Festo appoints Eliza Rawlings as UK managing director
By August 10, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Festo appoints Eliza Rawlings as UK managing director

Festo has appointed Eliza Rawlings as its UK Managing Director. Festo is committed to helping customers maximise productivity and competitiveness through its industrial factory and process automation solutions. In her new role, Eliza will lead these efforts in the UK, heading up the organisation and driving initiatives to engage staff and customers. Eliza’s appointment marks […]

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Pilz introduces PSENmlock range of safety switches
By August 8, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Pilz introduces PSENmlock range of safety switches

Pilz is adding PSENmlock to its range of safety switches. PSENmlock offers safety gate monitoring (also known as interlocking) and safe guard locking for the protection of personnel and processes to the highest levels up to PL e (of EN ISO 13849)  in one device. It fully satisfies the requirements of the latest interlocking standard […]

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FANUC: Selecting the right robot arm for the job
By August 3, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

FANUC: Selecting the right robot arm for the job

What determines the choice of palletising robot to handle product X at point Y on the line? With a choice of 20+ FANUC robots arms all capable of performing palletising tasks, Andrew Armstrong, UK sales and marketing manager at FANUC UK picks out some of the main criteria that factories should consider in order to […]

By August 3, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Comau introduces Rebel-S, its own 4-axis SCARA robot

Comau introduces Rebel-S, its own 4-axis SCARA robot, in 5 different models with a payload of 6kg and 3 different reaches. All models are controlled by the R1C 19″ rack-mounted controller, which can be integrated into a single cabinet to control an entire line. The robots are also available in the openROBOTICS version, where the […]

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By July 31, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Igus triflex RS dresspack for multi-axis industrial robots

The triflex R the energy chain solution from Igus is designed to deal with the three-dimensional movement needed by industrial robots, and the company has developed this further for robots with the new compact universal triflex RS dresspack module. As well as electrical and pneumatic lines, industrial robots often require feed hoses for bolts, rivets […]

Schunk expands UK team with automation expertise
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Schunk expands UK team with automation expertise

Schunk has enjoyed considerable growth over the last two years, and this growth has recently seen the Milton Keynes based company increase its team with three new Area Sales Managers joining the company. With increased sales figures and additional sales engineers, the latest addition to the Schunk team is a new Product Specialist for Automation. […]

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By July 13, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Comau launches Rebel-S 4-axis SCARA robot

Comau introduces Rebel-S, its own 4-axis SCARA robot, in five different models with a payload of 6kg and three different reaches. All models are controlled by the R1C 19in rack-mounted controller, which can be integrated into a single cabinet to control an entire line. The robots are also available in the openROBOTICS version, where the […]

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Yaskawa simplifies machine-robot interaction
By June 21, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Yaskawa simplifies machine-robot interaction

Thanks to the development of a well-established interface, robots can be integrated directly into a PLC even more simply and without previous knowledge of robots, delivering all the benefits of a modern control system. The interaction between machines and robots is vital for efficient industrial manufacturing. Originally, the two systems were programmed and operated separately […]

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Collaborative robots pioneer launches Universal Robots+
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Collaborative robots pioneer launches Universal Robots+

Universal Robots, the Danish pioneer of human-robot collaboration, says it will revolutionise the automation industry with the launch of Universal Robots+ – a showroom of ‘plug and play’ application solutions offering a new level of simplicity for companies that want to hit the ground running when installing their next UR robot application. By choosing accessories, […]

By June 20, 2016 0 Comments Read More →

Igus highlights simple pick-and-place automation

Automating tasks greatly assists manufacturing effectiveness, enabling lower costs, shorter production times and faster response with local production. The drylin E modular gantry system from Igus provides a simple, affordable and reliable way of automating pick-and-place, test and measurement, or labelling and marking functions. A complete system can be easily constructed utilising drylin E linear […]

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