For more thanΒ 50 years, Festo has been a pulse generator in Polish industry. With its know-how in automation and technical training, the company supports growth and competition in the country as a production site for international companies and the domestic economy, increasingly with a focus on Industry 4.0. 27 years ago, the company founded its […]
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Kaeser’s Hannover Messe booth to focus on carefree compressed air solutions for the future
Taking Industry 4.0 to the next level, compressed air specialist Kaeser Kompressoren presents a comprehensive showcase of innovative products and services with powerful benefits. All usersβno matter the scale of their operation or industryβare sure to find the right solution for a compressed air supply thatβs reliable, efficient and most importantly, completely ready for integration […]
ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ safety brakes with hydraulics-level power
Mayr power transmission recently set out to create a compact safety brake in a small construction space with high forcesβ¦ and all this without using hydraulics. The result was a new, high-performance, pneumatically-released version of the ROBA-guidestop profiled rail brake. This extended ROBA-guidestop series has a pneumatically-released version which provides new possibilities with its high […]
ROSS Controls updates online shopping functionality
To improve its customers experience across all channels, ROSS Controls has updatedΒ its shopping cart to include new features and better functionality overall toΒ serve customer demands. Launched in January, the new ROSS Shopping cart includesΒ features that allow users to order products, track orders, trackΒ downloaded 3D model drawings, save multiple shipping addresses,Β manage their address book, and update […]
Nexmatix joins the “smart factory” movement with sensor-enabled valve
Nexmatix, which launched its energy-saving pneumatic valves last year, plans to reveal a major evolution in pneumatic valve technology at Pack Expo East (Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, February 27 through March 1). Combining the real-time smarts of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) with the sustainability of a green platform, the company said these new […]
Big things in store at 2017 Hannover Messe
Hannover Fair is now less than 10 weeks away. The show, which is the worldβs largest industrial trade fair, will be held from April 24-28 in this northern German city of a half million people. But even in this IFPE year, Hannover will still be an important showβthe Fairs held in odd-numbered years have a […]
Smart pneumatics relies on sensor-driven data to eliminate wires, predict system status
Taking the guesswork out of condition monitoring, operation and maintenance tasks can be done with Aventics Smart ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟs Monitor, which offers data acquisition and control of critical components within a pneumatics system. Using a valve bank that communicates via an I/O Link with sensors on the cylinder, pressure sensors, pressure regulators and other sensors, users […]
ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟs powers soft hands
Conventional robotic grippers with rigid βfingersβ tend to be expensive, have limited capabilities and arenβt particularly suited for safely handling delicate objects. To overcome such hurdles, researchers at the Robotics and Biology Laboratory (RBO Lab) at the Technical University Berlin are developing soft robotic grippers that are adaptive, simple and inexpensive. The ultimate goal is […]
IMI Norgren unveils new website
Littleton, Colo.-based IMI Norgren has made its new website live. The company said the changes were made in response to customer feedback, and that the new site containsΒ all corporate services in one place: the all-new IMI Precision Engineering Website. Norgren’sΒ transactional webstore, technical information and corporate sites have come together under a single platform to make […]
Reliable Plant Conference headed to Columbus
The Reliable Plant Conference & Exhibition will be held in Columbus, Ohio from April 25-27, 2017. New sessions this year include: β’ Inspection 2.0 Is Your Best Strategy for Detecting Machine Faults β’ How to Get a Reliability Program Started β’ Roundtable discussion: Solving Your Toughest Plant Problems Professionals attendingΒ Reliable Plant Conference & ExhibitionΒ come from […]
