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PCD tools are often used for machining high-performance materials and are characterized by long tool life and precise cutting. However, their manufacture poses a number of challenges.
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PCD tools are often used for machining high-performance materials and are characterized by long tool life and precise cutting. However, their manufacture poses a number of challenges.

Smart Automation in Linz ended with a slight increase in visitor numbers, with mechanical and plant engineering and electrical engineering accounting for the largest contingents of visitors.

A-Drive has been using GSX electric cylinders from Curtiss Wright in its actuator solutions for a long time. Now these cylinders are equipped as standard with options that were previously only available as special versions.

Applications in demanding areas
Enemac offers the EWLC spacer coupling. It is suitable for applications in demanding areas such as medical, pharmaceutical, food and beverage technology, where widely spaced shafts need to be connected.

In times of smart and digital automation, integrated drives are experiencing a rapid upswing due to their dynamics and flexibility. Heidrive points this out and offers specially designed drives for robot and AGV manufacturers based on a new, modular construction kit.

Baumüller will be presenting solutions and systems for Industry 4.0, including motor concepts, integrated drive functions and control platforms.

Hardware and software for automotive
Nikola Motor Company presents the hydrogen-powered Nikola Two truck for the first time. Bosch has supplied numerous innovations for this development collaboration to power the fuel cell truck and equip it with modern features.

The four-axis TS2 series from Stäubli aims to redefine the performance limits for Scara robots. With its performance, the series focuses on automotive applications as well as applications in sensitive environments such as life science, food and electronics.

The 1645 ... BHS brushless DC servomotor from Faulhaber extends the BHx series with a diameter of 16 millimeters with a more compact version that is only 45 millimeters long.

The new 709CE crawler drive from Italian drive specialist Bonfiglioli is suitable for crushers and screening plants in harsh environments.