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Automation system PSS 4000 by pilz safeguards lift applications

The components of the automation system PSS 4000 by pilz are now approved as safety components for lift applications by TÜV Austria. Lift operators and manufacturers can implement the strict safety regulations […]

KUKA lightweight robot LBR iiwa receives Red Dot Award 2014

The success story continues. With the lightweight robot LBR iiwa, the engineers at KUKA and industrial designer Mario Selic have once again created a masterpiece of innovation, technical expertise and pioneering design. […]

KUKA KR QUANTEC PA arctic offers efficient palletizing solution at low temperatures

It needs no protective suit and can nonetheless work at temperatures way below zero: the new KUKA KR QUANTEC PA arctic. Its immunity to cold temperatures makes the robot ideal for the […]

HEIDENHAIN unveils MSE 1000 for high degree industrial production

The MSE 1000 from HEIDENHAIN provides the best conditions for the highest degree of quality in industrial production. The flexible evaluation unit acquires the measured values from automated multipoint inspection apparatuses, and […]


Siemens Energy to deliver more CO2 compressors for liquefaction plant in Ningxia Province

China’s Shenhua Ningmei Coal Group has placed a follow-up order with Siemens Energy for four identical CO2 compressor trains for a coal liquefaction plant. The end customer is Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry […]


KUKA to demonstrate its new human-robot collaboration solution at AUTOMATICA 2014

Augsburg-based robot and system builder KUKA is focusing on human-robot collaboration, i.e. safe cooperation between humans and robots, at AUTOMATICA 2014 in June. At the press conference in April, the company presented […]


FerRobotics showcases its highly demanded Active Contact Flange technology at Industrial Automation Fair

The this year’s Industrial Automation Fair in Hannover confirmed the success story of the ACF and FerRobotics, who showed best practice in flexible automation.Many key clients used the opportunity to exchange experience […]


Brand new syringe handling solution showcased by Mitsubishi Electric Europe and Robotronic

At this year’s components show, which is staged in parallel with interpack, Mitsubishi Electric Europe and Swiss robotics specialist Robotronic jointly presented a brand new handling solution for supplying pre-filled syringes to […]


US-based metrology products supplier ACE acquired by Renishaw

Renishaw, a world leading engineering technologies company, has purchased the business of Advanced Consulting & Engineering, Inc (“ACE”), a US-based supplier of dimensional measurement products and services focused on the automotive industry. […]


Robolink D by Igus Offers Freedom of Configuration up to 6 Axes

Gripping, turning, pivoting, picking up and putting down again, then returning back to the starting position – articulated arms in industrial robotic systems perform the exact same movement time after time. For […]


LINAK and AKK partnership to improve efficiency and create employment in Denmark

CO2 emissions equivalent to the annual private consumption of 10,000 Danes. That is what LINAK saves by moving production of profiles for electric table legs home to Sonderborg. At the same time […]


GE Oil & Gas unveils FLX360 multiple quick connector for subsea production systems

  Creating a dramatic change in the reliability of connection technology for subsea production systems, GE Oil & Gas has introduced the FLX360, a multiple quick connector (MQC), designed to make subsea […]


Allen-Bradley Guardmaster 440C-CR30 eases safety implementation for machine builders

Machine builders can now easily implement required safety functions while improving productivity with the Allen-Bradley Guardmaster 440C-CR30 safety relay from Rockwell Automation. Users can program the safety relay through the free Connected […]