MINK claw vacuum pumps (fig. 5) from Busch Vacuum Solutions have been the standard vacuum generators in pneumatic suction conveying for several years. This is a development that has been justified by ...

How do you get a robot to inspect a tank with high vertical walls? If the walls are made of certain kinds of metal, you just stick a magnet on it. But many large tanks utilized in the food & beverage ...

Three different techniques were evaluated for installing suction cups in an alluvial gravel vadose zone—a steel spike, a mechanical auger, and an air rotary drilling rig. Soil water samples were ...

To create prototype suction cups that are capable of glomming onto rough, wet surfaces and staying there, a research team has found inspiration in an aptly-named marine creature: the clingfish.