SCARA ROBOT ABB Robotics (Cary, NC) is expanding its industrial SCARA robot portfolio with the addition of the IRB 930. The new robot, compromising three variants capable of handling 12 kg and 2...
SOLAR-POWERED EV CHARGER Beam Global’s EV ARC is an advanced sustainable charging infrastructure solution for EVs, featuring a compact solar-paneled canopy that harnesses renewable energy for ...
METAL ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS The new TEMPUS™ technology from Renishaw, West Dundee, IL, enables users of RenAM 500 series metal additive manufacturing (AM) systems to reduce build time...
The IMS5420-TH white light interferometer from Micro-Epsilon, Ortenburg, Germany, opens up new perspectives in industrial thickness measurement of monocrystalline silicon wafers. Due to its broad...
SMART FIXED FLANGE BEARINGS igus®, East Providence, RI, has developed intelligent two- and four-hole fixed flange bearings with wireless sensing capabilities for wear detection, enabling condit...
Last December, Tech Briefs readers were asked to select one product from our 2023 Products of the Month to be named Readers’ Choice Product of the Year. Thanks to all of our readers who cast th...
2Pi Optics, Cambridge, MA, has introduced a high-resolution fisheye sensor based on optical metalens technology. This technology can be used by design engineers to further miniaturize the cameras...
Advanced Energy Industries, Denver, CO, has announced a new configurable power supply that delivers optimized, application-specific power conversion in a small form factor with up to four times h...
AI MOLDER PROCESS CONTROL RJG, Traverse City, MI, is announcing a new feature for their CoPilot® process control system called MAX, the Process Advisor™. MAX utilizes AI technology powered by...
Voting for Tech Briefs’ 29th Annual Readers’ Choice Product of the Year Awards is now closed. Winners will be announced in the March issue of Tech Briefs magazine.
ULTRAFAST LASER SYSTEM Edmund Optics® (Barrington, NJ) has partnered with laser manufacturer Chromacity to release a new line of ultrafast laser systems. This partnership introduces the Chromac...
TEST POINTS Keystone Technologies, New Hyde Park, NY, introduces wire loop THM Test Points, available in 10 colors. They can be used on .062” and .093” thick PCBs with a variety of gripping ...
3D Systems, Rock Hill, SC, is introducing the SLS 300 smaller-footprint 3D printer designed for use in settings other than a manufacturing floor, for example, offices, material research labs, or ...
MOTOR STATOR BUSBAR Interplex (Tustin, CA) has introduced its Motor Stator Busbars for EVs, which efficiently and effectively connect the stator windings of a high-voltage traction motor to its ...
MACHINE VISION HARDWARE The new Vision hardware from Beckhoff (Savage, MN) includes area scan cameras, C-mount lenses, multicolor LED illumination, and complete vision units. Whether used as com...
Each month, our editors choose a Product of the Month that has exceptional technical merit and practical value for our design engineering readers. Those 11 products are the nominees for the 2023 ...
LASER SENSOR The optoNCDT 1220 laser sensors from Micro-Epsilon, Ortenburg, Germany, are used to position automated guided vehicles and autonomous mobile robots without collisions. The sensors, ...
Keysight Technologies, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA, has introduced a new compact, four-channel vector signal generator (VSG) capable of signal generation up to 8.5 GHz with 960 MHz of modulation bandwid...
CAMTEST TEMPCONTROL With the introduction of the new CamTest TempControl from TRIOPTICS (Wedel, Germany), manufacturers can now test camera performance at different temperatures in the laborator...
WAFER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The Industrial Metrology Business Unit of Nikon Corporation, Brighton, MI, has released the automatic wafer measurement system NEX-IV VMZ-NWL 200 to solve the challenges ...