MPDV and Arend: joint MES and Industry 4.0 projects
MPDV Mikrolab and Arend Prozessautomation decide to realize joint MES and Industry 4.0 projects.
read more...read more...All about automation in Friedrichshafen
Successful on Lake Constance
All about automation in Friedrichshafen has once again come to a successful close. The regional trade fair once again recorded rising numbers of exhibitors and visitors. As part of the exhibitor evening, the organizer honored five long-standing exhibitors.
read more...Modular safety concept for system conversion
How can production plants be converted flexibly and safely at the same time in the spirit of Plug & Produce? The solution is an extended modular safety concept that the partner consortium of the SmartFactory-KL Industry 4.0 production plant will be presenting at the Hannover Messe from April 23 to 27, 2018.
read more...ArcelorMittal invests in digital...
Steel goes digital
Steel is one of the basic products of modern life. As part of heavy industry, many manufacturers have long paid little attention to automation and digitalization. But if you want to work profitably, you have to invest in more efficient production processes and modern systems.
read more...Interview with Dr. Albert Schmidt
"Finding the optimal economic solution"
Cameras are playing an increasingly important role in production and quality control. They relieve the burden on people and expand the possibilities of visual inspection. They are part of entire networks of components. In order to cope with the large amounts of data, the industry relies on "intelligent" cameras that not only provide data, but also deliver results. But what must the camera be able to do, what makes it intelligent? Dr. Albert Schmidt, Managing Director of Baumer's Vision Competence Center, provides answers.
read more...Measurement technology along the production chain
Marposs will be presenting its broad product portfolio for quality assurance on two stands at this year's Control trade fair. While the versatile application possibilities of the leakage test will be presented in Hall 6, the main stand in Hall 3 will focus on hand-held measuring devices, optical measuring technology and various solutions for safe operator guidance during measurement.
read more...Atos measurement data for Industry 4.0
Quality assurance, consisting of measurement, control and correction processes, is the most important measure for optimizing production processes in tool, model and mould making. The basis for this is, among other things, the three-dimensional digitalization of the actual states of finished and partially finished products, tools and machines.
read more...Hermle achieves slight increase in sales according to preliminary figures
According to preliminary calculations, Maschinenfabrik Berthold Hermle AG was able to slightly increase its consolidated turnover in 2017 to around € 402 million (previous year: € 394.0 million). The Swabian machine tool manufacturer achieved growth primarily in Germany, while foreign sales remained largely stable.
read more..."Predictive maintenance is becoming more interesting"
At Tube in Düsseldorf, SCOPE spoke to Stefanie Flaeper, Managing Director at Transfluid Maschinenbau, about how the future of bending technology is shaping up - particularly with regard to Industry 4.0 and flexibilization through the use of robots.
read more...SMS Group at the Wire & Tube
Digitalization and Industry 4.0 will also profoundly change the tube and wire industry in the coming years, the SMS Group is certain, and promises new impetus for the industry with its trade fair appearance at Wire & Tube 2018.
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