100 years of August Steinmeyer
The production of ball screws requires extensive know-how and many years of experience. August Steinmeyer has specialized in the development and production of complex drive components and offers them individually tailored to a wide range of industries and applications: From tool and special machine construction to medical technology and aerospace. The company is 100 years old this year.
read more...PCD-reinforced workpiece guides
Workpiece guides and wear part components play a decisive role in industrial grinding processes in terms of quality, productivity and cost-effectiveness. A long service life and very good roundness of the component to be machined improve product quality. Norton Winter, the grinding expert Saint-Gobain Abrasives, offers an optimized portfolio of its so-called Diamond Wear Parts for areas exposed to wear with polycrystalline diamond (PCD).
read more...With a modular live eTraining course entitled "Digitalization of the modern working world - getting started in Industry 4.0", the Rexroth Academy teaches the basics, effects and prospects of digitalization in the industrial environment in a practical way.
read more...With the first market-ready wireless charging system for industrial electric vehicles, Wiferion took first place in the warehouse, order picking and intralogistics category.
read more...Trapo's loading system, which replaces forklift trucks and automatically compensates for height differences on the ramp, took second place in the Warehouse, Order Picking and Intralogistics category.
read more...The sensor-based, self-amplifying brake module for the fully automatic stopping of loads was awarded third place by the jury. The brake module from Losyco is used for the fully automatic stopping of loads on the rail track.
read more...The jury of the handling award 2020 awarded first place in the electrical automation category to the world's first AGV and transport robot from French company ez-Wheel.
read more...The nanoScan3 laser scanner from Sick was awarded second place in the electrical automation category by the jury. The scanner is used to safeguard and navigate automated vehicles and robots.
read more...The MOVIKIT AntiSlosh software module from SEW-Eurodrive is used to reduce vibrations during the open transportation of liquids in the production chain. The jury awarded the module third place in the Electrical Automation category.
read more...Freise Automation takes second place with an automatic corona test station.
read more...Robominds presents a flexible robotic vision system based on artificial intelligence (AI) to solve pick-and-place and bin-picking applications and wins first place in the robotics category.
read more...The jury awarded one of the shared 2nd places in the robotics category to UR+ application kits from Universal Robots. These kits simplify the integration of common cobot applications and facilitate access to automation.
read more...With ROTU and PARU, the manufacturer Hofmann & Stirner Feeding Systems has combined the flexibility of a robot with the performance of a vibratory feeder. The increase in performance is possible thanks to digitalization: AI evaluates feasibility, simulation designs the sorting tools.
read more...The Kübler Group, manufacturer and specialist of encoders, sensors and slip rings, made a successful start to its 60th anniversary year and recorded a strong first quarter.
read more...Schmalz has developed a new gripper for automated handling: The FQE is also suitable for various tasks on collaborative robots and holds workpieces of different sizes and shapes quickly and securely.
read more...3D printer for concrete components
The start-up Aeditive has developed a process for 3D printing concrete components using robots. Kuka is researching the further automation of construction.
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