INDUSTRY UPDATE
Sandvik launches CRIBWISE SaaS tooling inventory management technology
Euchner to showcase comms network guard locking at Drives & Controls 2022
Drives & Controls exhibition to showcase its extensive range of guard locking products available for bus connection networking using protocols including EtherCAT, PROFINET and EtherNet/IP. One machinery safety solution the company is
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keen to highlight at the show is Euchner’s MGB/MGB2 (Multifunction Gate Box) which, by integrating modules including the EKS key systems, can go from being a simple interlocking/locking device, to a small control terminal. Commenting, Euchner’s UK&I Country Manager
David Dearden says: “The combination of MGB and EKS can be used across multiple sectors and for numerous applications to ensure process efficiency, create access rights flexibility, increase personnel and process safety, safeguard product quality and create transparency and traceability.”
Euchner u 0114 256 0123 u
mark.staples@
euchner.co.uk
ndustrial safety engineering specialist Euchner (UK) Limited will use its stand (G120) at this year’s
SMP’s new website: Engineering expertise, vertical range of
manufacture and availability of passive components T
On its new website at
www.smp.de/en, SMP Sintermetalle Prometheus GmbH & Co KG (SMP)
showcases its wide range of innovative products, high level of engineering expertise, smart vertical range of manufacture, availability and wide-ranging applications of its inductive components. At its headquarters in Germany, SMP develops
and produces chokes, EMC filters, transformers and soft magnetic mouldings. The soft magnetic powder composites used in the passive components are specially developed for each application and manufactured in-house to ensure high availability. The extremely low-loss components are designed for currents of up to 3000 amperes and frequencies of up to 5 gigahertz. They are available in sizes from 19 mm to 300 mm diameter, with weights ranging from 0.05 kg to 130 kg. SMP components are used in applications in the
fields of power electronics, drives, automation, signal processing, medical technology, E-mobility, marine, railway, environmental technology, energy transformation, renewable energies and aerospace.
SMP Sintermetalle Prometheus GmbH & Co KG u +49 (0)7255 716 0 u
www.smp.de/en
division within Sandvik Machining and Manufacturing Solutions, is launching CRIBWISE™, a new software as a service platform in the U.K. and Ireland. CRIBWISE is a subscription-based cloud inventory
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management solution that helps manufacturing businesses take control of their tooling inventory and related processes. The software enables tool, spare part and equipment management, automated purchase and service orders, automated tool dispensing, manufacturer catalogue services and smart reporting. CRIBWISE is modular, customisable and easy to
integrate for all sizes of machine shops. It helps improve productivity and machine life by reducing administrative time, hours spent searching for tools and production and maintenance delays. It also cuts unnecessary expenditure due to over-purchasing and over-stocking. Head of CRIBWISE, Joakim Johansson, says:
“Tooling costs can easily run into tens of thousands of pounds, and much of this can be attributed to outdated and unconsolidated tooling inventories that take up space and cause frustration.”
Sandvik u
tayse.pallaoro@
sandvik.com
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ABB’s latest flexible robotic handling solutions on show at MACH 2022
• Latest FlexLoader machine tending solution picks straight from pallets carried by AMRs
• Easy-to-use GoFa cobot offers 5kg payload capacity and longest reach in its class • The ACOPOS 6D handling system uses magnetic levitation for precise placement of material carrying shuttles
ABB will showcase its latest advanced automated handling and robotics solutions at MACH 2022 (NEC Birmingham, 4-8 April), including a high payload collaborative robot, machine tending systems to suit every production need and a magnetic levitation- based conveyance system. Stand 18-310 will feature an example of one of ABB’s latest robotic machine tending
solutions. The ABB FlexLoader M for AMR, is a fully automated feeder for automated guided vehicles. Handling all types of workpieces, it can pick straight from the pallet brought to it by the AMR. ABB’s complete range of FlexLoader M automated machine tending solutions will be
shown on the stand in a series of videos and displays, with solutions designed to suit every need, from simple applications to advanced tasks. Today customers are demanding greater choice and customizability with quick delivery times. ABB’s FlexLoader M range accommodates this by enhancing machine utilization, flexibility and responding fast to batch size one, high mix and low volume production. Fast to program and user friendly, no robotic expertise is required making it easy to fine-tune when business needs change over a period. There will also be a presentation on ABB FlexArc® robotic welding cells, complete
robot systems that are available in several flexible, modular packages, offering the best combination of price and performance for custom-built welding. ABB’s latest high-capacity collaborative robot, GoFa will be present on the stand.
Designed as a collaborative partner for a wide range of applications, GoFa offers a 5kg payload and a class-leading 950 mm reach. With a top speed of 2.2 m/s, GoFa is faster than other cobots in its class, while also offering easy programming and a high degree of built-in safety. Visitors to the stand will see GoFa in action alongside ACOPOS 6D; a revolutionary
new handling system that uses magnetically levitating shuttles to carry products and materials to processing stations, eliminating mechanical wear and speeding up transit times. ACOPOS 6D uses a variety of magnetic shuttles to carry payloads of 0.6 to 14 kilograms, reaching speeds of up to 2 m/s. They can move freely in two-dimensional space, rotate and tilt along three axes and offer precise control over the height of
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levitation. Offering six degrees of motion control freedom, the shuttles can be precisely positioned to within ±5 µm, making ACOPOS 6D perfectly suited for applications with strict positioning requirements. “The ability to achieve faster, more flexible manufacturing is becoming increasingly
important for businesses looking to maximize their productivity and competitiveness,” explains Matthew Rollins, Business Development Manager for ABB Robotics in UK and Ireland. “The solutions on display on our stand are part of a wider portfolio of products and systems that can help companies to take advantage of the real growth opportunities presented by automation.
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https://new.abb.com/products/robotics/
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