Editorial INDUSTRIAL Production 3/2023
After a year of war in Ukraine with repeated targeted attacks on the civilian population, I am a little perplexed that there are still - or increasingly so - people who take the easy way out and demand concessions from the invaded.
Resource-saving plastics processing
PC-based control, the PC- and Ethercat-based control and drive technology from Beckhoff, offers the potential to make machines and systems for the plastics processing industry work more sustainably.
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The embedded world Exhibition & Conference will take place in Nuremberg from March 14 to 16. It offers an insight into the world of embedded systems and is the industry meeting place for the embedded community, experts and industry associations.
SemsoTec is also pleased to once again be a participant at the embedded world Exhibition & Conference, the world's leading trade fair for embedded systems, in Nuremberg. The company develops individual and unique HMI systems including complex embedded software solutions specifically designed to meet customer requirements in the automotive, aviation, smart home, medical, e-mobility and other industries.
Beckhoff has expanded its PS power supply series within the PS2000 series to include devices with an EtherCAT interface. This provides additional measurement and device data for comprehensive monitoring, which can be used to increase system availability.
Many industrial electronic assemblies are based on system-on-module concepts. The power supply is usually implemented together with the required I/O functions on a carrier circuit board and the respective SoM is mounted in a special slot during commissioning.
Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP in the Potsdam Science Park at Lopec 2023 in Munich showed what is already technologically possible in the field of printed electronics.
At embedded world, CTX will be focusing on cooling concepts for embedded systems and industrial computers. Interested parties can see for themselves how the cooling solutions counteract high heat generation and ensure smooth operation of the integrated systems.
Embedded hardware is now finding its way into all areas of industry: in industrial PCs, edge components, image processing, industrial AI applications and compact complete systems. Reason enough to get an overview of who offers what.
The universal PCAN-MicroMod FD ECU from Peak-System is designed for the integration of customer-specific accessories in automotive applications. It has been equipped with a CAN FD connection and a mixture of analog and digital I/Os for this purpose.
Despite geopolitical and economic challenges, the Lapp Group once again closed the past 2021/2022 financial year (October 1 to September 30) successfully.
The energy crisis makes one thing clear: it is not enough to simply screw a photovoltaic system onto your roof or purchase green electricity. Industry is faced with the challenge of reducing consumption in order to counter the rise in energy prices, reduce itscarbon footprint and at the same time be prepared for taxonomies imposed by investors and/or politicians. Hannover Messe offers solutions to these challenges.
Several hundred jobs are to be cut in non-production areas at the Munich-based mechanical engineering group KraussMaffei. There are no plans to cut jobs in production and assembly. The details are still being negotiated with the works council.
Partial automation in wood processing
The Schnurr company in Nordrach in the Black Forest has been processing wood for almost 170 years. Today, the company is a sought-after partner when it comes to individual wooden packaging or sawn and planed wood.
Industrial trade fairs Intec, Z and GrindTec
The last edition of the Leipzig industrial trade fairs two years ago could only be held virtually due to the pandemic. The long-awaited comeback of Intec and Z will take place at Leipziger Messe from March 7 to 10, 2023.
In times of an abundance of difficult framework conditions, companies in the machining industry need innovative partners and technology suppliers more than ever to help them master the special challenges they face.
For akf bank, the focus at this year's Intec, the international trade fair for machine tools, manufacturing and automation technology, from March 7 to 10 in Leipzig will once again be on advising its customers.
Visitors to EMO Hannover 2023 in September will be able to experience the latest trends in production technology at four joint stands. The focus will be on additive manufacturing, connectivity, open space cobot solutions and sustainability.
Mimaki Germany, manufacturer of inkjet and 3D printing technologies, is exhibiting at Intec 2023 together with its partner DP Solutions. The international trade fair for machine tools, manufacturing and automation technology will take place in Leipzig from March 7 to 10.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research (MPIE) in Düsseldorf want to find a way to produce and test three-dimensional metal microarchitectures for use in MEMS. The microarchitectures are to be 3D printed in order to overcome the current limitations of manufacturing.
