Wednesday, March 6, 2013


Demo Shows PLC, RFID, Profinet, and Variable Frequency Drive Technology
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Demo Shows PLC, RFID, Profinet, and Variable Frequency Drive Technology


Conveyor picking and delivery, conveyor replenishment and new product spotlight: Simogear geared motor delivers 96% mechanical efficiency, NEMA class, for conveyor applications.

Universal Robots from Denmark, new to U.S. Market
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Universal Robots from Denmark, new to U.S. Market


6-axis articulated collaborative robots can work along side employees with no safety guarding, automatically stops when it comes into contact with human. Fast, accurate and flexible.

 Tolomatic ERD product family
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Tolomatic ERD product family


Stainless-steel ERD electric cylinders are ideal for food and beverage and other wash down environments, where corrosion resistance, compact size and flexible motor sizing are important.

 Staubli Robotics Fast Picker
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Staubli Robotics Fast Picker


New robotic technology for food processing and packaging applications, competes with Delta robots. 200 per minute, full repeatability to .05 mm throughout range of motion.

PLR Camera for Robotic De-racking Applications From Sick
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PLR Camera for Robotic De-racking Applications From Sick


Racks get bent and parts don’t always sit in the same place. This robot uses 2-D and 3-D camera to update its position for accurate picking of parts–-self-contained unit, no PC required, web-based interface can be set up and monitored from an HMI on the factory floor.

Helukabel—Flexible Wires and Cables
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Helukabel—Flexible Wires and Cables


Cables & wires (control and data cables, continuous flex cables, hook-up wires, VFD cables), data, network & bus technology (fiber optics, bus cables, industrial Ethernet cables), custom & specialty cables (special requirements, extreme environments, wind & solar power), robotic serv

IQ Motion System with MRJ4 Servos from Mitsubishi Electric
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IQ Motion System with MRJ4 Servos from Mitsubishi Electric


Feature vibration suppression and auto tuning—fiber optic motion bus makes it easy to program high-speed synchronous applications with a graphical user interface.

Robotics smoothes tote loading
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Robotics smoothes tote loading


Pack Flow Concepts showed a robotic system that takes individual packs from a tote or case and places them efficiently in a delivery tote.

Robotic picking at 300/min
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Robotic picking at 300/min


Schneider's Robotic cartoning and case-loading system uses a delta-style robot and a machine vision system to locate and pick items at speeds to 300/min.

A robot for $22,000?
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A robot for $22,000?


Baxter is a $22,000 robot from Rethink Robotics that performs repetitive tasks at modest speeds. Force-sensing technologies make it extremely safe for operation around human beings.

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Collaborative robot


Lightweight, collaborative robot designed by Universal Robots is meant to be used in close proximity with humans and can be moved around from position to position in the plant.

Dual-head robotic picking
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Dual-head robotic picking


The Motoman Robotics Div. of Yaskawa Americas featured a dual-head robotic picking system that handles up to 185 picks/min.

Robot picks 180/min
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Robot picks 180/min


High-speed packaging robot from Fanuc that is especially suitable for food and beverage applications does up to 180 picks/min.

Robotic picking in high speed
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Robotic picking in high speed


The TP80 fast picker from Stäubli Robotics is ideal for high speeds and low payloads with high accuracy.

Robotic programming simplified
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Robotic programming simplified


Labview library for a Yaskawa robot was on display at the National Instruments' Automate 2013 booth, and the demo included the use of a Sick Ranger laser 3D camera.
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