Page 3 - Industrial Technology EXTRA 27th July 2020

IN THE NEWS

ElectroCraft expands AxialPower
linear actuators with the APES 17

ElectroCraft has recently expanded the AxialPower
enhanced series of linear actuators to include a new
high-performance 42mm (NEMA 17) frame size. This
new new linear actuator is highly configurable and
available with a variety of imperial or metric leadscrew options with resolutions ranging from 0.006
mm to 0.050 mm per step, with an incredible output force of up to 1001 N (225 lbs.). The APES
17 offers 40% more force than competitive size 17 designs. These new actuators are ideal for a
wide variety of medical and laboratory applications. Read more here

Festo gives the future of safe
automation a helping hand

Within its Bionic Learning Network, Festo has
been studying and developing safe automation
systems to relieve people of monotonous or
hazardous tasks. The BionicMobileAssistant is a
prototype robot system that deploys artificial
intelligence to move independently, identifying
and gripping objects and adaptively working with
humans. It comprises a mobile robot, an electric robot arm and a gripper. Read more here

Sick launches SensorApp for

colour inspection and sorting

Sick is continuing the roll-out of its customisable SensorApps
for ‘easy’ machine vision, with the launch of its Colour
Inspection and Sorting App, a cost-saving and simple solution
for common inline quality control tasks in automated
production and packaging applications. The Sick Colour
Inspection and Sorting SensorApp is a ready-made, yet flexible,
packaged solution based on the ultra-compact Sick Pico- or
midiCam 2D streaming cameras. Read more here