item has already won the iF Design Award more than ten times. This year, the company received the award for its overhead conveyor system, which makes it easy to optimize transport processes.
With the Edge Edition, Kassow Robots has launched the world's first 7-axis cobots with a controller integrated into the robot base.
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Congress, exhibition and networking
Positive mood after the 20th Rapid.Tech 3D: 2,700 guests from Germany and abroad came to Erfurt from May 14 to 16, 2024 to find out about and exchange information on the latest applications, developments and trends in this field. For the first time, the event was sponsored by the VDMA's Additive Manufacturing Working Group.
Interview with DRV board member Helmut Schmid
Helmut Schmid, Chairman of the German Robotics Association, talks to Annina Schopen about artificial intelligence in robotics, the impact on workforce training and trends and barriers to the introduction of robot technologies.
Enersys, provider of energy storage solutions for industrial applications, presents the NexSys+ outdoor charger, its latest innovation in the range of NexSys power solutions.
Legal requirements stipulate that machines and systems must be serviced regularly. The maintenance work serves to ensure occupational safety and economic efficiency.
IoT-enabled hardware and software
With Siemens Xcelerator for Digital Drivetrain, Siemens presented a comprehensive range of IoT-capable hardware and software from the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio for the entire drivetrain in Hanover.
Safety and security for the transformation...
The Pilz Group closed the past financial year 2023 with a record turnover of 432.9 million euros. The automation company grew worldwide and is reinvesting its profits. Growth opportunities for Pilz arise in particular from safety and security as an important building block for the industrial transformation.
The robotics companies Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) want to use their joint headquarters in Odense (Denmark) to create synergies and accelerate innovation in the field of modern robotics.
Next year's SPS will take place in Nuremberg from November 25 - 27, 2025, thus returning to the period that has been familiar to the automation industry for many years. The dates up to 2027 have also already been published by the organizer Mesago Messe Frankfurt and are also at the end of November.
The United Grinding Group presented a new automation solution in the field of tool processing at GrindingHub. The trade fair presentation focused on connectivity solutions.
Climate protection day in Heilbronn
Under the motto "Sustainably digital: Together for tomorrow", 250 participants met in Heilbronn to discuss climate protection, energy efficiency and sustainability in the economy.
New technologies as enablers for an intelligent factory and the conscious use of resources are two essential levers for a more sustainable industry. These aspects are brought together in the MES manufacturing software Cronetwork from Industrie Informatik and uncover potential.
The Chair of Production Systems at Ruhr-Universität Bochum is researching a robot-based process for the quality-assured assembly of pipe fittings for use in the hydrogen industry.
The demand for a flexibly expandable material flow is very pressing in the energy industry. Concerns about supply bottlenecks have caused demand for energy, particularly in the form of gases and alternative energy sources, to skyrocket within a short space of time.
Industrial companies around the world are looking for ways to reduce energy consumption in their production processes. In the field of wood pelleting, biomass processing and animal feed production, machine manufacturers and customers are also aiming to optimize the energy efficiency of individual process steps.
Kärcher presents a new cleaning agent with a sustainable formula. According to the manufacturer, the highly concentrated agent RM 82N for use with high-pressure cleaners, cup foam lances or sprayers consists of 99% natural-based raw materials and was developed for the removal of oils, greases, mineral and organic soiling in professional applications.
The Arena2036 innovation platform, which is located on the Stuttgart-Vaihingen university campus, is now officially entering its third funding phase, which will run for five years.
At the Hannover Messe, Festo presented a broad portfolio that supports the industrial transformation of the energy sector with the right technological innovations.
In the "H2 FastCell" project, Fraunhofer IPA and the Black Forest Centre for Digitalization, Leadership and Sustainability (Black Forest Campus) have developed a robotic cell in which two robots alternately stack bipolar plates and membrane electrode units into fuel cell stacks in a matter of seconds.
