Piab’s Kenos KCS gripper enables a collaborative robot (cobot) that can handle just about anything, anywhere, at any time. This makes it a suitable βco-workingβ tool, especially for small businesses, where flexibility is essential. Originally developed together with a leading cobot manufacturer as a tailor-made automation tool for one customer, the resulting vacuum gripper cobot […]
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Excelon modular air preparation products for industrial applications
Now machine designers and plant engineers have more options than ever for using new Excelon Plus filters, regulators and lubricators in their compressed air systems available in 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 and 3/4 in. port sizes. The compact and lightweight designs are robust and suitable for all industrial applications. Excelon Plus has been designed with safety […]
ACE Controls launches eCommerce tool for shock absorbers, gas springs
ACE Controls has launchedΒ an all new e-commerce web store, making AceControls.com aΒ one-stop shop for sizing, configuring, and now purchasing shock absorbers andΒ gas springs. All the previously offered tools and resources are still available on the website, including product sizing tools, accessory configurators, tutorials, and a full CAD library with part drawings. Within the configurator feature […]
Getting a grip with pneumatic grippers
ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ grippers are a common and useful way for machines to handle product and other items, but they must be properly selected to match the payload. Pat Phillips, PE, Product Manager for AutomationDirect, Fluid Power and Mechanical Product Div. Prior to the industrial revolution, grippers used in manufacturing were human hands and simple implements. Automation […]
Air pressure: How low can you go?
Compressed air assessment professionals and service providers know there is no standard pressure for the industrial market.Β One plant needs 90 psi, the next canβt do without 100 psi, the next needs 110, and some run with levels upwards to 140 to 150 psi. In the early days, typical industrial air compressors were never rated […]
How can you learn about compressed air?
Are you a compressed air system know-it-all?Β Or do you want to become one?Β Now is your chance to build your body of knowledge about compressed air systems and have a way to prove you have the βright stuff.β Recently, the Compressed Air and Gas Institute (CAGI) announced recognition programs for Certified Compressed Air System […]
New Roundline non-repairable cylinders for light-duty, light-force needs
Now there are more choices than ever of versatile IMI Norgren Roundline cylinders, round-body, non-repairable actuators for lighter duty, lower force applications. The introduction of the Roundline Plus Expanded Range adds seven new cylinder types to the existing line-up. Three-position (3R) cylinders provide three positive stroke positions with a single cylinder. Non-rotating (NR) double acting […]
ΊΪΑΟ³ΤΉΟ valve ensures noise-free, discreet breast pump design
The breast pumpβs last significant redesign was in 1956, the year Elvis Presley released his first single. That changed in 2015 when, while on vacation, Samantha Rudolph read The New York Times blog article that asked, βShouldn’t the breast pump be as elegant as an iPhone and as quiet as a Prius by now?” Although […]
Vacuum conveyor saves time when changing from one material to another
Offering six times faster changeover, Piabβs Changeover Champion vacuum conveyor piFLOWp SMART enables users to save time when changing from one material to another, increasing the productivity of their operations. Changeover that would take one hour in a conventional vacuum conveyor takes only 10 minutes in the companyβs new and unique vacuum conveyor. A world […]
Coalescing filter/regulator combo removes liquid aerosols and particles
ControlAir Inc. has introduced the new type FA10 coalescing filter and the type FA12 filter regulator/coalescing filter combo. The type FA10 coalescing filter is specifically designed to remove liquid aerosols and sub-micron particles from compressed air. The type FA12 filter regulator with Coalescing Filter combines the coalescing filter with a high performance filter regulator in […]
