The latest trends and innovations in photonics will once again be the focus of Laser World of Photonics, which will next take place at the Munich Exhibition Center from June 24 to 27, 2025.

A component manufacturer was looking for an individual solution to handle glass fiber rolls ergonomically and effectively. The solution from Best Handling Technology consists of a mobile column-mounted knuckle boom crane that serves as a carrier system, a pneumatic cable balancer and a pneumatic bellows gripper.

As electromobility grows, so does the need to deal with the maintenance, repair and recycling of the associated batteries.

Knives, spatulas, tweezers and other laboratory cutlery are special tools. These instruments are used in a wide range of applications, from biology and chemistry to materials science.

In a collaborative project, a team of experts from Tel Aviv Medical Center, PTC and Hexagon have created a patient-specific scapula implant for a 16-year-old cancer patient. The team used additive manufacturing and medical imaging to design and manufacture the titanium scapula implant.

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With the Q2X series from Banner Engineering, Turck presents compact miniature opto sensors with maximum ranges and five different detection modes for a wide range of applications.

To ensure comprehensive safety, holistic safety concepts for safety and industrial security on machines are required. Authorizations and access must be clearly regulated.

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For large machine tools with a large working area, the challenge is to maintain the shape tolerance of the guideway over the entire length of the guideway in order to achieve precision throughout the entire working area.

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The German economy has long complained about electricity prices that are high by international standards. The German government wants to take countermeasures - but no longer has a majority in the Bundestag.

The Chair of Machine Tools of the WZL at RWTH Aachen University is developing a framework for the automated programming of industrial robots for surface processing.

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According to the Federal Statistical Office, German industry recorded a slight decline in orders of 1.5 percent in October, but positive revisions for the previous month and surprisingly strong annual figures are creating optimism.

According to the Federal Statistical Office, German industry recorded a slight decline in orders of 1.5 percent in October, but positive revisions for the previous month and surprisingly strong annual figures are creating optimism.

The range of test devices from Ceta Testsysteme includes leak testers, mass flow testers, volumetric flow testers and digital pressure gauges.

Autonomous mobile robots with intelligent software for autonomous material handling increase efficiency in a department store logistics center and reduce the workload of employees as well as the accident rate.

Incoming orders in the mechanical and plant engineering sector remained weak in October, with orders falling 9% short of the previous year's level in real terms.

From its new branch in Stuttgart, Delta Electronics aims to meet the needs of the European market and offer new AI and robotics solutions.

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The crisis is increasingly hitting the labor market. According to an Ifo survey, an important part of the German economy in particular is increasingly planning to cut jobs, while short-time working is on the rise.

The vacuum specialist Schmalz is expanding its gripper portfolio and acquiring the mGrip product family from the US company Soft Robotics (SRI), including all finger gripper configurations, patents and the associated know-how.

Sauter Feinmechanik has presented its new tooling generation for lathes. The Sauter-Solidpro enables automated tool changes directly on the turret.