1,500kg capacity mobile robots can replace forklifts
24 July 2020 Omron has announced a mobile robot with a payload capacity of up to 1,500kg, capable of carrying large components such as car bodies and pallets… Read More
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Arc-resistant 50kA regenerative drive is ‘a first’
14 October 2015 Rockwell Automation has announced a medium-voltage drive which, it claims, is the first arc-resistant 50kA MV drive with full regeneration capabilities. The Allen-Bradley PowerFlex 7000… Read More
2016 Drives & Controls Show is more than 70% full
11 August 2015 The 2016 Drives & Controls Show – which takes place in Birmingham, UK, from 12–14 April, 2016 – is on track to have 50% more… Read More
‘First full family’ of safe robots will open up new applications
5 March 2015 The Californian robot-maker Precise Automation is launching what it describes as “the first full family of intrinsically safe benchtop collaborative robots”. The robots – which… Read More
ABB sells maintenance business to Nordic Capital
21 August 2014 ABB is selling its Full Service contract maintenance business to Nordic Capital for an undisclosed amount. The business is claimed to be the European market-leader… Read More
Power analyser is first to measure values simultaneously
25 June 2014 A German company that specialises in power-measuring instruments claims to have developed the first power analyser that can measure narrowband, full-spectrum and harmonics values simultaneously. Read More
Robot can catch a tumbling bottle in mid-flight
14 May 2014 Swiss researchers have programmed a robot to catch a variety of spinning objects – including tennis rackets, hammers and half-full bottles – when they are… Read More
