Sumitomo Drive Technologies is expanding its DA series precision gearbox portfolio to include size 10, the smallest single-stage gearbox in the series with an outer diameter of just 110 mm.

With Helulight Static Process, the Helukabel Group presents an intelligent lighting and signaling system for a wide range of industrial applications.

CG Drives & Automation presents new Emotron Power Conversion Systems (PCS), which are specially tailored to the battery storage market.

According to the manufacturer, the integrated BX4 IMC motion controller, which is already integrated into the brushless motors of the Faulhaber 'BX4' family, provides extensive functions and high performance.

Toyota Material Handling offers the Swarm Automation Storage solution for companies that want to optimize their storage space and counteract the shortage of skilled workers.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure is expanding its range of sustainable electrical engineering products through its subsidiary Alpha Verteilertechnik.

A customizable platform allows a machining company to flexibly design its automation and add new machines at any time.

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One of Prismat's largest EWM projects has been in live operation at Phoenix Contact since the end of last year. Since then, the company has benefited from a highly efficient material flow in its distribution center thanks to the standards-based implementation by the SAP professionals.

How does additively manufactured steel behave in combination with traditionally manufactured steel? How can they be optimally processed together? A doctoral student at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences is researching this. She is investigating the weldability of additively manufactured and cast steel.

A survey conducted by Statista on September 6 shows that 45% of Germans consider "migration, asylum and foreigners" to be the most important social problem.

The Executive Board of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Takayuki Ito as President. At the same time, Jane Heffner was appointed as the new Vice President of the IFR.

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On 1 January 2025, Dr. Marc Wucherer will take over as CEO of Lenze from Christian Wendler, who is retiring at the end of the year.

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The starting signal has been given, the igus:bike is on a world tour. To mark the 60th anniversary of igus, the innovative, orange-lit bicycle made from recycled plastic will be traveling the world for a whole year.

At Euroblech, Trumpf is launching a machine that automatically prepares components for welding. The TruLaser Series 3000 Bevel Cut Edition can produce beveled edges (chamfers) on the edges of the component during cutting.

Yaskawa has been supplying robot-based turnkey welding systems from European system construction for 40 years and is illustrating this anniversary at Euroblech with a complex arc welding cell.

"Don't be afraid of AI - use the potential, stay competitive" - with this appeal, INDUSTRIAL Production hosted experts at this year's Motek lecture forum who spoke about the potential applications and challenges of AI in industry.

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More than a third (37%) of companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector rate their current situation as poor or very poor. This is the result of the VDMA's latest economic survey, in which 938 member companies took part in September.

Following the successful market launch of Horst1500, the first industrial robot of the new generation of digital robots, fruitcore robotics presented Horst1000 G2 for the first time at Motek in Stuttgart.

Loading and unloading machines ergonomically and efficiently - Schmalz supports metalworking companies in this. At Euroblech, the company will be presenting solutions for intelligent and ergonomic handling with vacuum.

Six storage areas on three levels, two vertical conveyors and a converted truck loading ramp - these are the cornerstones of a new pallet conveyor system from HaRo that makes the logistics of a feed manufacturer more efficient and sustainable.

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