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Piab is evolving – A brand new customer-centric website launches today
With more than 650,000 users each year, Piab decided to up the ante on both the visual identity and the user experience of the new website. Through countless interviews, Piab created an even more customer-centric website which focuses on existing customers as well as exploring users.
Automated powder handling with Piab’s vacuum conveyors ensures social distancing
The second wave of Covid 19 furhter demands adhering to social distancing rules. Automating material handling with vacuum conveying can play a major role in reducing contacts between employees.
Evolving the beta website – Improvements release #4-2021
Thanks for your valuable feedback on the new website since we launched it beginning of December!
Evolving the beta website – Improvements release #3-2021
Thanks for your valuable feedback on the new website since we launched it beginning of December! The improvements release #3-2021 includes...
Evolving the beta website – Improvements release #2-2021
Thanks for your valuable feedback on the new website since we launched it beginning of December! The improvements release #2-2021 includes...
Evolving the beta website – Improvements release #1-2021
Thanks for your valuable feedback on the new website since we launched it beginning of December! The improvements release #1-2021 includes...
Piab enhances the piGRIP® bag lips (BGI): especially made for lifting sturdy and thin/delicate plastic bags
The BGI-Lip is great for picking both sturdy plastic bags and stand-up pouches filled with dry or wet food/substances. The BGI-2 lip, also gives excellent capabilities in picking thin/delicate plastic bags.
Piab is proud to introduce the piSOFTGRIP® 50-2c
Piab once again extends the pi-SOFTGRIP® family with a new pinch gripper developed for the automation of the food/chocolate industry.
Piab adds COMPACT10E® to the compact pump program
The Piab compact pump program is now expanded with a new alternative, COMPACT10E®, to complement the smaller size 10mm pump program.
Piab produces a new series of automotive suction cups
Piab is proud to introduce a new series of automotive suction cups which address the applications in the Body and Part assembly as well as in low/medium speed press lines.
Piab introduces vacuum conveyor offer for the Additive Manufacturing industry
With extensive experience in material handling within the Pharmaceutical, Food and Chemicals industries, Piab is now extending its offer to the Additive Manufacturing industry.
Piab extends the piSOFTGRIP® program with the piSOFTGRIP® 30-3
Piab is proud to introduce a new smaller size of the soft gripping tool piSOFTGRIP®, developed especially for the food/chocolate industry.
ECU-15S piFLOW®p Smart
Piab continues the software development of the piFLOW®p SMART software platform, which focuses on ease of use and improved/added functionality
ECU-15- piFLOW® Electrical controller
The new software platform both for ECU-15 and ECU-15S can easily be upgraded with new software releases, adding new functionality in the future.
Automated veneer handling - sheet by sheet
With the help of Piab’s Kenos KVG area gripper, Heinrich Kuper GmbH carries out veneer sorting systems. The biggest challenge was to pick up split and perforated sheets one by one with a vacuum gripping system. Piab’s innovative and fine tuneable vacuum technology makes such sensitive handling possible.
Piab adds new size to Bellows Flat Friction Cup Family
Further broadening its already extensive application range, Piab expands its line of bellows flat friction cups to include a cup measuring 60 mm in diameter.
Help for strawberry shortcake lovers
With Piab's combination of conveying, gripping and lifting tools, strawberry shortcakes can be baked quickly and safely packed for transport.
piCOBOT® is available with a plug and play configuration for the Fanuc CR4/CR7 robots
Through the user-friendly online configuration tool, Piab’s customers can now make the choice to have the piCOBOT® specified to the Fanuc robots CR4 & CR7.
Piab adds three new sizes to Rectangular Bellows family
Piab extends its program of Rectangular Bellows cups with two new cups featuring an extra bellow: the RBL20x45, RBL30x55, and a complete new “square” cup the RBL60x60.
Kenos® KVG60 gripper system now available to configure with Piab suction cups
With Piab’s new configurator tool, it is easy to design a KVG60 gripper system equipped with vacuum generation as well as Piab’s suction cups and flow control valves.
Visors protecting people against COVID-19 from Somtech are now handled with Piab components
The fast delivery of gripping components from Piab allows Somtech to produce 56,000 visors a week with immediate effect.