At Formnext, Siemens is using a gripper solution for automotive production to demonstrate that optimized product design plays an important role in green additive manufacturing. The total mass of the gripper has been reduced by 64 percent and production costs by as much as 73 percent.

A key aspect of Industry 4.0 is always the monitoring and control of manufacturing and machining processes. MotorView, developed by BMR 2020, offers a powerful solution for integrating a process monitoring system for inverters and motors.

With the SKB type, Jakob Antriebstechnik has a compact and powerful generation of safety clutches for overload limitation and collision protection for indirect drives in its range.

After more than 30 years at the helm of ams.Solution, Manfred Deues stepped down as CEO on September 30, 2022 and will move to the Supervisory Board. At the same time, Eckhard Ulmer, another member of the Management Board and one of the company's first employees, will leave the company.

A very high visitor response, a wealth of world premieres and a variety of modern technologies, applications and materials: Formnext 2022 has got off toa successful start and will be presenting the world's additive manufacturing elitein Frankfurt until 18.11.2022 .

Until now, it has been problematic to use low-density foams in additive production processes. However, a research team from Fraunhofer IPA has now developed a sealing nozzle for 3D printers and is using it to print components. The nozzle can be seen for the first time at Formnext.

Henkel and Carbon have announced the expansion of their strategic partnership, with new resins expected to be available on Carbon's Idea-to-Production platform from 2023.

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At Formnext 2022, Essentium will demonstrate how its material-centric approach helps customers produce 3D printed parts without compromising on quality. The company will showcase the advanced capabilities of the Essentium High-Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D printing platform and innovative materials certified for industrial 3D printed parts and tooling.

The leading automation technology and industrial image processing companies Sick and MVTec Software are intensifying their strategic cooperation.

A new torque sensor system for cobots and lightweight robots is integrated into precision shaft gears and, according to the experience of the developers at Schaeffler, enables significantly shorter cycle times.

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11.11. traditionally marks the start of carnival in Cologne. This year, Igus has two reasons to celebrate, as the Cologne-based plastics specialist reached the one billion mark in sales for the first time on this day.

Measuring the earthing quality with earth spikes is complex, costly and time-consuming. Measuring clamps offer a practical alternative for obtaining reliable measurement data quickly and easily.

Last year, sales of industrial robots exceeded the 486,000 mark, a new record. And this development is not stopping in other areas either: more and more simple, monotonous tasks have long been automated by robotics - and not just in large-scale industry.

SPS, which took place in Nuremberg from November 8-10, 2022, once again proved to all participants how relevant the platform is for the entire automation industry.

Siemens and UN Women Germany will in future jointly support the African Girls Can Code Initiative, which provides girls and young women in Africa with comprehensive training in information and communication technology as well as leadership and programming skills.

Erwin Halder has developed threaded locking pins with axial bearings. They work in a very similar way to the tried and tested ball lock pins. The main difference is at the lower end of the bolt: instead of the balls, there are self-locking thread segments that are adapted to the respective thread sizes.

Laser cutting produces smoke and dust that can damage machines and endanger the health of employees. A powerful and reliable laser fume extraction system is therefore of crucial importance.

After the last edition of the Intec and Z industrial trade fairs could only be held as a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic, preparations for the face-to-face trade fairs from March 7 to 10, 2023 at Leipziger Messe are now in full swing.

Over 1000 exhibitors and a good visitor response at the start of the fair.

Components such as IO-Link master modules from ifm can be installed decentrally directly on the machine or system. For the power supply, the company will be presenting new power supply units with IP67 protection and an IO-Link interface at the SPS.