Automation

Renishaw supplies Davis Tech with hi-tech equipment

For more than 30 years, Davis Tech trained thousands of students for a career in industry. With new equipment from Renishaw. the students will have access to advanced metrology equipment.

XPlanar System

XPlanar’s Software-Based Rotation Increases Freedom of Movement in Flying Motion

This new XPlanar capability makes a variety of groundbreaking adaptive manufacturing applications possible. For instance, mixing liquids or 360-degree inspection of objects is possible with this additional degree of freedom. Furthermore, the movers can leave the rotation positions with an orientation changed in 90-degree steps, so that the transported workpieces are correctly aligned in accordance with the remaining processing steps.

EL5072 EtherCAT Terminal

The integrated excitation source of the EL5072 provides a wide range of parameterizable excitation frequencies and voltages. Further special features include the automatically adapted measuring signal range, switchable input impedances for different probe types and one digital input per channel for setting and storing the position value (including timestamp). The measured value is determined with high precision by a 24-bit A/D conversion and output directly as a 32-bit position value that can be easily integrated into the control program.

Automation boosts shop's productivity 41%

The sixth episode of this Cobotics Corner video series demonstrates the use of a Universal Robots UR5e arm with a Schunk three-finger gripper loading and unloading a Haas Automation SL-20 CNC machine. This automation solution reportedly helped increase productivity by 41%, according to Fusion OEM.

Quaker Houghton enters joint venture with Grindaix

Quaker Houghton in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, a producer of industrial process fluids, has entered into an exclusive joint venture with Grindaix GmbH.

Maximize existing resources

06/22/2021

Author:

Craig Zoberis

Robot integrations help manufacturers see what's really happening on the shop floor.

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ROS 2 Package

Doosan Robotics strategically designed its ROS 2 Foxy package to provide both convenience and accessibility. As the package is compatible with Doosan Robot Language (DRL), operators of Doosan robots with only standard ROS knowledge can easily create intelligent robotics application. The package is expected to accelerate the development of robot applications in various fields, including gripper, mobile robot integration, and multi-robot control in addition to existing controls.

Overcoming the challenges of marking on aluminum

Aluminum, with its many advantageous properties, is used in a wide spectrum of industries to manufacture a vast, and growing, range of products. As the use of aluminum is so varied, so are its' traceability requirements.

MITI MAXX

ITI’s “MITI MAXX” is a robust, yet mobile automation system that utilizes the durable Fanuc CRX-10iA collaborative robot that meets RIA safety standards and doesn’t require fencing. MITI MAXX’s simple interface allows it to be integrated to almost any machine controller. Even if you have hi-mix, low-volume applications, the MITI MAXX is affordable, plug and play self-automation that will maximize your resources and reduce costs.

A-523 Z-Tip-Tilt

Z-Tip-Tilt Nanopositioning Stage for Precision Alignment

The compact format provides a rotation range up to 2° in theta-X / theta-Y and 5mm vertical (Z travel) range with excellent dynamics (up to 1g acceleration). The 250mm diameter (10”) platform can carry loads of 8kg (~18lbs), while the low profile of only 60mm (2.4”) keeps the center of gravity down, a great advantage in dynamic applications. The A-523 can be combined with the A-361 X-Y-θ Air Bearing Alignment Stage to form a very compact and low profile 6-axis precision motion system.