December 2023

Rotary Encoder Feedback Incremental & Absolute

Posital is a manufacturer of sensors for motion control and safety assurance systems. The company’s products, which include rotary incremental and absolute encoders, inclinometers and linear position sensors, are used in a wide range of settings, from manufacturing to mining, agriculture to energy. Many of their products incorporate Wiegand energy harvesting technology to offer multi-turn absolute positioning without the use of batteries or gearing.

April 2022

Collaborative Robotics

Collaborative (cobot) robotics, Teach and Smart Pendant, DART-Platform, Smart Vision Modules, Mobile Base, Robot Jackets and Dress Packs

Doosan Robotics is an industry leader of the collaborative robot (cobot) market, bringing forward unrivaled automation solutions. Founded in 2015, after three years of research and development by recruiting the industry’s top researchers and developers, Doosan Robotics successfully developed a range of ten cobot models using its proprietary technology. By the end of 2017, a production facility with an annual capacity of 10,000 units was established in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea and mass production has been in full-swing ever since.

March 2020

Weiss HP Pick&Place Units

Whether HP140 or HP70: The Pick&Place from WEISS work with two linear axes and due to this profit from all advantages of a direct drive: rapid dynamic performance, free user-programmability, minimal wear and highest precision.  The HP overcomes limits of traditional pneumatic systems regarding variability, dynamic performance and efficiency.

  • Extremely compact and narrow design

  • Highly dynamic

  • Ready-for-installation, holistic, customer-friendly complete solution (plug&play)

  • Free programmability

  • Permanent feedback of position, process forces, speed (adjustable control circuit)

  • Significantly lower energy consumption, in particular in comparison with pneumatic systems

  • W.A.S. – WEISS Application Software for simple commissioning

  • Overload protection

  • Interfaces to all common fieldbus systems

  • Learn more HERE

February 2020

Macron Dynamics Robotic Transfer Units (RTU)

There are many applications where an articulated arm Robot needs to move an additional axis to extend the reach or provide higher levels of flexibility. Macron offers this “7th axis” capability with our RTU, Robot Transport Unit. Using a novel, flexible belt based “rack and pinion” design and structural aluminum MacFRAME components, our transport units can meet a wide variety lengths and payloads.

  • Multiple drive configurations: Basic belt drive or Flexible rack drive

  • High repeatability

  • 3 sizes for a variety of payloads

  • Up to 5 m/sec traverse speed

  • Near zero backlash motion

  • Learn more HERE

March 2019

Glide-Line IMPACT!

IMPACT (Interactive Modeling Program and Application Configuration Tools)

Using software that you already know and use, you can make this possible with IMPACT! Glide-Line’s Interactive Modeling Program and Application Configuration Tool, puts you in the driver's seat. Skip the back and forth, the interpretation and additional headaches! AND, if you are a Solidworks user, you can get even more creative.

  • Allows on-the-fly model changes without re-configuring, re-downloading, and re-inserting models with every change

  • Evaluates the throughput, weights, lengths, and heights handled by the conveyor you’re designing

  • Provides accurate, dynamic pricing

  • Enables easy, accurate model creation

  • Allows magnetic snap-to mating and references

  • Shows device actuations in various operational states

  • Works seamlessly with SOLIDWORKS – with no training

  • Learn more and download it FREE HERE