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Autonomous Bin Picking Kit Provides the Vision Minus the Collision
Machine tending steps into a new playing field with Universal Robot’s ActiNav, where pick and place accuracy exceeds dropping into a box. With minimal operator intervention, parts are inserted into a fixture for their next step in the processing journey.
Extended-Reach Cobot
The OB7-Stretch from Productive Robotics extends 1.25 meters, but with a payload of 4kg, it offers an affordable alternative to bigger-payload, long-reach cobots. Its seven axes design gives it a dexterity with which to circumvent obstacles.
Bunting-DuBois Keeps Producing Essential Magnet Products for Medical and Food Industries
Undeterred by the pandemic’s many upheavals, Bunting says its diverse supply chain policy is paying off. Not relying on China for key raw materials has been key to its ability to fulfill orders for custom magnets and magnetic assemblies used in ventilators and other medical applications.
Not Taking the Virus Laying Down: PioneerIWS Starts Making Hospital Cots
This is the story of how an Ohio family business, together with support from neighboring manufacturers, retooled its facility to produce and distribute thousands of cots to hospitals overflowing with COVID-19 patients. They’ve served eight states from California to New York and credit their many partners for the success of the project.
Yale Robotic Reach Truck Wins Gold Edison Award
Able to reach 30 feet high and down into double-deep storage areas, the robotic reach truck opens new possibilities for plant automation. Abundant in technology, it uses 3D cameras and sensors to perceive its surroundings and perform at height.
Gripper Picks Irregular Shapes, Delicate Items in ‘Clean’ Applications
The new OnRobot food-grade-certified Soft Gripper serves industries like food and beverage, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals as well as manufacturing and packaging. No external air supply required, so costs and complexity are reduced.
Where to Find Federal Funds to Buoy Your Small Business
Until the light emerges at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel, SBA funding options may give small manufacturers the financial life rafts they need to weather the storm. Additionally, the federal government addresses 8 common challenges small businesses may be wrestling with.
Lifting Solution for Social Distancing Times
Sky Hook, a one-operator lifting solution from Syclone ATTCO Service, replaces two-person or team-lifts that violate current 6-foot proximity policies. The device is more readily available than installing an overhead crane, and the company is waiving rush charges to accommodate the urgent needs of essential manufacturing businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Perfect Timing: Germ-Free, Hands-Free Door Opener
To help stop the spread of germs and bacteria, Industrial Magnetics has developed the Foot-Pull Door Opener that can be attached to the bottom of a door. The company is donating 100% of the profits from sales of the device to food pantries in its community.
Compact Shifting Gripper Speeds Up Transfer Movement
Lightweight feed grippers from Bilsing Automation extend up to 100 mm, providing stabilization through the Z-axis movement to the part during press transfer. To conserve space, they’re designed to pick parts from the top.
Autonomous Mobile Robot Tugger Can Tow 15,000 Lbs
AutoGuide’s Max-N15 is a high-payload, modular AMR for multiple manufacturing and warehouse material handling tasks. Flexible, safe and easy-to-deploy, it’s designed with modular attachments to create lift trucks, tuggers or high bay pallet lift trucks.
All-in-One Mobile Cabinet and Work Station
With 10 feet of work surface and 18 drawers, Stor-Loc’s recently introduced MM25 provides the best in tool storage, organization, craftsmanship, and accessories.
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