Pilz breaks the 400 million euro sales mark for the first time. The company has succeeded in "making the best of such unfavorable and unpredictable economic conditions". For the coming years, the company has announced plans to expand its range in the field of industrial security.
The declared aim of automation specialist Schunk is to make its customers' processes comprehensible, simple and efficient. Data transparency plays an important role in this. It enables reliable processes and provides the basis for resource-saving planning, zero-defect production and energy efficiency.
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Under the motto "Keep on Moving", Kuka Automation Group will be demonstrating in Munich from June 27 to 30 how robots and system concepts are evolving to sustainably shape a changing world.
The Austrian branch of the Baumüller Group has a new management team. Hartmut Bärtl and Reinhard Aigner succeed Michael Ziegler, who was Managing Director for a total of 25 years.
Euchner at the automatica 2023
Euchner is presenting its latest new developments for communication via IO-Link, via AS-i Safety at Work and via the common fieldbus systems at automatica under the motto "Smart Safety".
Compared to its predecessor, the SD2M, the SD4M frequency inverter from Sieb & Meyer offers functional and control-related improvements: The main advantages are the control technology improvements and the Ethernet-based bus systems.
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With the K30 Pro Optical Sensor, Turck presents a space and cost-efficient solution for applications that require both an optical sensor and a multicolor LED display.
Articulated couplings are characterized by the fact that they compensate for very large radial and angular misalignments without significant restoring forces. They can therefore also be used in all cases where the expected shaft misalignment cannot be precisely estimated in advance.
The success and reputation of electric vehicle manufacturers depend on the safe and flawless functioning of batteries. Hahn Automation has therefore developed a battery tester that performs a fully automated 100% test of mobile energy storage systems. At the central point: a 3-axis gantry for optical and leak testing, consisting of electric drives from Festo.
Short cycle times, robust technology, wear-free surfaces and compact designs have always been relevant for automation and robotics solutions. This year's Automatica trend topics include "Sustainable production" and "Digitalization and AI". SPN aims to meet these extensive requirements for gear technology in the most space-saving way possible and precisely tailored to the needs of its customers.
The young company Blueprint Advanced Manufacturing from Memmingerberg presented individual components in industrial quality. As a development and manufacturing partner, Blueprint makes it easy to manufacture even complex products, from the initial idea to production and delivery.
ifm managed to complete the construction project in just 14 months. Work had only just begun on March 1, 2022. From now on, ifm will be manufacturing its products for the international market on an area of 13,000 square meters.
The major associations BDI, VDMA and ZVEI are calling for more efforts to ensure that Germany remains competitive on an international level.
Electric universal rotary unit
The flat, high-performance rotary units from Schunk are growing with a fourth size and an extended range of variants. The measuring system interfaces now also include the digital real-time interface Hiperface DSL.
For the ninth time, the international "Formnext Start-up Challenge" is once again honoring young companies from the world of additive manufacturing. Prizes are awarded for creative and viable business ideas - the topic of sustainability also plays a role. Companies can apply now.
New functions improve collaboration in the cloud and offer efficient and consistent simulation workflows as well as design finding with AI-supported simulation.
The adoption of automation for smart manufacturing has accelerated. Therefore, NexAIoT has enhanced both OT and IT systems by integrating self-developed data centers and data from digital factories.
ArtiMinds Robotics is presenting automation solutions from the field of advanced robotics at Automatica in Munich. The applications were programmed using the in-house software solutions ArtiMinds Robot Programming Suite (RPS) and ArtiMinds Learning & Analytics for Robots (LAR). Thanks to the low-code approach, both tools simplify the programming of sensor-based robot applications and enable the automation of production tasks that could previously only be solved manually.
Rockwell Automation will work with Total Energies, a global multi-energy company, to implement a robotic fleet management system that will enable autonomous operation of its offshore platforms.
