Passive components with active role
If components as indivisible units have neither amplifier nor control functions, they are passive components (resistors, capacitors, coils, connecting elements, electromechanical relays).
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If components as indivisible units have neither amplifier nor control functions, they are passive components (resistors, capacitors, coils, connecting elements, electromechanical relays).
With the EXD-SF 20, Still has developed a pallet truck for loads of up to 2,000 kilograms with a double-decker function, which is suitable for transporting sensitive or non-stackable goods such as fruit, vegetables or fragile goods.
Developments such as adaptable production and the booming online trade place the highest demands on intralogistics. To meet these requirements, digital networking, artificial intelligence and machine learning offer innovations for driverless transport systems and mobile robots. On September 18, 2019, the 8th Fraunhofer IPA Technology Forum will present new approaches and applications.

Schnaithmann has had a new management team since July 1, 2019. Karl Schnaithmann, Managing Partner and company founder, has appointed Thilo Hottmann and Thomas Schill to the Management Board.

Zell Systemtechnik develops workpiece carrier systems and clips for fixing precise and sensitive workpieces. This allows components and finished products to be handled, transported, cleaned or treated precisely and gently.
The VerbBot project of the Chair of Robotics and Embedded Systems at the University of Bayreuth is investigating how to enable flexible natural language instruction of robots for force-based tasks.
Smart gripping as the future of gripping technology. The wbk Institute of Production Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is developing approaches to increase the degree of autonomy of grippers.
Quality inspection for plastics
Isra Vision's new embedded camera comes with an optimized detection rate for easier and more reliable handling.
Cables, wires, fiber optics, wires, superconductors or filaments for 3D printers - everything is wound onto spools. It is important that the spools are designed in such a way that they are stable, precise and gentle on the winding material during the winding process.

The challenge with picked customer orders is often complete documentation and proof of successful dispatch. KHT provides a remedy with the photostation powered by ivii.