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METAV 2018 - the 20th trade fair for metalworking technologies - opened its doors today. Until Saturday, 560 exhibitors from 24 countries will be showcasing their machines, solutions and services for industrial production.
read more...With the Kontec KSC-D, Schunk is expanding its modular system with a lightweight and flat double clamp that is designed in particular for demanding continuous use in automated machine tools with workpiece storage.
read more...As the world's first angle compensation unit for robots, the AGE-W from Schunk combines simultaneous rotation and angle compensation around all three axes. This enables fast and precise handling of parts whose position is not exactly defined.
read more..."Do something with a future. Your chance in mechanical engineering" is the motto of the special youth show at Metav 2018 in Düsseldorf.
read more...VDMA security expert Steffen Zimmermann, who recommends a visit to the Industry 4.0 theme park at Metav 2018, sheds light on the risks of the "digital shadow world". Bernd Zapf, Head of Development New Business & Technology at Gebr. Heller Maschinenfabrik in Nürtingen, explains how the machine tool industry is tackling the topic.
read more...In the fourth quarter of 2017, incoming orders in the German machine tool industry rose by 24% compared to the same period of the previous year. Domestic orders increased by 48%. One of the reasons for this is the good global economic situation.
read more...At Metav - once again the showcase for modern technologies, services and trends in metalworking - the areas will feature exhibits and topics along the value chain, as well as solutions from the tool and mold making sector, future technologies such as additive manufacturing, the innovation driver medical technology and, last but not least, measuring and testing technology, without which smart and big data concepts cannot be implemented.
read more...German machine tools are considered to be among the safest in the world. Nevertheless, safety remains an ongoing issue, which the VDW and the German Employers' Liability Insurance Association for Wood and Metal have been addressing for many years. On February 20, the symposium "Fire and explosion protection in metal-cutting machine tools" will therefore take place as part of Metav 2018. Experts will present innovations relating to safe machine tools.
read more...Cooling lubricants can endanger the health and safety of machine operators. For this reason, companies such as the machine tool manufacturer Pittler T&S from Dietzenbach equip their systems with fully encapsulated safety screens from Hema.
read more...The first WZL/IMA Industrial Internet of Things Hackathon, organized by the Cybernetics Lab IMA/ZLW & IfU and the Friends of the Machine Tool Laboratory WZL at RWTH Aachen University, ended under the motto "Get Your #Bits Together!". 58 students, trainees and young professionals demonstrated their skills in the field of machine learning.
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