Vacuum Technology

Highlights

Piab’s piCobot
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The Cobots are Coming

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
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Grippers Designer to Work with Cobots

Working in close proximity with people, cobots usually require gripping and releasing workpieces.
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Give Automation a Lift with Vacuum Systems

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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Pack Your Bags for Pack Expo 2015

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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Getting Out of a Pickle with Vacuum Technology

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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Pneumatic elevator transports the disabled

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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Vacuum pads

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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Vacuum handling for the masses

Large-area vacuum grippers are built to move pallet loads of products.
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Grippers allow for high-speed testing

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...