TPT November 2013

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Electric robot gripper ROBOTIQ has unveiled the 2-Finger Adaptive Robot Gripper – 200, an electric gripper with 200mm of stroke and expanded capabilities. maximise ROI,” commented Samuel Bouchard, president of Robotiq.

The new servo-electric gripper can be installed on any industrial robot. It provides a programmable 200mm stroke to pick various part sizes, and its three distinct gripping modes – parallel, encompassing and internal – enable the handling of different part geometries. Its high grip force can handle heavy parts. Additional features include grip detection and real-time finger position feedback.

The gripper has been designed using feedback from automation engineers, who were challenged with the processing of a wide variety of large parts and high changeover rates, in industries such as automotive, metal fabrication, construction equipment (heavy machinery), and foundries. “As with all RobotiqAdaptive Grippers, the goal remains the same: use a single, mechanically intelligent robot gripper to handle all your parts to reduce tooling costs, eliminate changeovers, and

Robotiq – Canada Fax: +1 418 800 0046 Website: www.robotiq.com

Robtiq’s adaptive robot gripper in encompassing grip mode

New food grade range meets EC and FDA requirements

adhesive-bonded U-shaped seals. All components that come into contact with food are made exclusively of stainless steel that meets the quality standard of V2A/1.4301. The use of adhesives is avoided as far as possible in the seals that are incorporated in some of the steel fittings. In situations where their use is unavoidable, only food-grade adhesives are used. Jacob manufactures pipe systems based on the modular concept in Europe with a worldwide market presence. Pipe systems for bulk material handling as well as dust extraction and exhaust air units for environmental engineering (cooling air/exhaust air) are the largest application areas for Jacob pipe systems (diameters 60 to 800mm or larger for customised production, 1-3mm pipe wall thickness). Steel pipes are primed, galvanised or stainless steel. The company’s main customers are in the chemistry, pharmaceutical and plastics industries, the food industry (eg coffee, cacao, chocolate, sugar or grain processing), feed plants, tobacco industry, automotive industry, chip industry, machine construction, and the paper and building materials industries. Jacob Pipework Systems – Germany Fax: +49 571 9558 160

necessary. This ensured that all of the parts of the Food Grade products that come into contact with food satisfy the stringent EU requirements of the EC 1935/2004 directive as well as the American FDA regulations regarding contact with food. The “adhesive-free” vulcanised U-shaped seals not only ensure food grade conformity in compliance with EC 1953/2004 and the FDA requirements, but also have better temperature and tear resistance than conventional

THE new Food Grade range from Jacob Pipework Systems is claimed to be the first product range in the market segment that meets the stringent requirements of the European EC 1935/2004 standard as well as the American FDA food regulations. The range is a modular, stainless steel pipework system with more than 3,000 products. More than 1,000 of the components – from the steel parts to adhesives and sealing materials – were replaced or redesigned where

The new Jacob Food Grade range offers compliance with both EC 1935/2004 and FDA requirements

Email: sales@jacob-rohre.de Website: www.jacob-rohre.de

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