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Specifying a Linear Actuator: 3 Key Factors

November 17, 2021 by Mark Allinson Leave a Comment

By Japh Humphries, UK Sales & Commercial Manager, Matara UK

Linear motion systems are business critical across an extensive range of industries, from food processing plants, to semiconductor manufacturers and packaging producers to name but a few.

In fact, virtually anywhere that requires loads to be cost-effectively moved in a straight line, safely, securely and precisely.

These systems have improved automation whilst simultaneously lowering production costs, making them invaluable. [Read more…] about Specifying a Linear Actuator: 3 Key Factors

Filed Under: Design, Features, Promoted Tagged With: actuator, actuators, ball, belt, capacity, driven, factor, factors, length, lengths, linear, load, motion, screw, stroke

Timken acquires automation solutions manufacturer Intelligent Machine Solutions

August 23, 2021 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

The Timken Company, a maker of engineered bearings and power transmission products, has acquired Intelligent Machine Solutions, a builder of industrial robotics and automation solutions.

The addition of iMS expands and complements Timken’s Rollon linear motion product range with larger and heavy-duty applications, such as seventh-axis robotic transfer units (RTUs) and gantry systems.

iMS, which was founded in 2008, is based in Norton Shores, Michigan, in the United States. The company, which has approximately 20 employees, designs and manufactures floor-mounted, overhead, rotary and extreme seventh-axis RTUs and gantry systems used by manufacturers across industries to automate certain production processes. [Read more…] about Timken acquires automation solutions manufacturer Intelligent Machine Solutions

Filed Under: Business, News Tagged With: applications, automation, business, comp, expands, gantry, growing, heavy-duty, ims, linear, motion, product, production, range, robotic, rollon, rtus, seventh-axis, solutions, space, states, systems, timken, transfer, united

ABB unveils new ‘compact’ robotic interior painting system

November 18, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

ABB has unveiled a new “compact” robotic interior painting system, mainly aimed at the automotive manufacturing sector.

The Compact Interior Painting station enables automotive manufacturers to reduce the size of their vehicle interior painting stations by one-third, while saving costs and making automotive paint facilities more sustainable.

ABB says its latest innovative solution for automotive manufacturing – the Compact Interior Paint station – combines 12 robots to offer a space-saving alternative to traditional robotic interior painting solutions, helping automotive original equipment manufacturers reduce the footprint of their paint booths “by up to 33 percent”, while being able to paint a variety of vehicle types, from cars and SUVs to large MPVs. [Read more…] about ABB unveils new ‘compact’ robotic interior painting system

Filed Under: Industrial robots, News Tagged With: abb, ability, automotive, booth, brought, compact, cover, equipment, floor, help, helping, interior, irb, linear, paint, painting, reach, reduce, robot, robotic, robots, safemove, solution, solutions, station, time, track, working

SICK launches new product for contactless measurement of speed and length

November 7, 2020 by David Edwards Leave a Comment

SICK Sensor Intelligence has launched a new system for contactless measurement of speed and length.

With the SPEETEC sensor solution, SICK says it is expanding its product range for speed and length measurement of objects moving in a linear path to include technology that measures directly on the material surface.

The non-contact sensor is able to measure a wide range of web and continuous materials, as well as blanks with an accuracy of just 4 µm. [Read more…] about SICK launches new product for contactless measurement of speed and length

Filed Under: Industry, News, SICK Sensor Intelligence Tagged With: award, design, direction, elements, high, laser, length, linear, material, materials, measured, measurement, measuring, non-contact, product, require, sensor, sick, speed, speetec, surfaces, tactile, velocimeters, wear

Factories yet to realise full potential of robotics

October 14, 2019 by Mai Tao

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The way manufacturers set up their production lines hasn’t fundamentally changed much in decades. For example, automakers use a linear assembly line where the bodies of cars are sometimes suspended above a linear production line and moved along slowly as robots or workers perform various tasks all the way along the line.

This method has been the main method of assembly for around a century, but autonomous mobile robots are now challenging this status quo.

Instead of using what could be described as an ground-based or overhead conveyor to move the cars along the assembly line, autonomous mobile robots could carry them along instead. [Read more…] about Factories yet to realise full potential of robotics

Filed Under: Features, Logistics Tagged With: assembly, automotive, autonomous, bodies, cars, company, factories, factory, future, increasingly, kind, linear, manufacturers, manufacturing, method, mobile, move, overhead, process, production, realise, robots, tasks

Geek+ Robotics provides innovation insights at technical forum on sidelines of IMHX

September 27, 2019 by Abdul Montaqim

Geek+ Robotics, the world’s leading supplier of warehouse robots, has been providing technical insights into its latest innovations at a forum on the sidelines of IMHX, the ongoing intralogistics technology show being held in the UK.

Senior executives from Geek+, which has sold more than 7,000 warehouse robots since its inception five years ago, presented a variety of solutions that will add completely new functionalities to its current offerings.

Some of the ideas are still at the idea stage, while others are being developed in partnership with clients in the logistics and manufacturing industries. [Read more…] about Geek+ Robotics provides innovation insights at technical forum on sidelines of IMHX

Filed Under: Features, Logistics Tagged With: assembly, autonomous, bodies, business, companies, company, europe, geek+, imhx, innovations, linear, manager, manufacturers, marketing, mccutcheon, mobile, move, moved, pictured, robot, robotics, robots, sales, senior, system, vehicle, wang

Festo and Siemens integrate multi-carrier system into Bosch Rexroth transfer process

May 20, 2019 by Anna

Siemens and Festo are presenting an innovative linear motor drive and control concept, designed to offer flexible and efficient high-performance solutions for short-cycle applications.

The Multi-Carrier-System (MCS) from Siemens and Festo has been integrated into the Rexroth TS 2plus transfer system, thus adding the modular MCS to Bosch Rexroth’s versatile building-block system based on standardised units.

The advantages of the existing systems have been merged, and users are free to combine them in almost any way they wish to achieve maximum flexibility in their processes.

[Read more…] about Festo and Siemens integrate multi-carrier system into Bosch Rexroth transfer process

Filed Under: Manufacturing, News Tagged With: bosch, carriers, control, data, design, designed, digital, enables, example, existing, festo, free, increased, integrated, linear, mcs, modular, movement, multi-carrier-system, precisely, production, rexroth, shorter, siemens, single, standardised, system, systems, times, transfer

ANCA Motion launches new tubular linear motor

April 18, 2019 by David Edwards

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ANCA Motion has launched its new tubular linear motor LinX M Series, which the company says offers 10um of resolution at a peak force range of up to 1,200N.

Available in Q2 2019, the latest addition to the LinX range continues to support demanding automation applications whilst increasing efficiency in a compact footprint.

The LinX M-series linear motor features an integrated position sensor with 10um of resolution, eliminating the need of an external encoder, simplifying the system design and reducing the overall cost. [Read more…] about ANCA Motion launches new tubular linear motor

Filed Under: Industry Tagged With: anca, design, linear, linx, motor, range, system

NSK miniature linear guides bring ‘higher dynamics’ to pick-and-place machines

July 17, 2017 by David Edwards

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NSK says its linear guides bring “higher dynamics” to pick-and-place machines.

As machines for the semiconductor industry operate with cycle times of one second or less, pick-and-place units must offer very high dynamic performance.

A case in point can be seen at a manufacturer of chip-mounting systems, where NSK recommended a combination of its ball screw and miniature linear guide technologies to replace the existing linear motor and significantly increase dynamic capability.  [Read more…] about NSK miniature linear guides bring ‘higher dynamics’ to pick-and-place machines

Filed Under: News Tagged With: dynamics, linear, machines, miniature, motor, nsk, pick-and-place, pu, semiconductor, systems

NSK claims ‘10 times more service life’ for linear guides in robotic welding applications

May 25, 2017 by Sam Francis

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A manufacturer of sheet metal assemblies recently sought a solution to short lifespan issues with the drive and guide elements on its automated welding systems.

In fact, the linear guides for a robotic welding gun on one particular production line had to be replaced every two or three months.

Due to the cost of replacement parts and maintenance time, as well as equipment downtime, the company asked NSK to investigate and provide a proposal to address the problem.  [Read more…] about NSK claims ‘10 times more service life’ for linear guides in robotic welding applications

Filed Under: Industry, News Tagged With: conditions, linear, nsk, robotic, welding

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