Nokian Tyres has signed a 10-year agreement with the Nordic energy company Gasum to supply renewable wind energy for the electricity used in the Finnish factory and in Vianor operations in Finland. The power will be produced by a new wind farm in North Ostrobotnia and the supply starts in 2023.
As labor issues persist, Universal Robots, the pioneering leader of collaborative robotics, will show PACK EXPO attendees automated solutions for hard-to-staff tasks such as box erecting and palletizing. Powering many of these applications is the company’s most popular cobot, the UR10e, now able to lift 25% more.
The Holzwerk Baur saw mill, based in Wain, Upper Swabia, processes around 180,000 solid cubic metres of wood each year, and exports its products across the world. Sustainability is a key priority for the saw mill. The wood is sourced in the region, and every last shaving is put to use. To ensure the wood is cut efficiently, Holzwerk Baur runs around 250 saws every day, kept sharp using machines supplied by Biberach-based sharpening specialist VOLLMER.
For safe protection zone monitoring even in rugged conditions, the Pilz portfolio now includes another sensor for the safe radar system PSENradar: the new radar sensor PSEN rd1.2 can be used for Cat. 3 / PL d and so can safely protect robot applications too. In conjunction with the equally new analysing unit PSEN rd1.x I/O PN, it is now even easier to incorporate the safe radar system into existing applications, so optimising commissioning.
International supplier of high-performance metal products for automotive and industrial markets, SSI Sintered Specialties purchases X1 160Pro and InnoventPro® 3L metal 3D printers for production and is now partnering with ExOne to advance the technology.
Robotics and automation are finding their way into more and more areas of industry, SMEs and the skilled trades. The demand for seeing robots, i.e. the use of camera technology on industrial robots, is increasing. Cameras make robots flexible. End customers can thus cope with the enormous diversity of variants in their production.
Join us in the upcoming webinar about strain measurement to monitor structural loads using the Leine Linde ESR strain sensor. The ESR strain sensor enables fatigue-free, high resolution measurement in mechanical structures to prevent fatigue or overload. The ESR sensor is suitable in sheltered conditions as well as in harsh environments such as cranes, steel mills and wind turbines.
The Helium Virtual and Hybrid Studio enables high-performance pre-silicon software validation in virtual and hybrid configurations for 5G, mobile, automotive, hyperscale and other markets.
With the GEMÜ Code 71 and Code 5T diaphragms, the valve specialist GEMÜ is launching two new seals for diaphragm valves, which they developed in-house. Both seals are suitable for sophisticated processes in the chemical industry.