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At a meeting, the Supervisory Board of Schaeffler appointed Sascha Zaps (48) as a member of the Board of Managing Directors of Schaeffler and as the new Chief Industrial Officer with effect from May 1, 2024.
read more...Compared to its predecessor, the SD2M, the SD4M frequency inverter from Sieb & Meyer offers functional and control-related improvements: The main advantages are the control technology improvements and the Ethernet-based bus systems.
read more...Articulated couplings are characterized by the fact that they compensate for very large radial and angular misalignments without significant restoring forces. They can therefore also be used in all cases where the expected shaft misalignment cannot be precisely estimated in advance.
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The flat, high-performance rotary units from Schunk are growing with a fourth size and an extended range of variants. The measuring system interfaces now also include the digital real-time interface Hiperface DSL.
read more...The North American robotics market is experiencing strong growth: in the manufacturing industry, the number of installations rose by 12%, with the automotive industry leading the way with an increase of 30% compared to 2021. These are preliminary results from the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
read more...Mechanical engineering and its applications are multifaceted. Every application is special and requires a perfect machine design. Individual components in the system must also be optimally designed.
read more...Solutions often need to be developed for tight spaces or compact machine designs. To meet such requirements even better, SMC has now added size 16 to its LEY series electric cylinders and LEF series electric spindle drives.
read more...Autonomous mobile robots make it possible to automate in-house transportation without having to adapt the existing infrastructure. The built-in drive solutions allow even bulky and heavy loads to be transported safely.
read more...Eaton has introduced the decentralized, electronic drive system Rapid Link 5, which is primarily used for simple to complex tasks in all areas of conveyor technology. It offers all the functions required to switch, control, protect and network electric motors on conveyor belts.
read more...Ziehl-Abegg has published its annual figures for 2022. With a turnover of 873 million euros, the company increased by around 22 percent compared to the previous year. The number of employees rose to 5,100 globally and 2,800 in Germany.
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