Last year, sales of industrial robots exceeded the 486,000 mark, a new record. And this development is not stopping in other areas either: more and more simple, monotonous tasks have long been automated by robotics - and not just in large-scale industry.

SPS, which took place in Nuremberg from November 8-10, 2022, once again proved to all participants how relevant the platform is for the entire automation industry.

Siemens and UN Women Germany will in future jointly support the African Girls Can Code Initiative, which provides girls and young women in Africa with comprehensive training in information and communication technology as well as leadership and programming skills.

Erwin Halder has developed threaded locking pins with axial bearings. They work in a very similar way to the tried and tested ball lock pins. The main difference is at the lower end of the bolt: instead of the balls, there are self-locking thread segments that are adapted to the respective thread sizes.

Laser cutting produces smoke and dust that can damage machines and endanger the health of employees. A powerful and reliable laser fume extraction system is therefore of crucial importance.

After the last edition of the Intec and Z industrial trade fairs could only be held as a virtual event due to the coronavirus pandemic, preparations for the face-to-face trade fairs from March 7 to 10, 2023 at Leipziger Messe are now in full swing.

Over 1000 exhibitors and a good visitor response at the start of the fair.

Components such as IO-Link master modules from ifm can be installed decentrally directly on the machine or system. For the power supply, the company will be presenting new power supply units with IP67 protection and an IO-Link interface at the SPS.

Gear specialist Framo Morat presents the new SpeeroX gear set, in which the gear teeth move to the face side. This results in a reduction of the installation space. SpeeroX enables high gear ratios in just one gear stage and is both quiet and efficient.

In partnership with a renowned customer in the mechanical engineering sector, SPN Schwaben Präzision has developed a spur gear for a float drive. The advantage of the drive developed by SPN for roller conveyors is that it is so universally aligned that it can be used throughout the entire conveyor chain.

Sick is presenting sensor innovations for the industrial digital transformation at this year's SPS. At the trade fair stand, visitors from all sectors will get an overview of solutions for holistic safety and robotics applications, concepts for greater transparency in the operational flow of goods as well as vision and ID offerings.

Data generated by automation systems often remains unused. An edge-to-cloud IIoT solution makes it possible to access this valuable information.

Copa-Data will be presenting various cross-disciplinary application examples of the Zenon software platform at SPS. The cross-industry and cross-manufacturer MTP standard supports companies in orchestrating their data from different disciplines without further programming effort.

Bopla is expanding its series of industrial enclosures with the Euromas X model. With two materials, basic shapes and cover variants, Euromas X meets the typical requirements of IoT devices.

Three new PCB relays from Omron Electronic Components Europe are aimed at automotive and mobility applications where space is at a premium and performance is critical. The new Omron G8K, G8G and G8PM relays support the control of high-power DC motors.

In the course of digitalization, there is rightly a lot of talk about cybersecurity. But safety technologies have also made great progress with this development. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Lumme, Product Manager Extreme at Steute Technologies, explains these developments in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.

The Supervisory Board of Ziehl-Abegg has appointed Dr. Marc Wucherer as the company's new CEO. The 52-year-old will take on the new role in December.

In order to digitalize a company holistically, it is fundamental to network the office level with the production level. The challenge lies in linking the individual systems.

Intelligent measuring devices collect a lot of data at field level. But up to 97% of it remains unused. Yet they are the raw material for Industry 4.0. #empowerthefield, the Industry 4.

Helukabel presents itself at the SPS as a system provider for electrical connection technology. In industry, Helukabel products are used in drag chains and robots, for example.