Automation

Festo’s growing portfolio of gripper solutions is expanding with the OGVM, a family of vacuum suction cups that makes the handling of heavy oily and dry sheets more dynamic. These suction cups were developed with...

Siemens has updated its Parasolid software with enhanced convergent modeling functionality, also including substantial updates for boundary representation (B-rep). Siemens Digital Industries Software has updated Parasolid, its open software technology for geometric modeling. The latest release...

Measuring & Quality Solutions (MQS), headquartered in Germany, has launched the MANTIS automated robotic measurement solution offering a fully integrable turn-key inspection solution for the smart factories of the future. The MANTIS measurement system is...

Heidenhain Turnpwr is a closed-loop system said to maximize throughput by reducing setup time, scrap and other non-productive operations. Turnpwr, a control system from Heidenhain’s Acu-Rite brand, is designed for two-axis lathe machining where manual and automated operation are needed. The system...

Halter CNC Automation’s Halter Compact line of loading robots can load and unload up to a 26.45-pound payload while maintaining a small footprint. Halter CNC Automation has launched the Halter Compact as a small-footprint addition to its existing...