productReasons to invest
If your business consists of ‘bagged products’, in any industry, Fischbein says it has a solution to fulfil your needs.
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productAutomated handling helps optimise space and efficiency
An automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS), designed and installed by Gebhardt European Conveyor Systems, is enabling the Lear Corporation factory at Coventry to triple output of car seats to more than 300,000 sets a year and meet its customer’s just-in-time delivery schedules.
articleLogistics and the robotics revolution
Robots have always been considered as futuristic. The reality is, they are entering the here-and-now in a significant and transformative way – and nowhere more so than in the modern warehouse, as Simon Cooper, business solutions sales director, Dematic Northern Europe, explains
productThird robot brand for palletising platform
CSi is introducing the third robot brand on its palletising platform ‘i-Pal’. It is now also possible to order the i-Pal with a Yaskawa robot. CSi found it easy to add the Yaskawa robot due to the platform’s level of modularisation.
productIndustrial Ethernet switch
Korenix has launched a new Industrial Ethernet switch that is suitable for a wide range of industrial automation applications. The switch has IEEE 1588 compatibility for use in Real Time applications using industrial protocols such as Ethernet IP and ModBus. The product is available in the UK from MAC Solutions.
productExpansion project
Stahgruber, a German distributor os spare parts and tools and accessories to the European auto repair industry, has significantly expanded its European logistics centre with the help of automated materials handling solutions specialist TGW Logistics.
productChallenging public perception of robotics
A new live art installation which challenges the dystopian views that many people have of robots was a feature at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in September. Called Slave/Master, and part of the London Design Festival, it explores the edges of industrial robot/human interaction using robot performers, human dancers and projected graphics.
productSawing & storage innovations
KASTO recently showed off key storage and sawing innovations at the EMO show in Germany including an intelligent system for efficient use of energy in automated storage systems; an automatic version of the KASTOmicut swing-frame band saw, the A 2.6, and the high-performance KASTOwin pro AC 5.6 bandsaw.
productAutomation platform with open interfaces
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has introduced Kalmar Key, an initiative driving what is said to be the terminal industry’s first automation platform with open interfaces.
productRobotically controlled finishing station
Guyson International has introduced a robotically controlled finishing station and powder recovery system – the Guyson PRS .
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