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    • Lucid Vision Labs Inc.
    Lucid Vision Labs' Helios2 Wide Time-of-Flight (ToF) camera is suited for tasks that offer a close working distance and a large area of operation, such as pick-and-place and palletizing applications.
    Product Innovations

    Lucid camera expands viewable area

    Karen Hanna
    April 17, 2023
    The Helios2 Wide Time-of-Flight (ToF) is easy to use and offers protection against water and dust intrusion.
    Onexia Inc.
    A cobot is shown in an installation set up by Exton, Pa., integrator Onexia.
    Manufacturing

    What's a cobot?

    Karen Hanna
    April 14, 2023
    Ability to work alongside humans characterizes the technologies, but interactions that would bring the two in closest contact still are rare.
    Baracco Srl
    Available through ADG Solutions, Baracco's underwater pelletizing systems have capacities ranging from 220 pounds per hour to 13,227 pounds per hour.
    Recycling

    Italian company Baracco's pelletizers are versatile, produce uniform pellets

    Ron Shinn
    April 13, 2023
    The machines, along with the company's spin dryers, now are available from ADG Solutions.
    Atlas Material Testing Technology
    The Ci4400 Weather-Ometer
    Manufacturing

    Weather-Ometer tests parts for durability

    Karen Hanna
    April 13, 2023
    The updated Ci4400 demonstrates how materials and products, such as plastic parts, degrade when exposed to light, extreme temperatures and humidity.
    Davis-Standard LLC
    Davis-Standard's DS-XEL control system adds a high-performance HMI and a range of upgraded features for Super Blue and HPE models.
    Extrusion

    Control system expands extruders' capabilities

    David Tillett
    April 12, 2023
    Davis-Standard's DS-XEL system adds a high-performance HMI and a range of upgraded features for Super Blue and HPE models.

    More content from April 2023

    ICIS
    Emily Friedman is recycled plastics senior editor for ICIS.
    Recycling

    Understanding the forces that drive recycled resin pricing: Talking Points

    Ron Shinn
    April 12, 2023
    Once it was a cheap alternative; now, with companies setting ambitious sustainability targets, supply is tight and it can cost more than virgin.
    CAMWorks
    CAMWorks software has expanded its capabilities.
    Molds & Tooling

    CAMWorks software broadens capabilities

    David Tillett
    April 11, 2023
    The software can be used by mold makers to automate CNC machining and wire electrical discharge machining, and make it more efficient.
    Onexia Inc.
    The market for cobots is hot. Here, one operates as part of an automation cell designed by integrator Onexia.
    Manufacturing

    Ease of use, flexibility spur interest in cobots

    Karen Hanna
    April 11, 2023
    Artificial intelligence, sensors and vision systems that can be paired with cobots enable advances.
    iStock/Getty/ronstik
    Nofia CO6010-EX from FRX Polymers is intended for electronics and appliances.
    Product Innovations

    Flame retardant intended for electronics, appliances

    Daniel Gaddy
    April 10, 2023
    Nofia CO6010-EX from FRX Polymers eliminates the need to pre-dry the resin.
    Pagani USA
    The Pagani 4090B granulator is available with in-feed hopper widths of 23.6 inches, 35.4 inches, 59.1 inches and 82.7 inches.
    Recycling

    Pagani granulator handles large parts

    Ron Shinn
    April 10, 2023
    Featuring a robust cutting chamber, the Pagani 4090B is made from plate steel and has a “Rotoflange” bearing system designed to protect against dust infiltration.
    Enercon
    Enercon's blown-ion plasma treater prepares a part for application of tape.
    Manufacturing

    Plasma treatment speeds spoiler production

    Karen Hanna
    April 6, 2023
    Adding the Enercon blown-ion system, along with custom automation, also freed workers from a smelly job at Champion Plastics.