IGZ Move-by-Robots was honored with the German Innovation Award 2024 on 14.05.2024. The expert jury evaluates the submissions according to the criteria of degree of innovation, user benefit and cost-effectiveness.
Connecting aircraft structures
The Fraunhofer IWS has made progress towards new ecological aircraft construction concepts. As part of the EU's Clean Sky 2 program, a team of researchers from Dresden demonstrated the chipless joining of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic component structures in the Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator (MFFD) project.
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With the Supply Chain Duty of Care Act, companies' responsibility no longer ends at their own factory exit or loading gates. One solution is the Ident-Gate system from Sick.
TXOne Networks, a company specializing in the security of cyber-physical systems (CPS), presented its new CPS security platform: "SageOne", which means Wise Man One.
The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance presents cross-industry and cross-technology implementation projects for more interoperability in the implementation of existing and future legal regulations.
Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG felt the effects of the expected investment restraint in the industry in the first quarter of 2024: The order intake of the Swabian machine tool and automation specialist fell by 11.9% to 127.0 million euros across the Group in this period compared to the same period of the previous year.
Andreas Mühlbauer spoke to Wilhelm Jung, founder and owner of Jung Antriebstechnik und Automation, about how drive technology is changing with increasing digitalization and what developments can be expected in the future.
Phoenix Contact is expanding its industrial network portfolio with WLAN client modules in accordance with the Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) technology standard. The new modules in the WLAN 1000 series support gross WLAN data rates of up to 2,402 Mbit per second at 160 MHz bandwidth.
Mobile robotic systems are being used in more and more areas of work. However, their widespread use on the market is often prohibitively expensive for small and medium-sized companies. Igus wants to change this with new low-cost robotics products and presented a series of affordable mobile plastic robots at the Hannover Messe.
KSS ultrafine filtration for grinding oils
In order to grind economically, reliably and with the highest quality, extremely clean grinding oils are required. Filter manufacturer Vomat offers the metalworking industry high-performance and customized concepts for the filtration of cooling lubricants.
The KMP 3000P mobile robotics platform from Kuka is ready for operation 24/7 thanks to its inductive charging concept and brings a new dimension of flow to intralogistics.
Aconity3D has set itself the goal of optimizing the stability of the manufacturing method of powder bed-based laser melting and thereby promoting its use in a wide range of industries. By using high-speed industrial cameras from SVS-Vistek, the company has come one step closer to this goal.
The Okamoto team celebrated 30 years of the Okamoto European branch in Langen, Hesse, with all European dealers and invited trade visitors at an in-house exhibition.
With the new research center for cognitive production systems, the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU is intensifying its activities in a key future field: adaptable, self-controlling production that learns from humans.
"As things stand today, the level of digitalization at store floor level is still shockingly low and, if at all, characterized by isolated solutions." This statement from a survey participant among exhibitors at this year's AMB shows the perception of the basic level of digital maturity in metalworking.
Where complex products are manufactured from many different and small components, the material flow between warehousing and production often requires additional effort. One example is EA Elektro-Automatik in Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, whose intralogistics were practically completely revolutionized with the support of Logber.
In addition to computer solutions for vehicle diagnostics, Getac now also offers AI-based digital tools that support customer contact in service operations.
Lutz Pumpen at the Achema 2024
The new B3 Battery from Lutz Pumpen promises mobile and safe working with aggressive liquids without having to compromise on pumping performance compared to wired versions. The battery-powered drum pump will be on display at Achema, the world's leading trade fair for the process industry, from June 10 to 14, 2024.
Software protection and marketplace technology
Two essential components of software marketing are software protection and licensing, as well as the implementation of an app store or marketplace. The combination of FLECS' marketplace technology with the CodeMeter software protection and licensing system from Wibu-Systems should make this even easier.
There is no way around digitalization. However, as many investments as possible should be retained when transforming existing systems. This is the aim of the concept of "reverse digitalization".
