This is a small mechanism solving a big problem in high-speed production. ⚙️🥤
When beverage cans need to transition from vertical to horizontal, even tiny misalignments can cause jams and micro-stops.
Custom-engineered turning dies guide and rotate the cans smoothly while keeping the production line moving at high speed.
The goal is not simply more speed.
It is fewer interruptions, higher OEE and more predictable production.
Would you consider this one of the most underrated parts of an automated production line? 👇
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Desde finales del siglo XIX comenzaron a aparecer en algunas escaleras las llamadas «rinconeras para el polvo»: pequeñas piezas metálicas instaladas en los encuentros interiores de los peldaños, precisamente allí donde la escoba tenía más difícil acceso y tendían a acumularse el polvo y la suciedad.
Su funcionamiento era tan sencillo como ingenioso. Al suavizar el ángulo cerrado entre las superficies, estas pequeñas piezas evitaban que la suciedad quedara atrapada en las esquinas y facilitaban considerablemente el barrido y la limpieza de la escalera. Un pequeño detalle de diseño nacido para resolver un problema cotidiano.
I have spent 23 years documenting the global LED transition of city lighting from space.
Across my 4 missions to the ISS, I have photographed every major city on Earth, building a data set of the gradual replacement of sodium vapor lighting with LEDs.
The warmer, yellow-orange of gas discharge lamps has been phased out worldwide to multi-colored LEDs, citing energy savings and environmental reasons.
Widespread adoption has markedly changed the way our cities look from orbit, and as many have pointed out, how they feel to those on the ground!
Here is a collection of the most striking before-and-after photos I have observed:
Balloon-powered robots! 🎈
Surely one of the coolest and craziest robot project I've seen this year.
Buoyant Choreographies by RoMeLa is a fun art project shown at ICRA in Atlanta last year.
It uses special robots made from helium balloons and moving legs that float and walk around.
People can play with the robots using touch, game controllers, or even by blowing air.
The robots react by changing colors, moving differently, and showing emotions.
@DennisHongRobot, that's so cool, what's next?! 🤯
Here's the paper behind it: https://t.co/jDQESthPvS
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