The Formnext trade fair will offer its trade visitors an expanded range of topics from November 15 to 18, 2022 under the Frankfurt Trade Fair Tower.

Diamant is Germany's oldest bicycle brand - the manufacturer from near Chemnitz has been around since 1885. Up to 1,500 bicycles and e-bikes are handmade there every day. Efficient workflows and good communication play an important role in the production processes. Those responsible also make targeted use of work clothing as a success factor.

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At Formnext, Arburg will be showcasing the new Freeformer 750-3X, whose installation space is around 2.5 times larger than that of the Freeformer 300-3X, which will also be presented in Frankfurt.

Layer-based 3D build-up processes for polymers often exhibit inhomogeneous strength values. With the voxel fill process, AIM3D is taking a new approach that overcomes inhomogeneous strengths and scores points with defined selective densities in the component.

At the end of the 2021/22 financial year on June 30, 2022, the Trumpf Group recorded the highest turnover in the company's 99-year history with a strong increase in turnover of 20.5 percent to 4.2 billion euros.

The Tab-Ex 03 tablet from the Pepperl+Fuchs brand ECOM Instruments is now the third generation of Samsung devices in variants for industrial use in harsh environments. From November 2022, the Tab-Ex 03 will be available in the DZ1 variant for use in Zone 1/21.

Order is an important building block for efficiency. The reality in production halls often looks different: Material is jumbled up in various forms on trolleys and forklifts.

The company AWL-Techniek is a pioneer in the modularization of production lines. Turck supported the Dutch machine manufacturer with a decentralized safety concept for the implementation of the modular concept.

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... in computer science was still something exotic when I took a basic course in year 12 in 1988. The teachers weren't specially trained and very few of them knew much about the subject. But we managed to get by, also with the help of fellow students with computer experience, and so we learned rudimentary programming.

At the SPS, ebm-papst is presenting the ECI-63 internal rotor motors from the modular drive system, equipped with an EtherCAT interface. For this purpose, high-performance interface electronics including a multi-protocol chip have been added to the drive housing.

Comprehensive automation, drive and control solutions from a single source define Yaskawa's presence in addition to the PLC - from the process level to interfaces and controllers to application-specific drive technology and robot-based applications.

ISG will be presenting the latest enhancements to its ISG-virtuos simulation platform at SPS. The open software for digital twins enables machine and plant manufacturers to realize simulation models, especially for virtual commissioning.

At SPS, Siko will be presenting the AP05 as a compact version in the format adjustment segment, now with an integrated IO-Link interface. With its ability to display the set value and actual value to the machine operator on the adjustment spindle, it increases convenience for the setter.

Resource-saving, user-friendly and highly efficient - Schwarze-Robitec, the tube bending machine manufacturer, combines these advantages in an all-electric multi-radius tube bending machine with a newly developed cutting system.

Autonomous vehicles that swarm across the warehouse floor at speeds of up to ten meters per second and deposit parcels with pinpoint accuracy: What sounds like science fiction at first was already reality at Depot 250 in Cologne-Porz.

Omron Electronic Components Europe today announced the signing of a pan-European distribution agreement with Conrad Electronic, the German-based technical sourcing platform operating in 17 European countries.

From design, services and operating materials to occupational safety - no production can function without the right environment. The range is extensive. Here is a brief overview.

Robotics, machine tools and accessories are the focus of this market overview.

For more than 15 years, the modular system from soldering specialist Eutect has presented the entire range of modules from which the Swabian machine manufacturer develops solutions for selective soldering processes.

Experts expect battery production capacity in Europe to increase 20-fold by 2030. Packaging for battery transportation must comply with both strict official regulations and individual customer requirements.