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Is digitalization a risk for companies? With all the possible risks, do the opportunities outweigh the risks - or is digitalization the only way for many companies to remain competitive in the long term? A comparison with the arrival of the steam engine in industry comes to mind.
read more...Carlo Gavazzi, specialist for industrial and building automation components, presents new soft starters.
read more...Individualization in connectivity
The networked industry is constantly changing. The Zukunftsinstitut has identified twelve global megatrends that affect all levels of society and therefore also influence industrial connectivity.
read more...The CX5600 series Embedded PCs from Beckhoff are equipped with AMD Ryzen processors and complement the existing CX51xx and CX52xx devices with identical housing dimensions.
read more...The EX monitoring app from Linde Material Handling (MH) informs drivers of explosion-proof forklift trucks about the status of safety-relevant parameters and supports service technicians with diagnostics and repairs.
read more...Fans and the cloud-based Building Connect platform from ebm-papst provide fresh air in the urbanharbor efficiently and in line with demand.
read more...Vision sensors are usually designed for individual, specific tasks. The new SmartRunner Explorer 3-D product family, on the other hand, offers high-precision solutions for a wide range of applications.
read more...Used batteries from electric cars contain valuable raw materials that can still be used. To be able to recycle them, a research team from the Center for Digitized Battery Cell Production (ZDB) at Fraunhofer IPA is developing a robot cell with a wide variety of tools.
read more...Turck is expanding its IO-Link portfolio with the TBEC-LL-8IOL EtherCAT IO-Link master in IP67/69K, thus making its entire IO-Link portfolio available for EtherCAT-based applications.
read more...New additive manufacturing technology
With the new process of projection micro stereolithography (PµSL), Boston Micro Fabrication is opening up alternatives to injection molding and CNC machining, especially in micro production - for prototypes as well as end products in series quality.
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