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SCARA Robot

ABB Robotics (Cary, NC) is expanding its industrial SCARA robot portfolio with the addition of the IRB 930. The new robot, compromising three variants capable of handling 12 kg and 22 kg payloads, has been designed to meet the demands of new growth opportunities in traditional and new markets. Engineered for fast point-to-point tasks that demand high payloads and large work areas, the IRB 930 has three variants capable of providing the highest payload of any SCARA robot in its class. In addition, the 22 kg variant delivers a 10 percent increase in throughput by handling more and heavier workpieces at once. The IRB 930 also provides an exceptional 200 percent increase in stronger push-down strength (with a maximum downward force of 250N) making it ideal for force-intensive operations such as screw-driving and assembly tasks required when working with components such as battery cells, display panels, and solar modules.

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Hypoid Gearmotors

Bodine (Northfield, IL) offers AC, permanent magnet DC and brushless DC (EC) hypoid gearmotors. These gearmotors’ high torque and efficiency make them an ideal drive solution for applications such as conveyors, gates, packaging, and other industrial automation equipment that require compact size, lower energy consumption, and cooler operation. Right-angle gearmotors with hypoid gear sets have several advantages over standard worm and worm-gear gearmotors. While they cost more to manufacture, hypoid gearmotors are more efficient, produce less heat, provide higher torque, and are usually smaller than equivalent gearmotors with worm- and worm-gear reducers. Power management is critical in many low-voltage applications. That’s why Bodine’s new low-voltage Hypoid gearmotors were designed with battery and solar power use in mind. Whether it is agricultural equipment, a warehouse automation robot, or a chemical injection pump in a remote gas or oil field, you get the performance you need. The new high-torque, high-efficiency type 33A7-25H2 and 33A7-30H3 hypoid hollow-shaft gearmotors are an ideal solution for low-voltage application.

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Control Cabinet Industrial PC

The C6675 control cabinet Industrial PC (IPC) from Beckhoff (Savage, MN) supports growing requirements for adaptive manufacturing, machine learning (ML) and other transformational applications. Building on proven Beckhoff technologies, the new IPC meets these demands through its robust ATX motherboard and high-performance GPU cards. With properties typical of an industrial server, the C6675 consolidates numerous complex automation tasks previously handled by separate controllers into one high-powered device. The new control cabinet IPC is equipped with components of the highest performance class based on latest-generation Intel® Celeron®, Pentium® or Core™ i3/i5/i7 platforms on an ATX motherboard designed and assembled by Beckhoff. By leveraging the rugged housing, heat dissipation and power supply tech from the C6670 series, the new controller enables the use of additional high-performance graphics cards, among other benefits. This makes it possible to implement even computationally intensive ML or machine vision applications in industrial environments.

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Brushless Servo Motor

KEB America, Inc. (Shakopee, MN) announced its DL4 series of brushless servo motors for North America. The DL4 synchronous servo motors deliver high torque and accurate precision in a compact and highly efficient package size, making them an ideal choice for managing heavy loads and intricate motion control requirements in large power industrial machinery. KEB’s DL4 servo motors are available in three UL-certified frame sizes: SE, SF, and SG. They are offered in four different stack lengths, operate at a nominal voltage of 400V, and come standard with IP54 protection. Additional options include IP65 protection, all major feedback types, brakes, and liquid or forced air cooling for increased power density. The DL4s have a rated torque ranging from 11 Nm to 520 Nm and rated motor speeds from 1,000 to 3,000 rpm, with peak speeds up to 6,000 rpm. The DL4s feature enhanced stator windings and rotor lamination designs that enable rapid acceleration and deceleration while offering a more compact size.

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Bevel Gears

KHK USA Inc. (Mineola, NY) announced its extensive line of bevel gears, manufactured to the highest quality standards by Kohara Gear Industry Co., of Japan. KHK’s large selection of bevel gears are suitable for a very wide range of applications, and include straight bevel gears and spiral bevel gears, as well as hypoid gears that have the characteristics of both spiral bevel gears with high reduction ratios. Bevel gears are two intersecting cone shaped gears that are used to transmit rotational motion between them. KHK bevel gears are offered in a broad variety of modules, numbers of teeth, materials, and styles, with gear ratios of 1.5 through 5. KHK Straight Bevel Gears come in a variety of materials, including Injection molded bevel gears that are suitable for office machines, plastic bevel gears that are lightweight and do not require lubricant, and stainless-steel bevel gears that are ideal for food machinery. Spiral bevel gears have a curved tooth form which provides larger tooth contact surfaces, resulting in smoother, less noisy rotation. KHK’s broad portfolio ranges from commercial quality spiral bevels to ground alloy steel spiral bevel gears for applications where exceptionally high speed, low noise, and low vibration is required.

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M5 Servo Drives

Applied Motion Products (Morgan Hill, CA) has introduced the M5 Servo Series — where power, precision, and cost-efficiency converge. The M5 Servo Series is engineered for high machine performance, exceptional torque output, and precise control. This series is optimized for cost-efficiency, ensuring peak capabilities without compromising performance. M5 servo drives implement accurate motor control algorithms. When paired with our M5 motors’ high-resolution encoders, they result in smooth and precise motion control. It supports fast motion profiles, automatic error compensation, and troubleshooting aids to achieve high system throughput and minimize downtime. The motors have a power range 100W to 3kW. Incremental, absolute multi-turn magnetic, and optical encoder options are 17-bit to 26-bit. User-friendly software for setup includes one-touch auto-tuning, notch filter design, resonance suppression, and an oscilloscope tool. To support OEM designs, a comprehensive range of mechanical customizations is available for all high-power density servo motors and drives.

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IO-Link Gateway

The IO-Link Gateway from Lutz (Charlotte, NC) provides a wide range of valuable functions, such as advanced energy management, monitoring status information like flowing current or operating voltage, as well as remote control and parameterization of all connected LOCC-Box-Net modules. By incorporating a gateway into DC applications, each LOCC-Box-Net module can be configured and controlled individually or collectively as an entire set. With the IO-Link Gateway, LUTZE is adding a module to its LOCC-Box portfolio that shares the same compact housing width of 8.1 mm as the LOCC-Box-Net modules themselves. The networkable LOCC-Box modules and the IO-Link Gateway create an interconnected system via jumper combs. The jumper combs connect communication and 0V signals from one LOCC-Box module to another. In addition to the I/O Link interface, the gateway features a USB port, through which all relevant status information, such as trip diagnostics, and current and voltage measurements, can be read using the free LOCC-Pads software.

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X-Class Clutch Brakes

Posidyne® X-Class Clutch Brakes from Force Control Industries (Fairfield, OH) are ideal for incline conveyor applications because they provide precise positioning each cycle, act as a holding brake so that materials never slide backward on the incline, are oil filled and sealed so they do not rust, and they do so without maintenance or adjustment. Posidyne® X-Class Clutch Brakes allow higher cycle rates (as high as 300 cycles per minute), and unparalleled service life (20 to 40 million cycles) to increase production rates with lower downtime. With improved speed and precision, the value engineered X-Class Clutch Brakes allow machine designers to run at higher cycle rates and quality levels. In addition to their use on incline and standard conveyors, they are ideal for many OEM applications including packaging machinery, food processing, meat packing, dynamite/gunpowder processing, production machinery, extruder cut-offs, palletizers, feeders, inserters, loaders, cut-offs, fillers, and more.

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Lossless Compression Technology

Pleora Technologies (Ottawa, Canada) has unveiled its new patented RapidPIX™ lossless compression technology that increases data throughput by almost 70 percent while meeting the low latency and reliability demands of machine vision and medical imaging applications. RapidPIX is initially available on Pleora’s new iPORT™ NTx-Mini-LC platform, which provides a compression-enabled drop-in upgrade of the widely deployed NTX-Mini embedded interface. With added compression, designers can deploy the iPORT NTx-Mini-LC to support low latency transmission of GigE Vision compliant packets at more than 1.5 Gbps throughput rates over existing 1 Gb Ethernet infrastructure. Manufacturers are designing the iPORT NTx-Mini-LC embedded interface with RapidPIX compression into X-ray panels for medical and dental imaging, contact image sensors (CIS), and industrial camera applications. While boosting bandwidth performance without requiring a costly infrastructure upgrade, the lossless compression solution also minimizes the amount of data transmitted over the network to reduce power consumption.

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Pilot-Operated Relief Valve

Emerson (Marshalltown, IA) has launched the Fisher™ 63EGLP-16 Pilot Operated Relief Valve for installation on pressurized bullet tanks used to store liquid propane and anhydrous ammonia. This type of pressure relief valve (PRV) is typically installed on tanks fabricated by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), that provide them to end users, engineering firms, or contractor customers. With a pre-installed national pipe tapered (NPT) thread standard 2-inch male hex nipple, this new product serves the need for a solution with a 2-inch connection that provides the same benefit as traditional multi-ported valves, but with simplified installation and maintenance. For this application, the PRV must be connected directly to the tank, with no isolation valve between the tank and the PRV. This National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 58 code requirement presents challenges when testing the PRV while the tank is pressurized and in operation. Operation is implemented with a dual pilot array, providing redundancy, and allowing for removal of one pilot for testing while the other is operational.

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Wheel-Equipped Encoders

Recent enhancements to POSITAL’s (Hamilton, NJ) programmable encoders have made it simpler to configure wheel-equipped encoders to meet users’ exact requirements. Wheel-encoder assemblies measure speed and position directly from a moving surface, avoiding errors due to gear backlash or hysteresis that can arise when encoders are connected directly to rollers or drives. POSITAL’s measuring wheel-encoder combinations provide resolutions as fine as 0.1 mm/pulse for all available wheel sizes. POSITAL’s IXARC incremental encoders — the heart of the wheel/encoder set — are programmable. Resolution is defined by software parameters and can be modified with no changes to mechanical components. Commonly used resolutions, such as 1000, 1024, or 2048 PPR are available, along with resolution as high as 16,384 PPR. Likewise, output drivers can be set to either Push-Pull (HTL) or RS422 (TTL) to ensure compatibility with PLCs. Measuring wheels are available with circumferences of 200 mm, 500 mm, or 12 inches. Four rim treatments are available: knurled aluminum, smooth polyurethane, and two tread patterns for the polyurethane tire.

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