One of the goals of flexible manufacturing and advanced automation is to make production of one single part as cost-effective as a mass production run. Digital manufacturing technologies such as…

By Paul Streatfield, Bosch Rexroth This article explores four of the most recent key criteria for industrial drive specification, which meet the challenges of today’s industrial requirements. Source URL: Four…

This version comes with an IoT LoRaWAN driver to aggregate data from connected things, and a Universal Data Connector for interoperability. Source URL: ARC Informatique announced the release of PcVue…

The block offers four IO-Link channels. It is designed for a =range of industries, including manufacturing where space is at a premium, on robot end-effectors where small I/O is needed,…

The gearboxes are available inreduction ratios from 5:1 to 102:1, with output torque capacities up to 480 lb.ft. and input powers up to 5.4 hp. Stainless steel motors are also…

The M-LB-2000 can also be used as an alternative to terminal blocks with surge protection. The terminal blocks can be replaced by the 6.2 mm slim modules with no additional…

In the industrial setting, monitoring and optimizing assets to improve performance and extend life is a primary goal of IoT, including assets such as spinning turbines, manufacturing machines or fleet…

Canadian robot accessories company Robotiq began with a three-fingered gripper, then expanded their product line with other rigid gripper products as well as wrist accessories such as a camera and…

At Automate 2019, one of the trends occurring across multiple robot manufacturers was the penetration of the robotics market into small job shops and medium-size, medium-budget operations. The increasing flexibility,…

Will a robot take my job? Take a look at the comments section of any Boston Dynamics YouTube announcement, and you’ll find plenty of people wondering this very thing. However,…