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Takeaways from annual World Robotics report [Add to Safe Senders List]( | If you can't view this email, please [click here]( 8 October 2019 [Share with a friend]( [IEEE SPECS & TECHS - Your Industrial Market Resource for Product, News, Technology & Applications] [IEEE SPECS & TECHS - Your Industrial Market Resource for Product, News, Technology & Applications] TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS [] [Introducing the NEW DEPRAG eacy step feeder for long fasteners]( [Introducing the new DEPRAG eacy step feeder for long fasteners]( DEPRAG, Inc. If a feed system needs to handle particularly long screws that are too long for a standard sword-feeder or vibratory-feeder, DEPRAG now offers a new solution for this challenge. The new DEPRAG step feeder, “[eacy step feed]( allows the efficient, intelligent, and technically clean feeding of extreme long screws. The design of this step-feeder is similar to the already tried-and-true [eacy feed system]( offering up to 80% energy savings. 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