Digitalization and AI are now dominating the public debate. But there are usually more questions than answers. So automatica from June 27 to 30, 2023 comes at just the right time.

Compact, powerful and maneuverable: The NexX multidirectional reach truck from Hubtex is ideal for use in confined storage spaces and narrow aisles. In addition to long goods, standard formats of up to 3 tons can also be transported.

Recent advances in AI-based image analysis make machine vision accessible to companies of all sizes, even without technical experience or programming knowledge. This reduces the time required to set up inspection applications and increases the efficiency of production lines.

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Hubtex has given its FluX electric multidirectional counterbalanced truck an update: The new generation for the three-ton capacity class.

The networking of people, machines and products is one of the biggest challenges in mechanical and plant engineering. That is why Adito has developed a software solution for the mechanical and plant engineering industry that helps you to master precisely these challenges.

Boschert also presented the revised CU-Flex copper processing center with its three stations for punching, bending and shearing in Hanover. This allows users to completely manufacture copper parts in just one work process.

At automatica 2023 in Munich from June 27 to 30, 2023, Cognex will present its current product portfolio for the automation of simple to complex applications in the fields of defect and assembly inspection, classification, measurement, robotics, code identification and plain text.

Rotary screw compressors are the reliable backbone of industrial compressed air generation. The innovative CSD/CSDX series from Kaeser Kompressoren with its numerous features produces them efficiently and saves energy costs. This also reduces the_{CO2 footprint}.

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automatica - the leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics - is taking place again this year. The reason for this is the change to a new rhythm. From now on, the international automation industry will always meet at the Munich exhibition center in odd-numbered years, parallel to the Laser World of Photonics.

At the Hannover Messe, Boge showed how compressed air systems can be analyzed and optimized with Boge connect. The service tool has been expanded to include additional connection options and offers even more versatility.

Around 500 companies presented their solutions for the production, transportation, infrastructure, storage, refuelling and consumption of hydrogen at the Hannover Messe.

Analyze the energy consumption per cycle directly in the drive - without external sensors. Baumüller demonstrates this with Smart Energy Monitoring. In times of rising energy costs, solutions are needed to determine energy requirements and then reduce them in a targeted manner.

Every industry places specific demands on labeling. Whether an object is at rest or moving on a conveyor belt at the time of labeling also plays a role.

Catena-X Automotive Network e.V., the industrial policy lighthouse project for the digitalization of global value chains, moved from the visionary project to the beta phase during Hannover Messe 2023 and launched the operation of the Catena-X data room.

Increasing reporting obligations to authorities, rising energy prices and customer demands for improved resource and energy efficiency, proof of_{CO2 emissions} or even climate-neutral products and processes as a criterion for awarding contracts - challenges that companies of all sizes are already facing today or will be facing in the near future.

Beckhoff wants to revolutionize the market with the MX modular automation system. Andrea Gillhuber spoke to Product Manager Daniel Siegenbrink about the possibilities that the system offers users, what experiences have already been made and where the journey is heading.

Rollon presented itself together with the other companies at the Timken Group's joint stand. Thanks to their ability to self-align, Rollon's Compact Rail systems can compensate for parallelism errors of the mounting surfaces in one or two planes as well as height offset or angular errors between the guides.

The highlights at the Fischer Connectors stand were ultra-robust single-pair Ethernet (SPE) and connectivity solutions for USB 3.2 Gen 2.

Under the motto "100 years of passion for technology and innovation", Phoenix Contact not only celebrated technological and personal connections from 100 years of company history at this year's Hannover Messe.

Under the motto "Making The Difference", Harting presented solutions for a sustainable future. During the press conference, the company provided information on connectivity and cabling solutions for renewable and decentralized energy supply.