MACH 2016 exhibition preview – April 11-15
MACH is the outstanding showcase for advances in the manufacturing industry, and is organised by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA). The biennial exhibition brings together all the best innovations and latest developments to come from the manufacturing technologies sector under one roof. Below is a summary of some of the most interesting developments on show. Follow individual story links, or the page links at the top/bottom of each story.
Highlights on the ABB stand at this year’s exhibition include the latest developments in robotic automation, with its new generation of cost-effective, state-of-the-art standardised arc welding cells. Demonstrations will also include ABB’s laser welding technology combined with ABB’s innovative FlexInspect, the ultimate solution for automated in-line inspection and YuMi the new dual-armed robot will make its debut.
Also on display, jointly developed by ABB and 3D imaging specialist nub3d, the FlexInspect is a new robotic automated inspection system capable of measuring a wide variety of components and finished products in 3D. This can be achieved without any contact whilst the robot handles them. FlexInspect includes its own built-in adjustable lighting technology, providing optimum digitising results regardless of production floor light conditions or vibrations. Read more…
On Stand 5024 in Hall 5 at MACH, Schunk will be inviting the manufacturing industry to review a host of new products that will receive their UK exhibition premiere at MACH, whilst industry experts will be discussing Schunk’s technology that meets the criteria of Industry 4.0.
Schunk will also be drawing customers attention to the latest product lines that will include the PGN-plus universal gripper that has been considered a benchmark for gripping modules. With the MACH debut of the new PGN-plus Permanent, Schunk is raising the technology bar at this year’s show.
The Schunk PGN-plus Permanent is a robust gripper that reduces operating costs and offers a better performance than the current flagship PGN-plus that will also be shown at MACH. It ensures an excellent repeat accuracy of 0.01mm and its oval piston drive guarantees high forces in confined spaces. Schunk underlines the extraordinary performance of this universal gripper with a unique 30-year functional warranty, which is second to none on the market. Read more…
Gesipa is bringing a new integrated robotic blind rivet nut setting tool to MACH 2016. The FireRex is suited to installation into applications such as assembly cells, semi-automatic workstations and can even be integrated into robotic applications.It allows greater flexibility due to the external pressure transmitter enabling the setting of blind rivet nuts at almost any angle into confined work areas. Read more…
Visitors to the SICK stand at MACH 2016 (stand 5969) are promised a glimpse of the future of industrial safety, with demonstrations of the new DFS60S Pro safety encoder, microScan3 safety laser scanner and deTec4 Prime safety light curtain, all designed to increase uptime and efficiency in automated production and warehousing environments through more dynamic safety.
“Dynamic safety is an enabler of improved productivity in the Industry 4.0 Smart Factory,” explains Dr Martin Kidman, safety specialist from SICK UK. “We’ll be introducing technologies developed to meet the needs of a more connected and fast-moving production environment.” Read more…
For the first time in the UK, visitors to the MACH event will see the FANUC CR35iA – a heavy lifting collaborative robot which enables humans and machines to work together without the need for safety fences. The robot, which can lift up to 35 kg, is the first of many collaborative robots to be rolled out by FANUC across the globe.
Also on stand 5210, FANUC’s ROBODRILL will perform in different contexts including DDR-T, ROBODRILL with robot automation, ROBODRILL 4-axes impeller machining with servo door, the ROBODRILL D21MiA5 and ROBODRILL Robot Cell. Read more…
Stemmer Imaging will be showing a variety of industrial vision systems at MACH 2016. These will include a smart 3D system making 3D measurements on parts on a conveyor, a multi-camera packaging inspection system, robotic pick & place with a novel pattern matching method and component inspection using a high resolution smart camera.
Vision–enabled robotic pick and place is a well established technique, but here a novel pattern matching tool, CVB Polimago is used to determine the position, pose and rotation of the items to be picked. CVB Polimago is a module of Stemmer Imaging’s Common Vision Blox hardware-independent machine vision library. It is differentiated from other pattern matching methods by generating artificial views of the model during the training phase to simulate various positions of a component in real life. Read more…
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