productSharing a stand at PPMA
At this year’s PPMA Show ABB will be sharing a stand with packaging systems specialist RM Group, a member of ABB’s Authorised Value Provider (AVP) network.
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productModular conveyor platform
Interroll will use this year’s PPMA show to present its new modular conveyor platform in the UK for the first time. Providing a flexible plug-and-play solution, Interroll’s new generation conveyor modules are versatile and durable, offering energy efficiency, with low operating and maintenance costs.
productSystem partner status
Altec Engineering, part of the Altec Engineering Group of Companies, has become an official system partner of KUKA Robotics UK.
productTable-top robot
Since R. A. Rodriguez established its automation operating division, Universal Robots have proved popular products in its range and have allowed the company to engineer cost-effective production solutions that allow humans and robots to work collaboratively without the need for safety guarding.
productRobots line up for open day
Visitors to the recent Kawasaki Robotics UK open day were presented with an insight into the capabilities of its new robots. More than100 manufacturing engineers from food, automotive and aerospace sectors attended the event at Kawasaki’s Warrington facilities.
productWaterworks modernisation
The Nantybwch water treatment works (WTW) in South Wales has had its control system completely upgraded, without disruption of supply to the population of around 70,000 people it serves.
productProfessional service robotics
AUTOMATICAtakes place in Munich from 21st to 24th June, 2016 and will present the latest developments at the interface between industrial and professional service robotics.
productCake slicing: Robot at the cutting edge
When automation OEM, Newtech in Bedford looked to design a new ultrasonic cutting machine for the bakery industry, it turned to Mitsubishi Electric for a fast, flexible and clean robotic solution. The result is a machine design that can cut cakes to the highest levels of precision, working flexibly for different portion sizes and quantities, and eliminating problems of damaged product.
productRobot improves motor inspection
A miniature robot fitted with five cameras is being used to crawl in the air gap between the stator and rotor of large motors or generators to visually inspect their status, thereby reducing downtime, inspection costs and the need to withdraw the rotor.
productRobot production booming
FANUC UK has announced that it has a worldwide installed base of more than 400,000 industrial robots which it says is a new world record for the industry.
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