| September 28, 2021 | Volume 17 Issue 36 |
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 | Advanced Inductive Technology Unaffected by Magnetic Fields
The TF1 Series of sensors is the new standard replacing magnetostrictive for position measurement. TF1 touchless position sensors feature advanced inductive technology. Sensors are highly accurate, robust, immune to EMI and magnetic filings. Linearity is +/-0.025%, speeds to 10 kHz; operates up to 100 g shock and 20 g vibration. With an update rate of 100 microseconds, this sensor is much faster than any magnetostrictive one on the market.
See white paper and video for more information. |
 | Robot Ready: New innovations in fastener technology
Robotic automation is the biggest way in which fastener installation equipment has changed in recent years. The Haeger® line of insertion systems, part of the PennEngineering® family of brands, uses robotic automation to insert nearly every type and size of self-clinching fastener out there. Learn all about this capable and flexible system. An example cost study is included.
Read the full article. |
 | It's a GO for electric flying car racing
If you love fast and furious racing with a twist, hold on to your helmet. Full-size flying drone racers are coming -- and they aim to have human pilots soon. Welcome to the world of Airspeeder, where "Speeders" will zip from 0 to 60 in less than 3 sec and fly hundreds of meters in the air. The vehicles are being perfected in South Australia and have already flown.
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 | Become a robot programmer in only 87 minutes!
Learning how to set up and program a collaborative robot -- or cobot -- no longer depends on real-life access to a robot or a training class. Now everybody with a desire to learn the concepts of cobots can log in to the Universal Robots Academy and get the introduction necessary to master basic programming skills. Become a Master of the Cobots. (That's a pretty sweet title.)
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 | Mini motors drive largest model railway in the world -- and model planes and cars too
The Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg houses the world's largest model railway, where 1,040 trains and more than 10,000 rail cars travel several hundred kilometers each day through nine themed worlds. There's also a model airport with 52 planes and 250 flights daily, 9,250 cars, a volcano, spaceships, and much much more. Mini motors, including from FAULHABER, help make it all come alive.
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 | Drill, grind, polish, and cut with these heavy-duty robot tools
New end-of-arm tooling solutions from SUHNER's ROBO Tools line can help you handle those heavy-duty tasks. Ever since it was founded, SUHNER has been working on low-cost automation and is regarded today as a go-to expert in machining units for drilling, milling, and thread-cutting operations. Their automation products come with built-in flexibility, because they can be put together in a modular system that can be tailor-made for your project.
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 | How FANUC helped aero parts manufacturer grow business
When Kemco Aerospace Manufacturing in St. Louis had the opportunity to bid on a large contract to manufacture 30,000 units annually of a single component, it brought in Industrial Tool, a Minnesota-based FANUC America-Authorized System Integrator that designs and builds custom machines and custom work-holding fixtures, in addition to integrating robotic solutions. The unattended automated robotic system that was created not only machined the parts, but also measured every part to make sure it was to spec.
Read this detailed article from FANUC. |
 | Build intelligent multi-axis systems quickly with mechatronic solutions from Bosch Rexroth
Rexroth has expanded its Smart MechatroniX solution platform with a new plug-and-produce subsystem called the Smart Function Kit for Handling. In addition to a preassembled multi-axis system, which includes a motor, cable, and all attached parts, a suitable Rexroth ctrlX servo drive and controller is included in the package. Engineering and runtime apps are also preinstalled. The new Smart Function Kit for Handling can be used in a variety of areas, such as production handling, machine assembly, and packaging. Pick-and-place tasks can also be performed quickly and cost effectively by creating a Cartesian multi-axis system for packages of different sizes, weights, and formats.
Learn more. |
 | Cobot brandishes multiple tools at the same time
Learn how Finnish company Mariachi, an electronics high-mix low-volume (HMLV) manufacturer, is using flexible cobot solutions from OnRobot -- including quick-change grippers and a screw-driving unit attached on the same robot at the same time -- to automate test and assembly stations. Quick-change and multi-duty end effectors improve efficiency and keep down the number of cobots needed to perform tasks -- especially in "make-to-order" manufacturing environments.
Read this informative OnRobot blog. |
 | New robotic cycloidal gearbox from GAM
The new GCL cycloidal gearboxes from GAM provide high precision and rigidity for horizontal and vertical robotic and motion control applications. The GCL is designed to withstand the frequent start-stop impact loads of industrial robots and other motion control applications with impact resistance five times nominal torque. The GCL series is available in a wide range of sizes with ratios from 36:1 to 192:1. They can be used in a variety of applications, from robotics and automation to medical equipment, where zero-backlash and high tilting and torsional rigidity are required.
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 | High-load linear motor stages
With the new V-855 and V-857 high-load linear stages, PI offers cost-efficient positioning systems for processing and inspection tasks that require high speed and repeatability over long travel ranges. These stages are suitable for applications in electronics manufacturing and micro assembly, for testing sensors, or for use in inkjet printing processes, among others. High-resolution linear encoders ensure a high tracking accuracy with minimum errors. For multi-axis applications, the linear stages can be combined easily for gantry setups.
Learn more. |
 | You can 'hire' a robot now by the hour
Robotics-as-a-service company Formic Technologies has just launched with a simple value proposition: Hire fully customized robots from top vendors at a low hourly rate with no upfront cost. To help small and medium-size manufacturers benefit from automation, Formic handles every aspect of a financing and deployment: scoping, engineering, purchasing, implementation, and maintenance. The company also guarantees uptime, with customers paying nothing for system downtime.
Learn more. |
| | Most popular last issue |
 | Caltech professor helps solve Hindenburg disaster
How could the Hindenburg zeppelin be completely devoured by flames in less than a minute in 1937? The popular PBS science TV show NOVA has taken a new look at the disaster. Its producers tapped Caltech's Konstantinos Giapis, professor of chemical engineering, to help recreate the ship's last moments and unravel its secrets.
Read the full article. |
 | NASA tests megawatt machines for electric planes
A 1-MW electric motor that could help propel more environmentally friendly and economically sustainable aircraft was tested during April and May by NASA and its industry and academic partners. It can work either as an electric motor to turn propellers or large engine fans, or a generator to produce enough electricity to power 760 U.S. households.
Read the full article. |
 | Most powerful magnet advances fusion energy prospects
A large high-temperature superconducting electromagnet at MIT was ramped up for the first time to a field strength of 20 tesla -- the most powerful magnetic field of its kind ever created on Earth. It could prove to be an important factor in the quest to build the world's first fusion power plant that can produce more power than it consumes.
Read the full article. |
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| | Videos+: Technologies and inspiration in action | Wow. KUKA mobile solution for aerospace drilling
KUKA has developed a new lightweight automation solution designed specifically for drilling applications in aerospace. Called the Single Function End Effector (SFEE) on Mobile Platform with omniMove, it combines three main components -- drilling effectors, mobile platforms, and customized HMI -- in a single, ready-to-rock-and-roll platform. Impressive.
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Affordable material handling: OMRON i4L SCARA robot
Omron Automation Americas' new industrial SCARA robot, the i4L, is a compact unit with strong performance, a flexible design for simple installation, and easy-to-use features that maximize productivity. The robot's high-end inertia, repeatability, and small footprint make it ideal for a wide range of applications, including digital assembly, material handling, and dispensing. It can be table-mounted or wall-mounted without additional hardware or brackets. Simple, reliable, and incredibly versatile.
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Cheeky bipedal robot completes 5K route
Cassie the robot, invented at Oregon State University and produced by OSU spinout company Agility Robotics, has made history by traversing 5 km, completing the route in just over 53 minutes. It's the first bipedal robot to use machine learning to control a running gait on outdoor terrain and to complete the distance untethered and on a single battery charge.
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