Tough fibre cable with no metal armour can handle forklift weight
25 August 2021 Belden has developed an optical fibre cable that avoids the need for metal armouring, and is up to 90% lighter and 70% smaller in diameter… Read More
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Electric vacuum gripper is ‘the world’s most powerful’
11 March 2021 The Danish robotic end-effector developer OnRobot has announced what it claims is the world’s most-powerful electric vacuum gripper. The VGP20 gripper can lift 20kg loads… Read More
‘Revolutionary’ plastic gearbox ‘will out-perform metal boxes’
21 June 2018 Genesis Robotics claims to have developed the world’s first plastic gearbox that can outperform metal gearboxes. The backlash-free box – which it calls the Reflex… Read More
Rexnord buys metal belt-maker Cambridge for $210m
19 May 2016 Rexnord is buying the US-based metal conveyor belt manufacturer, Cambridge International Holdings, for an estimated $210m. Cambridge is one of the world’s largest suppliers of… Read More
Novel materials produce small motors with 90% efficiencies
15 July 2014 UPDATED: Australian researchers have used novel magnetic materials to design and build small motors with energy efficiencies of up to 90%, compared to 60-70% for… Read More
Hygienic cables and detectable energy chains ensure food safety
15 April 2013 igus has launched a pair of products – anti-microbial cables and plastic energy chains containing easy-to-detect metal particles – designed to help food manufacturers to produce… Read More
