robotic gripper | ASSEMBLY

placing seal rings in a sliding wax application system

Gripper Helps Automate Assembly of Shaft Seals

John Sprovieri

October 31, 2023

Servo control allows engineers to program jaw position, speed and gripping force.

Robots, People Collaborate on Product Assembly

A cobot with a special gripper from the Zimmer Group improves ergonomics and productivity on Weidmüller’s assembly line.

John Sprovieri

April 11, 2023

Manufacturers in Germany, like those in the United States, are coping with three major issues: a highly dynamic market, increasing competition due to globalization, and a shortage of skilled workers.

Gripper Automates Tube Handling

John Sprovieri

October 12, 2020

Based in Ilshofen, Germany, Bausch+Ströbel (B+S) manufactures filling and packaging equipment for the pharmaceutical industry.

What’s New With Pneumatic Actuators

Available in many configurations, pneumatic actuators remain essential workhorses of machine motion and increasingly are being made adaptable to the IIoT plant floor

Jim Camillo

February 6, 2020

Keeping an assembly process simple is always a smart approach to manufacturing any product. And one of the simplest ways to implement linear or rotary motion into an assembly process is with a pneumatic actuator.

Automated Robot Cell Builds Robots with Zimmer Grippers

Zoe Leduc

March 18, 2019

At its factory in Augsburg, Germany, automation specialist KUKA is using its own robots to make more robots.

ATI to Host Automation Expo at New Headquarters in North Carolina

March 13, 2019

APEX, NC—ATI Industrial Automation will host an Automation Expo May 9 at its recently expanded and renovated headquarters here.

Robots Rule at Automatica

The latest technologies for robotics and automated assembly were on display at the Automatica show in Munich, Germany, in June.

John Sprovieri

August 7, 2018

More than 46,000 manufacturing engineers and managers from 47 countries attended Automatica 2018, which took place June 19-22 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany.

Rethink Robotics Introduces End-of-Arm Tooling

April 26, 2017

BOSTON—Rethink Robotics has introduced a new line of smart end-of-arm tooling and gripper kits for its collaborative robots.

Robotics

Cartesian, SCARA, Six-Axis and Delta: Robots Wowed Crowds at The ASSEMBLY Show

John Sprovieri

January 13, 2017

The ASSEMBLY Show played host to more than 30 suppliers of robots and robotic accessories. The following are some of the robotic technology that were seen on the show floor.

Robots Stand Out at Automatica

Suppliers from around the world displayed the latest assembly technology at Automatica 2016.

John Sprovieri

August 4, 2016

Some 45,000 manufacturing engineers and managers from 47 countries attended Automatica 2016, which took place June 21-24 at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre in Germany.