Standards prevail
Data networks in factories must be fast, real-time capable and standardized, demands Oliver Riedel, Professor at the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart.
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Data networks in factories must be fast, real-time capable and standardized, demands Oliver Riedel, Professor at the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) at the University of Stuttgart.
Murrelektronik's Eco-Rail-2 series power supply units offer companies in the machine and control cabinet construction sector the opportunity to supply their consumers with energy flexibly and economically.

The Inmotion team from Eindhoven University wants to take part in the 24-hour race at Le Mans with an electric racing car. On board the car: Lapp cables.
Metalworking and processing company Prevent TWB in Hagen has installed a heat recovery system in its new compressor station. Five oil-injected screw compressors from Atlas Copco reliably supply compressed air, heat the production hall and premises and also save electricity.

A pre-assembled e-chain system from Igus provides a fail-safe energy supply at the Memorial Bridge in New Hampshire. A video shows how the readychains support the vertical lifting mechanism.

Retaining system for cables and protective...
Murrplastik has developed the easy-to-install FHS mounting system for attaching cables, wires and protective conduits to robots for dynamic energy supply.
The machine tool market is a strong pillar of the German mechanical engineering industry, and it continues to grow steadily. A long service life is an important purchasing criterion for machine tools, which is why manufacturers need to rely on safe and reliable machine components.

In highly dynamic applications, speeds of 7 m/s are no longer a rarity for modern lifts and hoists. Igus has developed the "guidelite vertical" system, or GLV for short, to ensure that vertically moving energy chains are held securely in place.

In the logistics league of the RoboCup German Open 2018, the Carologistics team from Aachen, with the support of motion plastics specialist igus. became German champion.
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The Etherline PN Cat.6A Fast Connect from Lapp can be connected quickly and easily with just one tool and offers high data transmission rates.