Material Handling
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Skilled Hands
Humanoid manipulators with an ever-higher flexibility of motion are here and will grow in demand in the future because the closer human beings and robots work together, the greater the relevance of five-fingered gripping hands. Here’s why.
Questions to Ask Before Selecting Your Next Air Gripper
Choosing the proper gripper will result in optimized performance, uptime and operator safety,
but only if all operational and design factors are adequately weighed before the decision is made.
Movers and Shakers: Conveyors
In the dawning Age of the Smart Factory, the workhorse of the shop floor is getting sleeker, smarter, more efficient and much more flexible in moving material from one point to another in more applications than ever before.
Vacuum Cleaning System for Below-Floor Mechanical Metal Chip Conveyors
To reduce cleaning time and increase machine tool uptime, the Central Vacuum Cleaning System from VAC-U-MAX collects and deposits wet or dry cast iron, steel, aluminum and composite chips, abrasive materials and metal debris onto existing below-floor mechanical chip conveyors.
Automated Orbital Wrapping with Multi-Pallet Accumulation Zones and Integrated Weighing
Multi-pallet accumulation zones and integrated load cells on the fully automated Perfect Storm wrapping system from TAB Industries improve efficiency, keep lift trucks from being idle, and eliminate extra freight charges and delays due to inaccurate weights.
Automated Chip Handling and Coolant Filtration for Machining Operations
The flexible, cost effective, self-cleaning EcoFilter conveyor and filtration system from Jorgensen easily fits the existing coolant tanks of machining center and lathe envelopes and can be retrofitted with a kit.
Automated Handling of Small to Medium-Sized Parts
Strong, fast and flexible 2200 Series low profile belt conveyors from Dorner are engineered for part transfers to part accumulation, precision part movement, small part handling and positioning, part/package infeed and outfeed, automated and manual assembly.
NA Robot Orders Up in 2019
North American orders for robots valued at $1.3 billion are up 5.2 percent through the third quarter.
Magline Hires New CFO
John Baird is their new chief financial officer.
Wildeck Names New CFO
Richard Day is their new chief financial officer.
Lifting Workstation Productivity
Lift tables are still the preferred ergonomic solution for material work positioning and vertical lifting. Here are some lift units that prove why.
Improve Productivity with Palletized Loads
Ideally suited for palletizing, the LiftMat low profile lift table from Southworth has a lowered height of only 3¼ in that gives workers unobstructed access to all four sides of a palletized load.
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