Vacuum Technology

Highlights

Piab’s piCobot
Piab, Hingham, Mass., recently introduced piCOBOT system, an end-of-arm vacuum tool designed specifically for use with cobots.
Piab’s Kenos KCS vacuum grippers
Working in close proximity with people, cobots usually require gripping and releasing workpieces.
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When choosing a method of power for picking, holding, and automation applications, it would be a mistake not to consider vacuum.
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As it does every other year, Pack Expo heads for Las Vegas, where it will be welcoming thousands of visitors September 28 to 30.
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With more than 10,000 jars of pickles being processed every hour, Develey Senf & Feinkost GmbH turned to vacuum power for a new way to palletize the jars.
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The Vision 550 wheelchair-accessible home elevator from Nationwide Lifts uses vacuum and gravity to move an elevator cab up to 35 ft at speeds to 20 fpm inside a 53-in. tube. ...
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SAB HT1 vacuum pads provide powerful and mark-free handling of glass and similar materials. HT1 material operates in temperatures to 170°C. They guarantee high horizontal forces...
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Large-area vacuum grippers are built to move pallet loads of products.
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Automation specialist PCE Automation Ltd., Beccles, England, offers a unique high-speed machine for testing medical inflation check valves. The one-way valves are used by the...