Vertical automation
Teach your vertical machining center to "dance without a partner."
Product Category
Automation & Controls
ecoPROFI Bar Feeder
Breuning IRCO's ecoPROFI from Lexair delivers automatic, multi-size barfeeding in an economical, small-footprint package suited for job shops and others looking to increase flexibility, productivity and efficiency.
Abtex acquires Nihmble Technologies
Deburring solutions provider Abtex Corp., Dresden, N.Y., acquired Bloomfield, N.Y.-based robotics manufacturer Nihmble Technologies to enable manufacturers to use robotics technology to integrate Abtex's deburring equipment into existing operations. Robotic systems can provide manufacturers a range of benefits when deburring, from enhancing the flow of a single operation to connecting multiple operations to deburring multiple surfaces of a part in a single step, noted Mark Fultz, Abtex owner and president.
Robotics and the Ethernet
A Rockwell Automation representative talks about the Ethernet trend based on open standards and how its potential application for many industries. The video captures a robot arm sorting and aligning pucks. Driving the automation are Stratix switches, which were jointly developed by Cisco and Rockwell Automation.
CNC Pilot 640 Lathe Control features smart.TURN
HEIDENHAIN's top-of-the-line lathe control, the CNC PILOT 640, offers enhanced functions and new hardware.
Electric Pivot Unit
DE-STA-CO introduces a new electric pivot unit that is smaller and lighter than traditional pneumatic units, while providing uniform torque and enhanced versatility.
Automating the impossible
Cutting Tool Engineering Senior Editor Evan Jones Thorne interviews Len Graham of Rexam Mold Manufacturing.
Automation marches on
Mobile robots for massive-part manufacturers.
Z Standalone Actuators
ETEL is offers short stroke actuators in North America through parent company HEIDENHAIN Corp.
BES R04 Block Sensor
Balluff expands its inductive sensor miniature line with the addition of the BES R04 block sensor.
CQ4 Capacitive Proximity Sensor
SICK announced the launch of the CQ4 capacitive proximity sensor for detecting and monitoring a wide range of objects and materials.
Toolinspect Embedded Computer System
Toolinspect from MCU GmbH & Co. KG is a CNC machining process monitoring system that's data driven from NCU/PLC and collected from the drives to allow for the most sensitive tool monitoring and collecting process data for process analysis.