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Archives for August 8, 2018

Sick launches high-precision lidar sensors

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Sick has launched a new range of high-precision light detection and ranging sensors.

With the launch of the LMS1000 and MRS1000 infrared LiDAR sensors, Sick says it has “raised the bar in high-precision, reliable distance sensing and ranging”.

Suitable for both indoor or outdoor applications, the sensors incorporate Sick’s innovative HDDM+ (High Definition Distance Measurement) enabling greater consistency in performance to be achieved, even when the sensors are faced with adverse environmental conditions.  [Read more…] about Sick launches high-precision lidar sensors

Caterpillar sells 50,000th bulldozer produced in Brazil

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Caterpillar has sold its 50,000th bulldozer produced in Brazil.

Accompanied by his two sons, Danilo and Diego, Carlos Travensollo recently visited the world’s biggest Caterpillar facility in Piracicaba, Brazil, for a special occasion.

He bought the 50,000th bulldozer produced in Brazil, a D6K2, and received the commemorative key from the hands of Fred Istas, vice president of Caterpillar’s earth-moving division.  [Read more…] about Caterpillar sells 50,000th bulldozer produced in Brazil

ZF spins off Car eWallet as a payments start-up

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ZF Friedrichshafen has founded a new startup called Car eWallet, in which the company will outsource the current activities of the transaction service Car eWallet.

The objective is to further develop and market the service following an initial six-month collaboration with project partners IBM and UBS, which successfully concluded this spring.

The service, for example, enables payments for refueling or re-charging electric cars.  [Read more…] about ZF spins off Car eWallet as a payments start-up

Swisslog wins CarryPick order with Waytek

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Swisslog Logistics Automation is to install CarryPick at electrical parts supplier Waytek’s Chanhassen, Minnesota distribution centre.

Swisslog’s CarryPick solution is a mobile system for flexible, scalable order fulfilment. CarryPick’s mobile robots  supply workstations with mobile racks.

The system supports different sizes and weights of products, provides the ability to add racks and robots quickly as storage volume increases, and enables equipment to be easily moved from one warehouse to another. The goods-to-person solution is orchestrated by Swisslog’s SynQ warehouse management software.

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