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In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Ralf Reines from the VDW's Research and Technology Department explains the role of predictive maintenance and artificial intelligence in machine tool manufacturing.
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In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Ralf Reines from the VDW's Research and Technology Department explains the role of predictive maintenance and artificial intelligence in machine tool manufacturing.

Business development of Sieb & Meyer
In 2020, Sieb & Meyer achieved record results, particularly in the CNC control systems business segment. After the first four months of the new financial year, it appears that the positive trend will continue and even increase.
The combination of edge and cloud in a common architecture enables modern production with real-time components and big data analysis. At the same time, this structure enables the flexible use of networked robots.

In the first quarter of 2021, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 26% compared to the same period of the previous year.

Expert-Tünkers offers a fast and precise solution for extending robots with additional traversing axes, the so-called 7th axis.

Manufacturer Norelem has launched a new system of lifting columns onto the market.
The factory of the future will be more intelligent, more flexible, more networked and more software-based than it is today. The new mechatronic platform from Bosch Rexroth combines linear technology components with electronics and software.

Many German machine tool manufacturers took part in Cimt 2021 from April 12 to 17 in Beijing.
Cobots can support people at assembly workstations and thus help employees to concentrate on the demanding tasks and relieve their physical strain.

Hirata offers complete turnkey systems as well as the partial automation of individual production steps: palletizing, assembly, measuring/testing, gluing/potting, laser marking, etc.