Controls & Machine Components

End effector requires its own controls

To bring its game changing robotic end effector to the marketplace, Soft Robotics’s Carl Vause says that a whole new approach to controls had to be taken.

June 28, 2017

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Material handling

Global control preferences color new serialization/aggregation lines

MGS focuses on small-footprint machinery that interconnects to other equipment on pharmaceutical lines and allows a single point of functionality.

June 27, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Clippard: Miniature pneumatic pinch valves

Clippard’s NPP Series 2-Way pneumatic pinch valves are air-piloted devices designed to open or close tubes for controlling flow of liquids and gases.

June 27, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Encoder Products: Programmable thru-bore encoder

Encoder Products Co. has introduced the Model 58TP – a 58 mm, thru-bore, programmable encoder specifically designed for the challenges of an industrial environment, and featuring an advanced set of electronics that allow the encoder to be programmed for exact application needs.

June 23, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

AMCI: All-in-one stepper motion control

Advanced Micro Controls Inc. (AMCI), has added larger motor sizes to their lineup of PLC-based SMD series “all-in-one” stepper motor + drive + controllers, to satisfy a wide variety of applications with varying torque requirements.

June 21, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Festo: Energy efficiency module

The intelligent energy efficiency module MSE6-E2M from Festo automatically monitors and optimizes the compressed air consumption of production equipment and can alert plant personnel to system leaks.

June 20, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

More from OMAC’s Copenhagen meeting

At the Microsoft Development Center in Copenhagen this past March the Organization for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC) held a conference called “Smart Packaging Automation with PackML and OPC UA.”

June 15, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

icotek: Universal brush strip

icotek introduces its gland plates for dust-proof cable entries into Hoffman enclosures.

June 14, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech: Integrated motion and machine control solutions brochure

Aerotech's new integrated motion and machine control solutions brochure presents the company’s machine automation products.

June 9, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

U.S. Tsubaki: Attachment chain configurator

U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission, LLC launched a new and improved Attachment Chain Configurator.

June 6, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

H2W Technologies: Six-axis linear and rotary positioning stage

The SRS-080-10-020-01-3EXRTS is a six-axis positioning stage that consists of three rotary motors, with encoders, each mounted to three independently moving linear axis; it is ideal for applications that require independent multiple motions on a single travel plane.

June 2, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

Tsubaki acquires Dia-Saw Manufacturing Ltd.

Tsubaki expands its North American manufacturing capabilities with acquisition of Dia-Saw Manufacturing Ltd.

May 31, 2017

Controls & Machine Components

IDEC partners with AMCI to deliver motion control solutions

The AMCI by IDEC product line includes controllers, stepper motors, and integrated solutions for the FC6A MicroSmart PLC.

May 27, 2017