Tag: high-speed
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Ideal Spindles for High-Speed Robotic Milling of Plastics and Composites
By Mark Fairchild Robot arms are finding their way into a wide variety of applications because of their precision, strength, and versatility. Robotic milling systems have become more common in recent years and have several advantages over traditional machine tools for certain applications. One application for which robot arms are well suited is using a…
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Electric Future: Siemens providing software platform to support nascent electric airplane market
Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace has selected the Capital product lifecycle management suite from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services to support its design, development, and certification of zero emission electric aircraft. Siemens’ Capital will provide electrical and electronic (E/E) system design and support as Heart Aerospace addresses the market and regulatory…
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Nachi-Fujikoshi launches new ‘high-speed, high-precision’ robot series
Japanese industrial robot giant Nachi-Fujikoshi has launched what it describes as a series of “high-speed, high-precision robots”. The company says it developed the new robots “in response to customer demands for higher precision, further improving productivity, and miniaturizing electrical and electronic components”. The three new robots are the MZ07F and MZ07LF with higher speed and…
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IDS unveils the smallest housed camera with C-mount over 10GigE to AI
From precise monitoring to picking and automation, there are countless applications that benefit from reliable image information. However, what can be done when there is only a tight budget for the realisation of such an application? With the introduction of uEye XCP, uEye XLE and Ensenso S, camera specialist IDS proves that industrial-grade image processing…
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Omron releases new 3D vision sensor for robot arms
Omron has released its new FH-SMD Series 3D Vision Sensor, which can be mounted on a robot to recognize randomly placed bulk automotive parts in three dimensions, enabling space-saving assembly, inspection, and pick and place, which are difficult with conventional robots, and improving productivity. Production workers are hard to come by these days, and labor…
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Omron launches new SCARA robot
Omron has launched a new industrial robot, the i4 series SCARA robot, which the company says “automates high-speed, high-precision assembly and transportation with easy installation”. The i4 series consists of an i4H medium to large sized, high-performance model and an i4L that is compact and suitable for lightweight applications. By seamlessly integrating and controlling the…
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SICK shrinks its PowerProx sensor to miniature size
SICK has shrunk its versatile, high-performance PowerProx sensor into a space-saving miniature housing to reach the longest distances ever achieved with such a compact device. The tiny SICK WTT4SL PowerProx Mini photoelectric sensor measures just 12.2 x 41.8 x 17.3 mm yet delivers outstanding performance to detect objects up to 1.3metres away. It is therefore…
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Mazak launches new laser processing machine for small and medium diameter tube
Yamazaki Mazak is launching a new high-productivity laser processing machine specifically designed for the high-speed, large lot cutting of small and medium diameter tube. The new FT-150 FIBER is a compact laser processing machine that benefits from an ergonomic design, with the operator area, loading station and unloading station all located on the same side.…
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Arrow Electronics and Exor launch IoT edge platform for smart factories
Arrow Electronics has collaborated with Exor Embedded to create gigaSOM gS01, a full production design and an additional development kit featuring a high-performance, energy-efficient system on module (SOM) for IoT edge deployments. The SOM combines the power and efficiency of the Intel Atom E3900 processor series with the flexibility of an Intel Cyclone 10 GX…
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AMS launches new position sensors for high-speed electric motors to ‘improve car industry’s electrification efforts’
AMS, a supplier of high performance sensor solutions, has introduced new position sensors that it says lower system cost and enhance electrification of safety-critical vehicle functions such as power steering, active damper control, and braking for safer, smarter, and greener cars. The two new position sensors – the ams AS5147U and the AS5247U – bring…