Everything in position with Flex Feeding
Afag is presenting the aflex qc and flip conveyor components for the flexible feeding of disordered parts.
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Afag is presenting the aflex qc and flip conveyor components for the flexible feeding of disordered parts.

Schunk Electronic Solutions shows how depaneling machines for the electronics industry can be made collaborative. A six-axis UR5 robot arm equipped with a Co-act-EGP-C gripper is integrated into a SAR 1700 depaneling system.

Spur gears have advantages over worm gears in steering gears. In modern automobiles, gearboxes are installed on the steering system to amplify the torque introduced by hand.
Zeller + Gmelin is at Euroblech with three new Multidraw forming lubricants. The lubricant manufacturer will be presenting its range of lubricants for sheet metal forming at the joint stand of the European Research Association for Sheet Metal Working.

Arnold Umformtechnik presents a flexible multi-feed system. It is suitable for applications in which many punching nuts have to be inserted into one component.
Investment in production and personnel
By investing in modern high-performance tools, Walther Faltsysteme is responding to the increasingly high market demand from the retail and e-commerce sectors. The result: shorter lead times and shorter delivery times. The company has also optimized two products 4.0.
Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has been honored as a winner of the "Landmarks in the Land of Ideas 2018" competition. The "OriginCheck App" for checking the originality of Schaeffler products uses the cloud service platform from oneIDentity+.
Surface technology for automotive production
Oerlikon Balzers, supplier of surface solutions, has completed the acquisition of Härterei Dipl.- Ing. Peter Eicker KG (Eicker) in Germany. The aim is to expand the product range and strengthen the position in the automotive industry.

Assembly of guide sleeves for headrests. The assembly of plastic guide sleeves for the headrest adjustment of the SUV series of a German premium manufacturer places high demands on automation.

Fischer has developed an air vent package for the new Audi A6 saloon. It includes a broadband air vent that extends across the instrument panel and was manufactured using innovative injection molding technology.