Heavy-duty gearbox for mammoth project in Australia
Italian drive specialist Bonfiglioli has announced a collaboration with Australian engineering firm Kilic for a major grain transportation project in Adelaide, Australia.
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Italian drive specialist Bonfiglioli has announced a collaboration with Australian engineering firm Kilic for a major grain transportation project in Adelaide, Australia.

Nabtesco offers a wide range of hollow shaft gearboxes. These are slightly larger than solid shaft gearboxes, but the hollow space inside ensures weight savings.
Stöber launched a new generation of planetary servo gearboxes at the end of 2019. These are among the most compact on the market in their performance range. Each motor series can be mounted directly in any available size.

When the new Ecodesign Directive comes into force in summer 2021, standard asynchronous motors will have to become even more energy-efficient. Lenze has taken the first steps in this direction and is already launching a new motor platform on the market with the m500 series.

Taiwan Excellence Smart Machinery
Eight companies presented intelligent machines, networked manufacturing and automation systems at the "Taiwan Excellence Smart Machinery" press conference.

Polyetherketones are modern high-performance plastics that are particularly resilient and temperature-resistant.

SEW has expanded its portfolio of DCA.. compact extra-low voltage drives to include right-angle and offset gearmotors. This gives users greater flexibility when integrating the drives into their machines.
Four-point bearings in tool changers
Machining centers must be able to access up to 60 different tools and change them within a few seconds. Schmid Maschinen installs special four-point bearings from Rodriguez in its tool changers.

NSK has developed a direct drive for autonomous robots for applications that require low-noise operation with loads of up to 100 kilograms.

Faulhaber has expanded its BXT flat motor series to include gears that are matched to it as well as integrated encoders and speed controllers that are unusually short in the axial direction.