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High-precision plug-and-play actuators for robotics and mechanical engineering

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Nabtesco's strain wave gear actuators deliver maximum performance in the smallest of spaces and can be flexibly integrated via plug-and-play. They offer exceptional precision and dynamics combined with high reliability, significantly reducing engineering and integration efforts. This shortens development times and increases efficiency in automation.

High-precision plug-and-play actuators for robotics and mechanical engineering

THINKY Mixers reach 3,000 research paper citations

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More than 3,000 peer-reviewed papers indexed on Google Scholar now reference THINKY Mixers. More important than the number itself is what it represents. Twenty years after Intertronics introduced THINKY Mixers to the UK and Ireland, thousands of independent researchers continue to select and trust this planetary centrifugal mixing technology to solve challenging materials problems and support tomorrow's manufacturing innovations.

THINKY Mixers reach 3,000 research paper citations

Making automation affordable: reframing the cost of robotics

1 day ago

Although the case for investment in industrial automation and robotics is strong, in the current climate of corporate belt-tightening, many automation projects don't make it off the drawing board because of the perceived high upfront investment. Oliver Selby, Head of Sales, FANUC UK, reframes the cost of robotics.

Making automation affordable: reframing the cost of robotics

3D geometric inspection of complex profiles and semi-finished products

5 days ago

Micro-Epsilon has introduced a new inline, non-contact measuring system for precise 3D geometrical inspection of a wide variety of surfaces, profiles and semi-finished products such as round or flat materials, square or hexagonal profiles, as well as complex, free-form shapes.

3D geometric inspection of complex profiles and semi-finished products

Free Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

Free Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230

European Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 is replacing Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC. Technically, it has already come into force but there is a transition period during which machinery is still being CE marked to the old Directive. You can download a free copy of the Guide to the New Machinery Regulation (EU) 2023/1230 by completing the form here.

Free Guide to Food & Beverage Industry Machine Design

The MachineBuilding.net Guide to Food and Beverage Industry Machine Design provides information, hints and tips to help designers create state-of-the-art yet cost effective systems that meet applicable regulations and standards, while also providing the necessary levels of productivity, quality and reliability.

Free Guide to Food & Beverage Industry Machine Design

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