Special for EMO

An evolutionary development every year, a revolutionary leap every five to seven years - this is how Beckhoff intends to secure its technological leadership.

The manufacturing industry is currently in a highly dynamic environment that requires a change in essential concepts and the implementation of production processes.

At the Hannover Messe, Eplan presented initial insights into the new functions of the eView AR app, which provides a complete overview of the components installed in the enclosure via tablet or smartphone - including access to the electrotechnical documentation.

The former igus:bike becomes RCYL - a bicycle made from 50 percent recycled fishing nets. Igus aims to mass-produce 5,000 bicycles by next season.

Bihl+Wiedemann presented the ASi-5/ASi-3 Safety Gateways at the Hannover Messe. ASi-5 Safety is the perfect addition to ASi Safety at Work whenever safe signals and standard signals need to be collected in the field, safe high-end sensors need to be connected, more complex safety applications need to be solved, a large number of safe bits need to be transmitted from different participants or diagnostic and additional information needs to be used.

Wibu-Systems, provider of solutions for software protection, licensing and security, provided information at the Hannover Messe on how users can protect themselves against piracy, reverse engineering and manipulation.

The Classmate Costpilot software from Simus Systems closes a digitalization gap for machine and plant manufacturers: cost information from various digital sources is brought together in a clear and flexible structure and continuously updated.

Phoenix Contact is planning a new building for electronic and electromechanical production in Mexico. The proximity to the US market and access to resources and expertise for electronics production were decisive factors in the choice of the new location.

Together with Knauf, SEW-Eurodrive presented drive technologies and solutions with which building material manufacturers can become fit for the future.

ebm-papst is expanding its product portfolio to include turbo compressors for different air and gas mixtures.