These are the INDUSTRIAL Production products of 2024

The editorial team of INDUSTRIAL Production counted more than 3,800 votes cast online when the reader voting ended in mid-February. Since the summer of 2023, readers and companies from various industries have been able to submit their suggestions for their Product of the Year 2024. 31 nominees were then presented at the end of the year.

On the afternoon and evening of March 13, the editors then presented the prizes to the lucky winners at the festive event. You can find out who came out on top in the categories of additive manufacturing, drive technology and automation, robotics, handling, assembly and production logistics and metalworking in the article below and also here in the picture gallery.

"Congratulations on the great performance"

"We would like to congratulate all the winners on their awards and their contribution to the industry. The special thing about this award is that the nominated products are evaluated by the readers of INDUSTRIAL Production. This means that their evaluation, opinion and experience flow directly into the result. With this in mind, congratulations to the respective company teams," comments Peter Eberhard.

By the way: After the competition is before the competition, and this year the editorial team will once again be calling on its readers to submit suggestions - then for the INDUSTRIAL Production products of the year 2025.

The winners of the competition for the INDUSTRIAL Production Product of the Year 2024

Category 1: Additive manufacturing

1st place: Stratasys - F3300 FDM 3D printer
The F3300 FDM 3D printer offers added value through reduced labor, maximized uptime, improved part quality and higher throughput.

2nd place: Sintratec - Cold Metal Fusion process
Cold Metal Fusion is a process for the production of complex metal parts in which SLS 3D printers are used to manufacture metal components.

3rd place: ULT - AMF 200 extraction and filter solution
AMF 200 is a modular, open, cost-optimized extraction and filter system for metal-based additive manufacturing systems of various sizes.

Category 2: Drive technology and automation

1st place: SEW-EURODRIVE - MOVIKIT CombiTelescope
The MOVIKIT CombiTelescope software module enables motion- and time-optimized control of load handling attachments of the combi telescope type.

2nd place: ads-tec Industrial IT - Industrial terminal MES9000
The HMIs in the MES9000 series from ADS-TEC Industrial IT are versatile industrial PCs for a modern manufacturing and production environment.

3rd place: ABB - IE5 synchronous reluctance motor IE5-SynRM

The IE5-SynRM has up to 40 percent less energy loss than conventional IE3 motors. The design for potentially explosive atmospheres ensures safety and energy efficiency.

Category 3: Robotics

1st place: Zimmer - Flexible robot cell ZiMo
The flexible robot cell ZiMo enables a safe and cost-effective entry into process automation. The solution for small, medium and varying batch sizes, mobile and at different locations.

2nd place: EGS Automation - SUMO Automationssysteme
Economical standard solutions for the automation of a wide range of processes in plastics and metalworking.

3rd place: SSI Schaefer - SSI Piece Picking
The SSI Piece Picking robot-based single piece picking system enables fully automated piece picking with functions such as pick & place, object recognition and gripping point determination.

Category 4: Handling, assembly and production logistics

1st place: KASTO Maschinenbau - KASTOsort tower
KASTOsort tower is the space-saving, highly productive solution for pre-processing including sorting, which automates the sawing and storage process 24/7.

2nd place: SICK - Safe camera systems safeVisionary2
safeVisionary2 is the first 3D time-of-flight camera with Performance Level c safety certification.

3rd place: FIPA - Cobot Smart Gripper CSG surface gripper
The Cobot Smart Gripper CSG from FIPA is a surface gripper with an internal electric vacuum pump for compressed air-free automation.

Category 5: Metalworking

1st place: Supfina Grieshaber - Supfina Planet BD
Solutions for grinding coated brake discs - Supfina Planet BD double-face grinding machine for grinding hard-coated brake discs.

2nd place: Trumpf - TruMatic 5000
The fully automatic punch laser machine for networked production enables higher productivity and part quality with reduced energy consumption.

3rd place: J. Schmalz - ivOS Sheet Metal Solution Kit
The ivOS Sheet Metal Solution Kit automates the handling of sheet metal parts. It consists of 3D camera technology, the ivOS vision operating system and the flexible FMG matrix gripper.