The third annual Soft Robotics Design and Research Competitions rated projects that exhibited novel and innovative approaches to soft robotics components and research. Winners of the contest have just been announced. The competition is sponsored by the Soft Robotics Toolkit, a team that grew out of research at Harvard University and Trinity College Dublin and […]
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ISO valves and manifolds
ISO-standard valves are widely used in a wide range of industrial applications. Hafner Pneumatik, Kornwestheim, Germany has recently developed a range of ISO 4 valves and manifold plates. Single- as well as double-solenoid, 5-way valves are available. And designs include modular manifold plates with all ports on one side, as well as single base plates. […]
Updated friction cups poster available
Piab offers an updated Duraflex Friction Cups poster, suitable for wall hanging. The poster shows all available suction cups with part numbers for 10 different types of fittings to suit your machineβs connection.Β There is also a table of lifting forces and measurements to help guide your suction cup selection. This line of suction cups […]
Nozzle Bar blow-off device uses less energy
Maxum has introduced the Nozzle Bar, an air blow-off device that looks and installs like an air knife but offers the full blow-off power of individual air nozzlesβwhile using less energy and reaching longer distances. According to the company, based in Rochester Hills, Mich., its internal nozzle system is fully customizable for optimum blow-off of […]
Students from CalPoly, San Jose State, Virginia Tech take top prize at the Amazing Packaging Race
The Amazing Packaging Race took over the Pack Expo Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging Expo 2017 show floor yesterday, and three students from Team 17 outplayed 19 other teams to win new iPads, courtesy of Emersonβs ASCOTM, the event sponsor. PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, owner and producer of the PACK EXPO […]
PackExpo Day 2: Believe it or not, more robotsβand pneumatics, too!
So much happened at this year’s PackExpo Las Vegas, here are some additional thoughts and sights from this year’s very crowded show: The AMK Automation booth was focused on flexible machine automation solutions,Β both centralized and decentralized. AMK showed a centralized single-cabinet design as well as a working decentralized machine, where a single cabinetless controller from […]
PackExpo Day 1: Smart machines … and a whole lot of robots
Pack Expoβs back at the Las Vegas Convention Center this year, and itβs looking like a good show thus far. PMMI, which runs the annual event, said that this is the largest Las Vegas iteration of the show in historyβmore than 30,000 attendees are expected, including 5,000 from outside the United States. The exhibit […]
Manufacturer hits green in all the right spots
Koganei Corp., headquarted in Tokyo, has long been an advocate of green engineering principles, from their building grounds to their manufacturing lines to their products. When the company expanded its main manufacturing facility in Komagane,Β Japan, the so-called βE Building,β in 2011, the idea was hatched to add solar panels to the roof. Two years after […]
Exair launches new website to improve efficiency and safety
EXAIR.com is the new digital home of Intelligent Compressed Air products for industry. EXAIRβs new website has improved the product selection process by providing descriptions immediately from the homepage. An improved account management and ordering process streamlines access to historical orders, allows one click repeat orders and eases editing of your information. This website is […]
Ross Controls acquires Industrial Div. of Automatic Valve Corp.
Ross Controls has announced the acquisition of the Industrial division of Automatic Valve Corp., as of September 1, 2017. βWe have the highest respect for Automatic Valveβs reputation and are thrilled to add its products and customers to our company. This acquisition is exciting for many reasons and, most importantly, because Ross and Automatic Valve […]
