The "5i.Maintenance" application improves transparency and occupational safety during machine maintenance.

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With the Scoria M240, Werock Technologies presents a new fully robust mobile computer with powerful scanning functions, seamless connectivity and ergonomic design.

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Ansys and the BMW Group are expanding their collaboration to realize the first end-to-end toolchain specifically aligned with safety principles for the development and validation of ADAS and automated/autonomous driving functions.

After exploring the market, a plastics processor decided in 2019 to have WSW Software develop a new MES. The web-based ME system called Valeris is now in productive use and is marketed as an industry-neutral standard solution.

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Comsol announces a major update to Comsol Multiphysics software version 6.0. The update extends the Model Manager Server with a web interface - an asset management system - that makes it easier for Comsol users and non-users alike to manage models, simulation apps and additional and supplementary files.

Adler Pelzer is the world's number two in acoustic and thermal vehicle components. The company has improved cross-functional collaboration in the development phase and increased cost transparency with globally standardized project management software.

At the end of the production chain of a newly constructed production line for tit dumplings, the animal feed manufacturer Eggersmann lacked the personnel for palletizing. Robot-based automation quickly proved to be the best solution.

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Digital networking and Industry 4.0 can now also be easily introduced for small and medium-sized companies. In view of the current shortage of skilled workers, one key lies in the simple programming of production processes.

Universal Robots (UR) is once again expanding its sales network in Germany. Four new partners have joined the company's Certified System Integrators in recent weeks.

With the GX4 and GX8, Epson is introducing two new series of its SCARA robots. They are suitable for a wide range of different applications. From classic pick-and-place applications to assembly and dispensing tasks as well as parts feeding.

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On the way to greater energy efficiency, market and technology leaders are increasingly concerned with optimizing their products in terms of friction and wear.

Norelem has new models for applications with special corrosion resistance requirements.

... would have enjoyed today's industrial trade fairs. After all, he was a technophile, cosmopolitan, Western-oriented person who ensured that Russia became a modern and important player in the global community, primarily through science, technology and reforms of the state and the economy.

The well-known Austrian window manufacturer G.S. Georg Stemeseder now also offers sun protection products. The Schröder Group has enabled an unprecedented level of automation for the new production.

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Sustainability, employee qualification and return on investment: Industry 4.0 has many facets. On the fringes of Hannover Messe 2022, Sven Hamann, Managing Director of Bosch Connected Industry, took the time to talk to editor-in-chief Daniel Schilling about current trends in a rapidly changing environment.

Maintenance is often constantly in fire-fighting mode. To overcome this, a good maintenance plan is required, which also includes predictive maintenance.

Three companies have jointly developed a mobile production system that enables additive and subtractive machining with maximum precision almost anywhere in the world. The centerpiece is additive manufacturing using wire deposition welding.

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The private brewery Christian Fiedler from the Saxon village of Oberscheibe produces premium beers with 18 employees according to the good old German art of brewing. In times of a shortage of skilled workers, the company opted for a palletizing station with a KUKA robot and is delighted.

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Based on a long-term technology project in which Phoenix Contact defined and tested lead-free* alternative materials, the Group is now rapidly converting its connector portfolio.

Industrial automation and the Industrial Internet of Things IIoT are inextricably linked in modern production.

Many manufacturers offer corresponding components - from drive technology to vision systems. We have prepared the Automation & IIoT market overview to help you keep track of everything.