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SAS Automation Introduces Spring-Loaded Docking Pins
USA-based supplier of end of arm tools (EOATs) and other automation equipment, SAS Automation, has introduced spring- loaded docking pins for insert moulding applications. In addition to requiring precise accuracy, insert moulding applications often perform several processes at the same time. Docking pins provide the assurance required in complex and low tolerance applications. The features of the docking pins include: accuracy of plus or minus 0.025 mm; sized to fit any EOAT, robot and mould; docking on existing mould locators; and availability of custom lengths, strokes and diameters. “These docking pins have enabled several SAS customers to consistently increase production of complex insert moulded parts while reducing labour,” said Robert Dalton, general manager for SAS Automation.” He
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HekuCell High-Performance Automation Technology
Automation systems are required when a product or manufacturing process demands high precision, quality and/or high speed. In order to combine these attributes and produce at a reasonable cost, production in high volumes is normally required. But what if high quality and cost efficient production are required, but the production volume is low? Germany-based moulding automation equipment supplier Hekuma offers a solution for entering into the world of automation technology—the new HekuCell automation machine. HekuCell combines
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Polymer Actuators Among Main Topics at Actuator Conference in Germany
For more than 20 years the Actuator Conference has been the biennial meeting place of the international actuator community. And from June 14 - 16, 2010, these experts will again meet at the Congress and Exhibition Center in Bremen to gain and exchange information at the 12th International Conference on New Actuators and the 6th International Exhibition on Smart Actuators and Drive Systems. With about 250 conference contributions and approximately 500 participants in the years 2006 and 2008, Actuator has established itself as a major event in the area of miniature drives and their applications. According to Dr Hubert Borgmann, the project manager in charge of the event: “The number of abstracts
fast and precise take-out with high quality parts handling at favourable investment costs. HekuCell is designed as a modular solution. The basic cell contains a fast 6 axis robot with an individual and changeable gripper, assuring a fast and effective side entry take-out process. Further modules are various conveyor configurations or pallet systems for the moulded parts as well as transfer stations which enable, for instance, the reorientation of the removed parts or the assembly of parts as required, for example for the
production of petri dishes. An optional gripper quick release system enables flexible and effective use of the automation cell. HekuCell is compact and can be integrated directly to various different injection moulding machines and therefore requires minimal space. The electric cabinet is integrated into the cell.
Hekuma
Tel: +49 8165 633-313
b.wildgruber@Hekuma.com Web: www.hekuma.com
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Fibre Optic Connector for Simple Installation and Space Saving
received for Actuator 2010 in response to the Call for Papers was higher than in the past. There will again be 124 lectures and about 130 poster contributions to be presented in 18 sessions.”
Messe Bremen
Tel: +49 (0) 4 21 / 35 05 – 4 44
bischoff@messe-bremen.de Web: www.messe-bremen.de
The Siemens Industry Automation Division has brought onto the market a simple lock-and-release plug-in connector for space-saving LC (local connector) connection of fibre optic (FO) cables. The LC connector according to IEC 61754-20 features an innovative push-pull release mechanism for easy installation of FO cables in network components with LC sockets, for example, the modular Industrial Ethernet Switches X308-2M, XR- 300 and X-300EEC from Siemens. The innovative release mechanism combines a pair of joined connectors, one for the incoming and one for the outgoing FO cable, into a duplex connector. The user then simply connects this to two sockets
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Distributed Positioning and Controlling of Stepper Motors, Actuators and Valves
added: “Our insert mould tools and spring-loaded docking pins have automated many operations that used to be performed manually.”
SAS Automation
Tel: +49 (0) 721 26306 - 0
info@sas-automation.com Web: www.sas-automation.com
The Siemens Industry Automation Division has improved the performance of the two technology modules 2 Pulse and 1 Step for the Simatic ET 200S distributed input/output (I/O) system and has also added new functions. On the dual-channel technology module 2 Pulse, which controls actuators and valves, it is now possible to measure and precisely regulate the output current. A new traversing task for approaching a specified position has been integrated in the single- channel stepper motor module 1 Step for positioning tasks in combination with stepper motors. The dual-channel technology module 2 Pulse for controlling actuators and valves now also measures the current that is output in the PWM
(pulse width modulation) and pulse train modes and sends the value back to the computer. To improve performance, the two channels of the module can be switched in parallel, thus providing a current of up to 4 amps. Further modes are frequency output, output of a pulse with a predefined length, and on/off delay.
Siemens
Tel: +44 (0) 161 446 6400
gerhard.stauss@siemens.com Web: siemens.com
on the network component, such as a switch. The new mechanism also ensures that the detent lugs of the two individual connectors are both unlatched together. This means that the user can simply detach the pair of FO cables from the switch by gently pulling on the duplex connector.
Siemens
Tel: +44 (0) 161 446 6400
gerhard.stauss@siemens.com Web: siemens.com
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