The digital flow switch of the PF3A8#H series from SMC fulfills a wide range of requirements.

From the on-demand production of AM powders and degradable implants to robot-based post-processing: the international Formnext Start-up Challenge has recognized young companies from the world of additive manufacturing for their developments.

Dr. Marc Wucherer becomes the new CEO of Ziehl-Abegg.

Together with the Chair of Production Systems (LPS), Schmöle is developing a new process for manufacturing spiral finned tubes for heat exchangers. In addition to an ergonomic improvement for the employees, the manufacturing process is to become more flexible, allowing the heat exchangers to be adapted more individually to their later place of use.

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Feinmess Suhl has expanded its product range with the new 8480 three-point internal rapid probe. The probe has been specially developed for high-precision internal measurement of through and blind bores.

Ger4tech has developed the Mobile Cobot G4T4, the first autonomous mobile robot with a 6-axis robot designed specifically for manufacturing.

3D printing is a manufacturing technology that offers unprecedented flexibility for the geometric design of components and significantly shortens delivery times. Additive manufacturing also offers far-reaching possibilities in the area of fastening solutions.

WeAssist from Werma is a cross-industry plug & play solution for the comprehensive and permanent monitoring of all production and logistics processes.

Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme has developed a new technology for in-process quality control in machining under the name SonicShark.

6505 visitors and 378 exhibitors attended the machine vision trade fair in Stuttgart.

Cameras are now often more than just providers of images - they can recognize objects, generate results or trigger subsequent processes. IDS demonstrated the possibilities offered by modern camera technology at Vision.

In the world of Industrial IoT, the term digital twin is on everyone's lips. Dunkermotoren is working intensively on this topic in order to be able to offer its customers added value through its digital twin.

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Stein Automation has put together an exciting product package for this year's Motek: The specialists for workpiece carrier systems will be presenting their new 5G logistics controller and the Stein 400 workpiece carrier system at the international trade fair for production and assembly automation.

Under the motto "Handling your automation challenges", J. Schmalz will be presenting handling solutions at Motek. Each exhibit has its own focus: Schmalz meets the challenge of energy efficiency with the new GCPi compact pump.

With the OPEXplus digital torque tool, Bosch Rexroth is adding a particularly economical variant to its range of bolting solutions.

At Motek, IEF-Werner will be presenting its VarioStack CF "Clean Factory", among other things. The modular palletizing system is suitable for high-precision and automated production processes in clean rooms.

Bott is presenting an exemplary production landscape at Motek.

The trade fair for production and assembly automation has started with 505 exhibitors.

ams.Solution has made new appointments to the Management Board as of October 1. The long-standing CEO and shareholder Manfred Deues is joining the Supervisory Board as planned, Eckhard Ulmer is stepping down from the Management Board.

Not every product can be manufactured fully automatically. Automated production is often not practical, especially for complex, varied products in small quantities.

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