chain.

November 9, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Bosch Rexroth: Order linear motion technology via eTools

By using Bosch Rexroth’s Linear Motion eTools, the process of selecting, dimensioning, and ordering linear motion components and systems is now easy and convenient. With eConfigurators and engineering tools, users no longer have to flip through catalogs and manually look up part numbers now that it can be done online.

November 9, 2018

Secondary Packaging

New palletizing software

At Xttrium Laboratories, a new line dedicated to 16-oz PET bottles of mouthwash features robotic palletizing software that greatly streamlines the palletizing process.

November 7, 2018

Conveying & accumulation

Heavy duty conveyor belt designed for harsh applications

Watch how this extremely strong belt can seamlessly move items during baking, cooking, cooling, heating and more. Its modular design allows for virtually unlimited configurations and streamlines sanitation and hygiene.

November 6, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Matrox Imaging: Flowchart software

Matrox® Imaging announces Matrox Design Assistant X flowchart-based vision application software. This integrated development environment (IDE) allows developers to build intuitive flowcharts instead of writing traditional program code. It enables the development of a graphical web-based operator interface for modifying the vision application.

November 6, 2018

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Precision flow controls catalog

Clippard’s latest catalog describes over 5,000 standard and custom products including electronic, control and isolation valves, cylinders, manifolds, FRLs, actuators, custom assemblies, and much more.

November 5, 2018

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

High-speed, stand-up pouch machine uses latest technology

Watch how this versatile packaging machine leverages pc-based programming to deliver 80 pouches/minute. The technology also enables user-friendly operations, seamless changeovers, and immediate issue response with Internet-based troubleshooting.

November 2, 2018

Thermoform/fill/seal

Placon doubles cleanroom capacity

Thermoformer Placon is expanding once again.

November 2, 2018