New versions of the safety laser scanner PSENscan enable even greater productivity for safe area monitoring: The 17-pin versions and ME version (master encoder) of PSENscan provide further digital inputs and outputs to implement up to 70 switchable configurations and monitor up to three separate safety zones simultaneously.
Flexible manufacturing doesn’t have to mean implementing advanced technologies like the Omron LD Series mobile robots. If you’re trying to boost flexibility on a budget, there are plenty of simpler devices that can dramatically increase production line layout options.
The PLx family of safety validation devices are compact, hand-held devices that are designed to diagnose and induce faults in machinery safety systems to validate that the appropriate safety performance level has been achieved by the hardware design, manufacture, assembly, wiring, and programming of the system.
Red Lion’s rugged E3 I/O Ethernet-enabled I/O module platform provides powerful networking and reliable remote monitoring and control capabilities for harsh industrial environments.
Festo has recently introduced an application-specific pneumatic cylinder for cheese presses that improves consistency and quality in both large operations and low-volume artisanal cheese making.
The latest addition to Balluff’s safety portfolio delivers precise, non-contact position measurement for demanding automation applications. Balluff’s BML SF2 magnetic safety encoder measures and transmits safe incremental position information to a connected safety control system using a G interface, an analog signal with 1 Vpp (sin/cos).
The KUKA.Sim simulation software brings robot applications to life – even before the real system is put into operation. With the new version of KUKA.Sim 4.0, users now reach a new level of planning reliability, simplicity and cost efficiency.
SCHUNK’s pneumatic, 4-finger universal grippers are designed for reliable and precise palletizing/depalletizing, and positioning of cylindrical workpieces in assembly and production processes.
An actuator is a component in a device that makes a particular kind of motion happen. Actuators are usually part of a larger system that includes sensors, structural components, and elements that interact with the world in a particular way.
An electromechanical linear actuator serves as a standard machine component that converts an electric rotary motor’s rotational movement into a linear force. Linear actuators require a power source input and a control signal input to function.
Phoenix Contact is extending its M17 to M40 PRO series of circular connectors with new designs: The device and coupler connectors with male and female contacts in the size M23 now provide you with greater flexibility in device connections and in system cabling.
With the new generation of UNO POWER power supplies, Phoenix Contact provides compact power supplies with a high power density. The new devices are space-saving and alignable without minimum clearances to neighboring modules, meaning they are ideal for use in compact control boxes.
When your motion system needs to position a load along a single axis with micron precision, a linear motion positioning stage is hard to beat. Chances are, however, your linear stage’s intended operating environment could present conditions that may compromise its performance.
Electromate Inc., a Canadian Distributor of Precision Robotic & Mechatronic Solutions, has recently announced a partnership with Universal Robots A/S, a Denmark based premier manufacturer of high-performance Collaborative Robotics.
Industrial companies can now implement CIP Security expansively in their systems with the Allen-Bradley CIP Security Proxy. Traditionally, industrial networks had little-to-no security built into them. Now with a more Connected Enterprise, it is needed more than ever.
SCHUNK has again increased its gripper fingers program, and they can be exchanged more rapidly now: whereas the proven SCHUNK BSWS jaw quick-change system required an Allen key for operation, however, the new manual BSWS-M system only requires the push of a button to mechanically unlock the top jaw and pull away from the gripper.