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Editor's Pick
A Conversation with Shane Carnegie from SEW-EURODRIVE about MOVI-C
Mechatronics Canada had the opportunity to speak with Shane Carnegie, Electronics Product Manager at SEW-EURODRIVE Canada, to learn more about MOVI-C, a modular automation system that offers a full solution for automation tasks. MOVI-C has been continuously expanding its reach into the mechatronics space, offering an encompassing solution for machine builders and integrators. Below Shane walks us through some of MOVI-C’s unique features and real-world applications.
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Beyond the Cabinet
Pluggable System Solution for Automation Without Control Cabinet
The new MX-System from Beckhoff is quite simply a revolution in control cabinet construction. In this interview, Managing Owner Hans Beckhoff and MX-System Product Manager Daniel Siegenbrink explain where this claim comes from and how the conventional control cabinet can be replaced.
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Safety
How to Choose the Right Safety Network for Your Production Line
On the factory floor, where assembly lines need to change in accordance with consumer demand, adding or removing a part to the process can be a challenge. When it’s time to mute a robot or add a new welding station for a particular model, operators are starting to consider machine safety as a key component in facilitating truly flexible manufacturing.
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Introducing Our Strongest Mobile Robot, the New HD-1500 by Omron
Introducing Omron's strongest mobile robot. With a 1,500kg payload capacity, the new HD-1500 autonomously loads and transports the heaviest of objects. This ultra-strong mobile robot features studier metal skins that withstand heavier impacts and more demanding tasks. This powerful solution based on proven LD Series technology will reduce forklift usage and get more done with less equipment. Omron's mobile robot offering is expanding by the year to meet your specific needs with easy deployment.
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Pilz: The New Safety Relay myPNOZ
In this digital age, what could be better than ordering a safety relay to suit your own safety requirements, conveniently on the Internet? Pilz makes that a reality with the modular safety relay myPNOZ and the corresponding online tool myPNOZ Creator. Pilz answers the most frequently asked questions about the new online tool.
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ACOPOS 6D Heralds a New Era of Productivity
Conventional industrial production plant is typically set up with a single use case inmind, and is not always easy to adapt. B&R’s ACOPOS 6D changes all that with magnetically levitated shuttles that carry parts freely through the production process. ACOPOS 6D is ideal for small-batch production with frequent design and dimension changes.
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Plug & Play for Energy Storage Systems - All for Energy with Han® S Connectors and Cable Assemblies
Benefit from minimal wiring input on site and shorter installation times: fielding its Han® S connector, HARTING is now presenting an ideal solution for assembling energy storage systems (ESS) based on battery storage modules – thereby making vital contributions to the establishment of high-performance infrastructures for decentralised energy supply.
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SCHUNK's New High-Performance Universal Gripper
With the new optimized 2-finger parallel gripper JGP-P, SCHUNK is further expanding its family of universal grippers alongside the SCHUNK flagship PGN-plus-P. The successor of the JGP has the advantage through its increased gripping force, flexibility in application, and a variety of query options.
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Balluff Inductive Sensor in Q08 Housing, Now with IO-Link
Balluff's BES inductive sensors in the Q08 block-style housing (8 × 8 mm) are now available with IO-Link interface. They reliably monitor, control and automate processes and status conditions while flush mounted in metal, while also providing the benefits of IO-Link.
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Piezoelectric Motors
Revolutionizing the Motion Control Industry by Making Piezo Motion Affordable
Piezo Motion is the disrupter, reimagining how innovative piezoelectric motor technology can now be more accessible than ever to myriad applications where its advantages bring immense value. Natural and Synthetic Piezo materials have been utilized in sensor and transducer applications for decades, but the practice of harnessing the reverse piezoelectric effect for actuators and motors is less developed.
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Now Open
Endress+Hauser Transitions to New Customer Experience Centre, Showcasing the Best in Process Automation
The staff have moved into Endress+Hauser’s Customer Experience Centre, the company’s new $28-million platform in Canada for showcasing its best-in-class instrumentation technology. Customers who visit the 47,000 sq ft, state-of-the-art support and training hub can expect to get a hands-on feel for the latest innovations in process automation to help them select the right products or solutions for their needs. Every effort went into ensuring the building offers a superior customer and employee experience throughout while demonstrating environmental leadership by operating on a net zero energy and carbon basis.
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Video Feature
BionicSwift
As with its biological model, the focus when designing the robot birds was on the use of lightweight structures. After all, in both engineering and in nature, the less weight there is to move, the less material is required and the less energy is consumed. As such, the bionic birds weigh just 42 grams with a body length of 44.5 centimeters and a wingspan of 68 centimeters.
Watch the video HERE.
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Daily News
- Mecademic Announces New Regional Partners to Meet Growing Demand for its Small Industrial Robots
Mecademic Robotics announced its expansion into regional markets in the USA, Canada, France, Germany, and Australia through new value-added partners. As the global market continues to see increased demand for small industrial robot arms, Mecademic has upped its production capacity and regional presence to better serve its customers.
- Meeting the Challenges of the Future with Connectivity+ HARTING Presenting Numerous Innovative Solutions and Products at Digital Press Conference
"We think Connectivity+ in a consistent triad: the societal megatrends of sustainability, (de)globalization and demographic change are the drivers for the technological megatrends of modularity, autonomy and digital twins. They are our guard rails for Connectivity+," as Dr Kurt Bettenhausen, Board Member for New Technologies and Development, explained the concept. "Based on these societal and technological megatrends, we are developing products and solutions that always put customer benefits firmly centre stage. In brief, we are shaping the connectivity of the future with solutions that deliver innovative added value for our customers."
- Festo Appoints Director of Sales For Canada
Festo announced the promotion of Jean-Francois Paquette to Canada Sales Director, North American Sales. In his new position, Montreal-based Paquette will focus on leading the sales objectives and planning strategy for the Canadian sales organization, setting and meeting revenue and profitability targets for Canada as part of the North American region goals.
- Spartan Controls and Mechanical Advantage Announce New Agreement
Spartan Controls is pleased to announce a new strategic distribution agreement with Mechanical Advantage Corporation—a master distributor of Sambo gear actuators in North America. This partnership will allow us to better serve the marketplace with highly engineered Sambo gears and provide greater access to stock in the Western Canadian region.
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