From now on, igus is delivering the Rebel service robot, also as a smart version. The use of plastic makes the robot, weighing 8.2 kilograms, the lightest service robot with a cobot function in its class.
Plug-In presented new IPC systems with Intel Atom x6000E processors and UHD graphics. The three systems SPC-6000, PBC-1000 and EPBC-1000 from Vecow offer efficient energy consumption with the highest performance and flexibility for modern industry.
The latest addition to the range of accessories from Laser Components makes flexpoint laser modules with M12 connectors fit for mobile use.
With the KDT600, the Dresden-based positioning specialist Steinmeyer Mechatronik offers a large XY table for fast scanning tasks, with which biological or medical samples can be examined with high precision within a very short time.
With its new DR series, Oriental Motor has developed linear actuators in which the rotor, ball screw and nut are directly integrated without a coupling.
With the new FR-CS80 series frequency converters, Mitsubishi Electric is focusing on user-friendliness and efficiency. According to the manufacturer, the converters are around 20 percent cheaper and even 30 percent more space-saving than conventional models.
The new fork sensors of the GS 04B and GS 08B series from Leuze detect even the smallest objects with absolute certainty. They are ideal for reliable detection in high-speed applications and detect objects with a diameter of just 0.05 millimeters.
Edmund Optics (EO) has added new optics designed for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) to its portfolio. This product expansion includes, for example, dichroic filters for EUV suitable for generating high harmonics (HHG), as well as for the ever-growing number of related applications such as coherent diffractive imaging (CDI), EUV lithography, nanomaterials processing, and the generation of ultrashort attosecond pulses.
Based on a novel measurement algorithm and the Mikrotron EoSens 12CXP+ area scan camera, scientists in Taiwan developed a system to reconstruct a 3D model in a continuous scan mode instead of the conventional approach of taking three full-field fringe images sequentially in pause mode.
Scientists from NTU Singapore have developed a fast imaging system to analyze the inner structure of 3D-printed metal parts.
Zygo is constantly researching and refining interferometry-driven optical metrology tools and recognizes that digital holography is gaining significant momentum in the measurement of surface topography due to increases in the speed and data capacity of today’s computers.
Georg Schlegel has presented a new button in the mYnitron series for 16.2 mm installation openings.
With the Variostack, IEF-Werner has an open and modular palletizing system in its range that can be individually adapted to production.
With the ETL70 in Hiperface DSL digital single-cable technology and the STL70 with Hiperface interface, Sick is launching a new generation of absolutely measuring, linear motor feedback systems.
SI has introduced a new, improved linear stage: The M3-LS-U2 is the further development of the M3-LS with a built-in controller. The new version is optimized for series production and a long service life.
With PlanetGear PRE/PRF, Nidec Graessner is presenting a series that is particularly optimized for standard applications. This results in needs-based solutions for a wide range of applications, more flexibility in design and lower automation costs.
Aerotech has introduced the AGV-XPO. The highly dynamic, 2-axis laser scan head combines low-inertia, highly efficient motors with ultra-high-resolution position feedback and optimized structural dynamics.
Hamamatsu's C15471 is a mini Raman spectrometer module with a laser diode that provides 50 mW of power. The tripling of power compared to the previous model enables more accurate measurement results at lower concentrations of Raman-active molecules, especially for non-polar substances.
The products from Rose Systemtechnik can now be viewed directly in the customer's factory with an augmented reality application.
The protection and separation system from RK Rose+Krieger is used to enclose automated production processes and thus to protect people and machines.
The cloud-based digitization platform Symestic can now be used with the IoTmaxx cellular gateways.
Steute's wireless switching devices are suitable for safe, reliable and wireless signal transmission in many applications.
The freely available Windows tool PCAN-OBD-2 Viewer from Peak-System has been released in a revised version 1.2.
If there is little space in the housing, there is now a solution from Ilme.
As part of its 818 product series, Binder offers connectors in the M8 form factor with D coding.
The stepper motor AM3248 is now available from Faulhaber. With a maximum of 10,000 rpm, it can reach five times the speed of comparable stepper motors.
CMOS is becoming increasingly popular, but CCD is far from obsolete. When does which image sensor technology make sense and where do both play out their advantages? So far, CCD sensors still impress with higher image quality and lower noise, whereas CMOS sensors score in terms of energy consumption and smear and blooming effects. With more choice of global shutter sensors, CMOS continues to catch up.
With the software Prosimulation from Baumüller, the servo drive systems of machines and plants can be set up, tested and optimized virtually.
Murrelektronik has expanded its IO-Link portfolio with the IP67 fieldbus modules "MVK Pro" and "IMPACT67 Pro".
The SD4S from Sieb & Meyer will be available in five sizes of the 230 V class at the beginning of 2022, and four sizes of the 400 V class will also come onto the market in the first half of 2022.
Oriental Motor has introduced the BLH series of brushless DC motors and drivers for 24 VDC.
With the new BG 95x120 dPro, Dunkermotoren expands the product portfolio in the BG 95 series by a new length.
Matrox Imaging has introduced version 2109 of its Design Assistant X vision software. It is available in Germany and Austria through Rauscher.
Edmund Optics, a manufacturer and supplier of optical components, has added new aspheres to its product line. The product expansion includes the Techspec series of double-sided aspheres, which are suitable for imaging, and the same series' precision aspheres for the near-infrared spectrum, which offer very high imaging quality.
Cognex introduces the In-Sight 3D-L4000 integrated vision system. Equipped with 3D laser profiling technology, this intelligent camera enables engineers to solve a range of inspection applications in automated production lines.
