Special robotics in industrial production

The digital flow switch of the PF3A8#H series from SMC fulfills a wide range of requirements.

From the on-demand production of AM powders and degradable implants to robot-based post-processing: the international Formnext Start-up Challenge has recognized young companies from the world of additive manufacturing for their developments.

Dr. Marc Wucherer becomes the new CEO of Ziehl-Abegg.

Together with the Chair of Production Systems (LPS), Schmöle is developing a new process for manufacturing spiral finned tubes for heat exchangers. In addition to an ergonomic improvement for the employees, the manufacturing process is to become more flexible, allowing the heat exchangers to be adapted more individually to their later place of use.

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Feinmess Suhl has expanded its product range with the new 8480 three-point internal rapid probe. The probe has been specially developed for high-precision internal measurement of through and blind bores.

Ger4tech has developed the Mobile Cobot G4T4, the first autonomous mobile robot with a 6-axis robot designed specifically for manufacturing.

3D printing is a manufacturing technology that offers unprecedented flexibility for the geometric design of components and significantly shortens delivery times. Additive manufacturing also offers far-reaching possibilities in the area of fastening solutions.

WeAssist from Werma is a cross-industry plug & play solution for the comprehensive and permanent monitoring of all production and logistics processes.

Hufschmied Zerspanungssysteme has developed a new technology for in-process quality control in machining under the name SonicShark.

6505 visitors and 378 exhibitors attended the machine vision trade fair in Stuttgart.