Day: April 19, 2018
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Apple unveils ‘Daisy’, the robot that can disassemble iPhones to reclaim precious metals
Apple has revealed a new robot which can disassemble nine different iPhone models to recover valuable materials within the devices. The company called the robot “Daisy” and says that traditional recyclers cannot perform the intricate functions that Daisy can. The robot looks to be a follow-up to a similar machine the company revealed a couple…
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Panasonic to show connected supply chain solutions for Industry 4.0 at Hannover
Panasonic Corporation will be exhibiting its full range of logistics solutions at CeMAT 2018, the trade fair for the intralogistics and supply chain management sector, which will be held from April 23-27 in Hannover, Germany. Panasonic will use live demonstrations and video displays to introduce its solutions to maximize operational efficiency at each step of…
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Schunk demonstrates how the electronics industry can be made more collaborative
Schunk is now showcasing on a demo system to show how depanelling machines can be made collaborative for the electronics industry. The depanelling machine, from its subsidiary Schunk Electronic Solutions, uses a robot arm for the loading and unloading processes, so that a single employee can operate up to five machines simultaneously. The automated system…
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Construction starts at the world’s largest hydrogen pilot plant
An EU-funded flagship project, the H2FUTURE project consortium, has officially given the go-ahead for construction of the world’s largest pilot plant for the production of “green” hydrogen at the Voestalpine site in Linz, Austria. With a capacity of 6 megawatts, this is the most effective and advanced plant of its type. It is scheduled to be…