6 September 2024 Festo is offering what it describes as the first proportional valve terminal, delivering precision, fast response times and dynamic control. The VTEP terminal provides… Read More
8 September 2023 Emerson has bought Afag Holding, the Swiss specialist in electric linear motion, feeding and handling automation, for an undisclosed sum. Emerson says the acquisition will… Read More
16 May 2022 Festo has previewed what it claims will be the world’s first pneumatic cobot. It says that the device – due to go on sale in… Read More
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
1 July 2020 The German pneumatics and automation technology manufacturer Festo has unveiled a mobile robot that moves by balancing on a ball, and carries a human-like pneumatic… Read More
9 August 2019 Festo has developed what it claims is the world’s shortest pneumatic slide. The DGST slide has a twin-piston design and comes in diameters from 6–25mm… Read More
30 March 2017 A robotic gripper system with suction pads like those of an octopus is one of several pneumatically-powered robotic concepts that Festo will unveil at the… Read More
7 December 2015 The German clamping and gripping specialist, Schunk, has developed a compact linear axis with a 24V linear motor drive which, it claims, is as easy… Read More
2 October 2014 The US actuator and motion control manufacturer Bimba Manufacturing, has announced a “breakthrough” technology that delivers real-time performance data on pneumatic cylinders, and can predict… Read More
21 February 2014 Thomson Industries has announced a new generation of precision electric linear actuators for continuous-duty applications which, it claims, offer the highest power density in their… Read More
