January 24, 2018

Baumüller will show its handling and automation systems for the entire field of the plastic-processing industry, at Plastindia in Gujarat, India, in February.

Baumüller’s product portfolio ranges from individual components to complete systems as well as the associated service, from motors to converters, control engineering, control systems and software solutions for movement functions.

It manufactures drive systems for plastics machines and also delivers customized drive concepts for extrusions, blow molds or injection molding. Drive solutions in material handling as well as solutions for post-processing and further processing are also part of the product range.

Universal Robots and Apex Motion Control will launch the Zero Footprint Palletizer (ZFP) at the ATX West show in Anaheim, California, USA, this February. Collaborative robots – or cobots – can now automate some of the most common manufacturing tasks in the industry.

The ZFP is for mid-rate production at a maximum load of 18 lbs. The system can be deployed throughout a facility and fits right into existing packaging lines without modification, replacing manual palletizing operations in minutes.

Universal Robots’ UR10 cobot has been integrated with the ZFP, combining the full functionality of the robot with a vertical 7th axis swing system with the ability to stack on each side, supporting North American pallet sizing.