In its current situation report from October 25, the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) describes and analyzes the current IT security situation using examples and incidents from practice.

The Institute of Assembly Technology at the University of Hanover is working on the collaboration of several mobile robots for the assembly of large components.

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The ZVEI welcomes the European "Cyber Resilience Act" and has been advocating horizontal regulation from the manufacturer to the user for years in order to create uniform rules.

Designing modern electrical installations to be trouble-free and safe is becoming increasingly demanding. On the one hand, regulations are becoming stricter and stricter, and on the other hand, loads are increasing so that the installation must be able to withstand higher currents.

Many companies find it difficult to establish efficient cyber security structures for various reasons. This is the result of a study commissioned by Secunet.

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The risk of cyber attacks has increased rapidly in recent years. Internal IT employees are often unable to efficiently prevent an attack or respond adequately to an attack.

Exports in the German electrical and digital industry rose by 11.7% year-on-year to EUR 21.4 billion in September 2022.

Electric motors usually only become application-specific drive or positioning systems in combination with other components, i.e. reduction gears, brakes, an encoder and the appropriate control electronics.

At Formnext, Siemens is using a gripper solution for automotive production to demonstrate that optimized product design plays an important role in green additive manufacturing. The total mass of the gripper has been reduced by 64 percent and production costs by as much as 73 percent.

A key aspect of Industry 4.0 is always the monitoring and control of manufacturing and machining processes. MotorView, developed by BMR 2020, offers a powerful solution for integrating a process monitoring system for inverters and motors.

With the SKB type, Jakob Antriebstechnik has a compact and powerful generation of safety clutches for overload limitation and collision protection for indirect drives in its range.

After more than 30 years at the helm of ams.Solution, Manfred Deues stepped down as CEO on September 30, 2022 and will move to the Supervisory Board. At the same time, Eckhard Ulmer, another member of the Management Board and one of the company's first employees, will leave the company.

A very high visitor response, a wealth of world premieres and a variety of modern technologies, applications and materials: Formnext 2022 has got off toa successful start and will be presenting the world's additive manufacturing elitein Frankfurt until 18.11.2022 .

Until now, it has been problematic to use low-density foams in additive production processes. However, a research team from Fraunhofer IPA has now developed a sealing nozzle for 3D printers and is using it to print components. The nozzle can be seen for the first time at Formnext.

Henkel and Carbon have announced the expansion of their strategic partnership, with new resins expected to be available on Carbon's Idea-to-Production platform from 2023.

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At Formnext 2022, Essentium will demonstrate how its material-centric approach helps customers produce 3D printed parts without compromising on quality. The company will showcase the advanced capabilities of the Essentium High-Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D printing platform and innovative materials certified for industrial 3D printed parts and tooling.

The leading automation technology and industrial image processing companies Sick and MVTec Software are intensifying their strategic cooperation.

A new torque sensor system for cobots and lightweight robots is integrated into precision shaft gears and, according to the experience of the developers at Schaeffler, enables significantly shorter cycle times.

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11.11. traditionally marks the start of carnival in Cologne. This year, Igus has two reasons to celebrate, as the Cologne-based plastics specialist reached the one billion mark in sales for the first time on this day.

Measuring the earthing quality with earth spikes is complex, costly and time-consuming. Measuring clamps offer a practical alternative for obtaining reliable measurement data quickly and easily.