Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.81
May 18, 2022
…and sensors are available to automation novices at the RBTX automation marketplace. Now, users can configure an individual linear robot ready for connection faster and easier – in just five minutes and with instant price information, said igus. With the help of the online tools, any automation solution can be programmed and tested directly in the selected working area. Even small and medium-sized companies can immerse themselves without a barrier in the world of automation – without the know-how of specialists and CAD software, igus argued. Linear robots are available without control system from €1,000 ($1,048 U.S.) per unit, and…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 9.14
March 24, 2022
…technologies including robot drives, 3D printing, ball bearings, the RBTX platform for Lean Robotics, and intelligent “smart plastics” for Industry 4.0. Company revenue, inventory grow igus predicted that growth will continue until 2023. The 32% increase in turnover from 2020 is a 26% increase from the previous record in 2019. In pursuit of its goal of being “the easiest company to deal with,” igus implemented its “No. 1 Catalog” plan. It said it has kept more than 80,000 additional items in stock or in higher quantities. The rate of catalog products shipped from igus' 15 distribution centers the same day…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 15.18
February 11, 2022
…the company has expanded by creating internal startups for technologies such as ball bearings, robot drives, 3D printing, the RBTX platform for Lean Robotics, and intelligent “smart plastics” for Industry 4.0. Among its most important environmental investments are the “chainge” program—recycling of used e-chains—and participation in Plastic2Oil, an enterprise that produces oil from plastic waste. “We are dreaming of a different kind of igus,’’ said Frank Blase CEO of igus GmbH. “We are dreaming of an igus that has the sense of really improving the world, in a genuine, honest and measurable way.”
