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Free tool gauges plastic waste produced at construction sites
Quantifying waste volumes can help site managers plan for recycling needs and services.
FreshProof project to monitor produce at all stages of the food supply chain
Project FreshProof aims to determine more accurate “use by” and “best by” dates for fresh produce using a system of sensors and hyperspectral cameras that monitor fresh produce all along the food supply chain.
Challenges in solid aggregate handling
Everything from cement to metal powders to grain are considered part of the solids handling world.
Battery-powered truck refrigeration delivers just desserts
The system proved sweetly successful, transporting ice cream by truck during a nine-month trial and resulting in reduced energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
eCart offer temperature-controlled storage for curbside pickup
The Trace Grocery eCart from BrightDrop, a General Motors Co., is a temperature-controlled cart that enables grocery store employees to store grocery orders at the curb for customer pick up.
A boom for the nuclear waste management market
This market is expected to reach a value of nearly $7 billion by 2027.
AGILOX North America opens new Client Experience and Fulfillment Center
The facility supports an expanded workforce and fulfillment capabilities as well as a robotics training academy.
Unbox Robotics launches vertical robotics sortation solution
“UnboxSort” is described by Unbox Robotics as a “swarm intelligence-powered Industry 4.0 plug-and-play robotics solution.”
Mobile robots in auto manufacturing need to analyze their environment – here’s how
In automobile manufacturing, mobile robots deliver parts and components to certain areas in the plant or transport chassis, engines and transmissions along assembly lines.
Metaholograms for detecting light exposure
According to its developers, metaholograms — which are composed of metamaterials — display various holographic images based on the direction of incident light, which is the light that falls on a subject.
New Interroll Helical Modular Chute provides optimum use of space
The chute provides a simple and easy solution for vertical transport in confined spaces for diverse material handling applications.
Optimizing batch/blending of solids using CentriFeeder technology
Finding an accurate and repeatable batch blending system will assist in maximizing profits and minimizing costs associated with product loss or waste.
Bell-Everman ServoBelt arc drive features new large-diameter rotary stage
The system features custom designed rotary and tilt axes that precisely position semiconductor glass panels.
Watch these dead spider legs become reanimated
To further the area of research called necrobiotics, researchers attempted to mimic the flexor muscles of the wolf spider, which enable spider legs to extend outward via hydraulic pressure.
Diversified Ulbrich upgrades processing capabilities with custom-built taping machine
The high-speed, high-precision tape line allows equipment operators to instantaneously change tape rolls with a “speed-loading” mechanism.
Video: Cocoon constructed for legacy reactor
The K East Reactor is the seventh at the Hanford site in Washington to be placed in interim safe storage.
Study: The carbon emissions cost of food transport
Transport accounts for 19% of total food-system emissions of carbon dioxide.
Smart robot guidance systems in the Industrial Internet of Things
Training machines to recognize subtle differences between similar components allows them to become highly efficient at identifying and sorting them, which is ideally suited to the most fundamental of warehouse processes: bin picking.
Video: Universal Robots debuts new industrial cobot
In addition to palletizing, Universal Robots expects the UR20 to be used for welding, material handling, machine loading and machine tending.
How getters improve reliability of hermetically sealed electronic packages
Electronic components may fail if they are exposed to corrosive agents or chemical attack by moisture or other reactive gases that may be present within an electronic package or enclosure.