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Oerlikon Balzers has supplied the BMW Group plant in Landshut with coating systems for the metallization of plastic parts. The ePD technology enables innovative functions and designs and complies with REACH environmental regulations.
read more...A hybrid assembly system with manual and HRC workstations successfully demonstrates a heterogeneous approach to production systems. The virtual image was used to verify the functionality and safety of the system in advance.
read more...Digitization and security retrofit
In order to remain competitive, industry must move with the times and digitize both processes and (infra)structures. The opportunities are manifold: manufacturing companies can increase efficiency, save costs, meet growing functional and safety challenges and develop new business models such as entire "industrial services as a service". But what if the equipment used for this cannot be networked appropriately or is inadequately equipped in terms of cyber security?
read more...The Bremen-based system house Armbruster has launched a fundamentally new software version of its Elam worker guidance system, which now goes far beyond assembly.
read more...What is the best way to put digitalization concepts into practice, especially when it comes to mobile components? Nicola Magrone and Udo Marmann explain SEW-Eurodrive's modular approach, for which the company has defined its own business segment.
read more...Used batteries from electric cars contain valuable raw materials that can still be used. To be able to recycle them, a research team from the Center for Digitized Battery Cell Production (ZDB) at Fraunhofer IPA is developing a robot cell with a wide variety of tools.
read more...Voice assistance systems also create added value in industry by making processes more efficient and reducing the workload of employees. Companies looking for high-quality solutions are also finding them in Germany.
read more...The manufacturer SEW-Eurodrive has expanded its Maxolution system.
read more...People and the digital factory
Humans and digitalization - symbiosis or potential for conflict? Andreas Mühlbauer spoke about this with Tobias Adlon, Senior Engineer and Head of the Factory Planning Department at the WZL at RWTH Aachen University.
read more...Hopes for an end to the Covid-19 pandemic have risen with the start of vaccinations. Now it's time for many companies to persevere and move forward.
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