The requirements of manufacturing and the possibilities of additive manufacturing are both increasing. The two areas are increasingly converging - creating "points of contact" that generate innovation. Andy Langfeld, President EMEA at Stratasys, explains what this means for the technologies, the 3D printing and additive manufacturing industry and the future drivers of these technologies.
read more...In September, EMO in Hanover and Schweissen & Schneiden in Essen are two trade fairs for the metalworking industry that will focus on digitalization, among other things.
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The DC-Industrie2 project recently came to an end and the follow-up project, ODCA, has been launched. In an interview with Andrea Gillhuber, Dr. Hartwig Stammberger and Dr. Jan Stefan Michels spoke about the potential of DC technology and its importance on the road to climate neutrality.
read more...The industry is going through a period of change. Many see the term "smart manufacturing" as a signpost. Markus Asch, CEO of Rittal International and Rittal Software Systems, sheds light on the current challenges facing industrial companies.
read more...The challenges for German companies in 2023 are also enormous. In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Wolfgang Mörsch, Head of International Marketing at ZwickRoell, explains the consequences of this for testing technology and the opportunities it offers.
read more...Industry 4.0 and Intralogistics 4.0. are changing the production environment and thus have an impact on AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles) and AMRs (Autonomous Mobile Robots). In order to allow the industry to follow the trends with fast, cost-efficient development, Markus Fenn and Prof. Dr. Stefan May have developed Eduard, a teaching and prototyping platform that can be used to map the current trends. Markus Fenn talks about this in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.
read more...While digitalization is making itself felt in many drive technology components, servo couplings remain largely unaffected. Nevertheless, there are constant developments, as Roland Arnold, Head of Design at Jakob Antriebstechnik, reports in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.
read more...Interview about HANNOVER MESSE 2023
HANNOVER MESSE is startingthis year in a difficult economic environment . Annina Schopen and Andreas Mühlbauer spoke with Hubertus von Monschaw, Global Director Trade Fair and Product Management HANNOVER MESSE and Basilios Triantafillos, Global Director HANNOVER MESSE, Energy, ComVac & Global Business and Markets about the importance of the trade fair in this situation and about the trends in the industry in 2023.
read more...Editorial INDUSTRIAL Production 3/2023
After a year of war in Ukraine with repeated targeted attacks on the civilian population, I am a little perplexed that there are still - or increasingly so - people who take the easy way out and demand concessions from the invaded.
read more...In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Thomas Rettig, Senior Management Control System and Communication Architecture at Beckhoff Automation, cites reliability, speed and compatibility as decisive factors for industrial communication.
read more...After the involuntary corona break, this year's Intec is once again taking place in real life at the Leipzig exhibition grounds. Editor-in-chief Daniel Schilling asked project director Ulrike Lange about the highlights, synergy effects and special features of the Leipzig location.
read more...After the game is before the game. By the time you hold this magazine in your hands, 2022 will almost be over. INDUSTRIAL-Production editor-in-chief Daniel Schilling with three trends that have emerged this year and will shape the industry in 2023.
read more...In its current situation report from October 25, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) describes and analyzes the current IT security situation using examples and incidents from practice.
read more...Editorial INDUSTRIAL Production 10/22
... in computer science was still something exotic when I took a basic course in year 12 in 1988. The teachers weren't specially trained and very few of them knew much about the subject. But we managed to get by, also with the help of fellow students with computer experience, and so we learned rudimentary programming.
read more...Attention soccer experts: The betting game for the 2022 World Cup of the media brands materialfluss, INDUSTRIAL Production, KUNSTSTOFF MAGAZIN, LABO and Baugewerbe is online.
read more...Production 4.0 is more than just a buzzword. Christian Wolf, Managing Director of Hans Turck, explains how this works in practice in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.
read more...... of the industrial economy is the machine tool industry. If the manufacturing industry is skeptical about the future, machine manufacturers are usually the first to feel the effects: customers cancel or postpone their orders.
read more...AMB will once again take place in Stuttgart from September 13 to 17, 2022. INDUSTRIAL Production editor-in-chief Daniel Schilling spoke to trade fair director Gunnar Mey about the innovations, highlights and trends at the trade fair for machine tools and precision tools.
read more...Editorial INDUSTRIAL Production 7/22
... would have enjoyed today's industrial trade fairs. After all, he was a technophile, cosmopolitan, Western-oriented person who ensured that Russia became a modern and important player in the global community, primarily through science, technology and reforms of the state and the economy.
read more...How can small and medium-sized companies get started with robotics and networked production and where is the trend in production heading after the coronavirus crisis and the war in Ukraine? Patrick Theobald, Managing Director of Peakboard, talked about this in an interview with Daniel Schilling.
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