The PSS-L linear pallet storage system from Grob Systems Inc. is designed to boost the productivity and unmanned operating time of multiple connected machines.
With technology under development at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, machining firms soon may be able to improve the process of spotting ballscrews in danger of failing.
With many job shops shying away from robots because of integration and programming difficulties, a machine tool builder introduces products offering an easier path to automation.n