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Developers from Lake Constance have turned conventional industrial robots into precise processing machines with eight interpolating axes. The turnkey CNC robots and CNC-R processing machines can be used for a wide range of applications.
read more...Chiron's ProtectLine software reliably prevents potential damage and production downtime.
read more...With the introduction of an end-to-end software process solution from the ERP to the machining center, Miba's toolmaking department proves that a savings potential of 10 to 25 percent is realistic for series production. On special machines, it is even possible to achieve a 300 percent increase in efficiency.
read more...For production and manufacturing, the use of digital twins means a significant push towards automation. This article looks at what production-related companies should consider when working with the digital twin and what specific benefits they can expect from it.
read more...Baumüller is presenting numerous new products at the SPS: Motor concepts, intelligent drive functions and control platforms can be seen at various stations. In the Industry 4.0 area, the connectivity and interoperability of components via OPC UA as well as cloud connectivity will be presented.
read more...The automotive industry can learn from the aviation industry when it comes to optimizing billable operating hours and fleet availability. There, many processes relating to operations have been optimized. After all, new mobility concepts in the automotive sector based on the "pay per use" principle can only be economically successful if the vehicles are on the move as often as possible.
read more...Promess presents its new Industry 4.0-capable Revoultion X joining system. At the heart of the new system are the autonomous, multi-axis capable controller and the new operating software for parameterizing and visualizing the joining process.
read more...Efficient product development is crucial to increasing a company's profits. This is because time-to-market has a direct impact on a company's profitability. The increasing maturity of digital technologies now gives manufacturing companies the opportunity to significantly shorten this time.
read more...Schunk provides the data of its standardized precision toolholders of the Tendo hydraulic expansion toolholder, Tribos polygonal clamping technology and Sino expansion toolholder series free of charge as digital twins in standardized format based on DIN 4000.
read more...When industrial equipment fails, the real problem is often not the cost of spare parts, but the forced downtime. The article shows the design of a predictive maintenance algorithm for a triplex pump using data obtained from the simulation of a digital twin of the pump under different failure conditions.
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