Automation

Co-act EGL-C Long-Stroke Gripper

The SCHUNK Co-act EGL-C long-stroke gripper is a milestone on the way to a comprehensive human/robot collaboration: The long-stroke gripper developed for collaborative operation achieves high gripping forces up to 450 N, and combines them with a long stroke of 42.5 mm per finger. The intelligent 24 V powerhouse is suitable for handling workpiece weights of up to 2.25 kg and can be flexibly used in a wide range of applications.

Forge Suite Unifies Cross Robotic Platform Programming and Control

READY Robotics announces the launch of the Forge suite of products unifying cross robotic platform programming and control. The Forge suite consists of a hardware controller (Forge/Ctrl) running robust software (Forge/OS), which together empowers anyone to intuitively control industrial and collaborative robots.

DA300 VMC Reduces Machining Time for Complex Production Parts

Inspired by the best design characteristics from both vertical and horizontal machine platforms, the Makino DA300 5-Axis VMC delivers the highest production capabilities for multi-axis workpieces in the very smallest of machine footprints. This DA300 combines a rigid structure and high dynamic motion control to significantly reduce part cycle times while maintaining very accurate performance. This highly productive machine is enhanced by an Erowa ERE pallet changer.

Advanced Machining with CoroPlus Tooling Solutions

Society's rapid digitalization brings opportunities for the manufacturing industry to overcome challenges, minimize waste and ultimately become more profitable. CoroPlus^®, the digital machining offer from Sandvik Coromant, includes solutions that facilitate the manufacturing industry's journey into Industry 4.0.

The New Standard in 5-Axis Machining

Take a look inside Okuma's GENOS M460V-5AX with Errol Burrell, machining center product specialist. Now with an increased capacity for 48 tools, this customer favorite just became even more appealing. With its hypoid gear drive, it features trunnion construction that offers exceptional accuracy, rigidity, and table rotation speed. If you're looking for a machine to manufacture high-precision parts and deliver impressive metal removal rates in a compact design, then the GENOS M460V-5AX deserves your undivided attention.

Specialized tools help deburr cross-holes

04/10/2019

Author:

Holly B. Martin

Automated deburring makes the process more efficient, giving the end product a more consistent finish from part to part.

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V-417.336025E1 Long-Travel Linear Motor Stage

PI is offering the new V-417.336025E1 long-travel linear motor stage, providing 32 inches of travel (813mm). The direct drive stage achieves high velocities to 79”/sec (2m/sec) based on a direct drive ironless linear servo motor. High accuracy, repeatability and functionality are guaranteed by an integrated absolute-measuring linear position encoder featuring 1 nm sensor resolution.

North American machine vision market grows nearly 10 percent in 2018

North American sales of machine vision components and systems that provide vision intelligence to robots and other machines reached $2.874 billion in 2018, an increase of 9.2 percent over 2017 and a new record for the market. According to statistics from the AIA, the industry trade group and part of the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), application-specific machine vision (ASMV) systems led the growth with $1.998 billion in sales in 2018, an increase of 7.8 percent over 2017, followed by smart cameras with $466 million, an increase of 14.2 percent.