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Feintool opens first production facility in India
Feintool has inaugurated its first production facility in India in Pune. The site is ramping up production to meet initial customer orders, with a focus on fineblanked automotive components. Feintool operates 18 production sites across Asia, Europe and the United States. Its manufacturing portfolio includes large-series production of precision components using fineblanking, cold forming and…
Comau acquires Invent for intralogistics automation
Comau announced that it has acquired 100% of Invent Smart Intralogistics Solutions, a Brazilian company focused on warehouse automation and intralogistics technologies. According to Comau, the acquisition expands its capabilities in a market where customers are seeking solutions that connect production, storage and material flow. Together with Automha, Invent adds capabilities for distribution centers, fulfillment…
How do position encoders improve gimbal performance?
Gimbals are often used in systems that require the rotation of an object or sub-system about one or more axes. Applications of gimbals include camera stabilization for aerial photography and videography, maritime radar systems, and ground-based telescopes for observation and precise tracking of celestial objects. To rotate a gimbal to a desired orientation both reliably…
Majors launch new products and platforms at Automate 2026
Automate 2026 in Chicago saw innovation announcements from major players. This episode is brought to you by Mouser Electronics. Visit mouser.com to learn more. Automate 2026 in Chicago is in the books, and as in previous shows, the event was the venue for innovation announcements from major players in industrial automation. This year was no different, and…
ABB Robotics adds Flexley Stack F712 autonomous forklift
ABB Robotics has expanded its autonomous mobile robot portfolio with the Flexley Stack F712, adding an autonomous forklift to its Visual SLAM-based mobile robot lineup. The addition allows forklifts, tugs and movers to operate within the same platform for material handling and intralogistics tasks. The F712 is designed to handle open and closed pallets, containers…
D.P. Brown joins PTDA as distributor member
The Power Transmission Distributors Association (PTDA), the association for the industrial power transmission/motion control (PT/MC) distribution channel, announced that D.P. Brown of Pa., Inc. has joined the association as a distributor member. Founded in 1894, D.P. Brown is a family-owned business serving customers across Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic with bearings, motors, drives and other mechanical power transmission…
Venture capital pumps industrial automation and Honeywell spins off major units
Investment funds get behind industrial automation as major players realign business units into standalone operations. This episode is brought to you by Mouser Electronics. Visit mouser.com to learn more. Industrial AI and robotics are attracting billions in investment as manufacturers accelerate the adoption of intelligent automation. Major funding rounds for companies like Neura Robotics and Prometheus…
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PI offers N-216 PiezoWalk actuator for high-force motion
PI offers a range of piezo ceramic linear actuators for applications with different size, speed and force requirements. Among them is the N-216 PiezoWalk Linear Actuator, a linear actuator designed for applications that require millimeter-range travel, high force and nanometer-scale positioning stability. The N-216 provides 20 mm of travel, push and pull force up to…
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Robot Integration with Rotary Index Tables and Auxiliary Axes
Rotary index tables play a critical role in modern automated manufacturing across automotive, welding, assembly, aerospace, and heavy industrial applications. When integrated with industrial robots, these indexers can function as robot auxiliary axes, dramatically expanding reach, flexibility, and throughput. Motion Index Drives manufactures a full line of high-precision rotary index tables and linear indexing systems…
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Elmo introduces new servo drives and controller
Elmo has announced a new motion controller and new servo drives for industrial applications, including use in demanding operating conditions involving temperature, altitude, sea depth, humidity, and vibration. The products will be shown at the Elmo booth (S-3601) during Automate 2026 in Chicago, June 22–25. The new products expand Elmo’s Platinum line and introduce the […]
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Sustainability, Innovation and Safety, Central to Our Approach
A better future is a key focus for all manufacturers in the aviation industry, and every manufacturer is working toward that solution in their own way. Austin Major, Group Vice President of Business Development and Global Support at Parker Aerospace, highlights what this approach means in a conversation. Q: Recently, Parker joined the consortium to…
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The New High Speed Precision Conveyor
In today’s fast-paced automated manufacturing environments, the demand for efficient, high speed, high precision, reliable, and flexible transport systems is at an all-time high. The newest innovation from Motion Index Drives precision link conveyors is the Taktoflex, a revolutionary flexible high-speed precision conveyor designed to meet the diverse needs of modern industries. With its modular…
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June 2026 issue: Advances in robotic picking and sortation
The June 2026 issue of Design World puts the automated warehouse front and center — examining how labor shortages, e-commerce volume, and the limits of human variability tolerance are pushing supply chain operations toward robotic picking and sortation. From Fastenal’s homegrown sortation workcells built to handle 100-lb totes, to AI vision systems confronting the real-world…
May 2026 issue: Physical AI — The next evolution of artificial intelligence
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April 2026 issue: No GPS? No problem: Inertial navigation validated at the U.S. Army’s APEX event
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Predicting future changes in water quality
As the impact of climate change and land use continue to harm aquatic environments, it is becoming increasingly important to measure and monitor changes in water quality. When Dublin City University (DCU) Water Institute was developing its new mobile lab technology to help predict future changes in water quality, it turned to precision drive and…
