Energy transition offers potential for the machine tool industry
Annual investment in energy technology systems will more than double in the future, from EUR 762 billion globally in 2020 to EUR 1,808 billion in 2040.
read more...read more...No damage on axis 7
The seventh axis not only makes robots in many production plants more agile, but also increases their reach. To prevent accidents from ruining this increase in productivity, Expert-Tünkers has been working with ACE shock absorber components for years to protect the end positions.
read more...Automated machine tool loading
Application kits for cobots
With the new MTB application kits, Schunk aims to provide a convenient introduction to partial automation with cobots.
read more...Automation unit increases autonomy and productivity
Hirata has developed a new robot cell for the automated loading and unloading of machine tools.
read more...Production expected to increase by 14 percent
"The machine tool industry has a good chance of having a successful year in 2022,"said Franz-Xaver Bernhard, Chairman of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) at the association's annual press conference in Frankfurt am Main.
read more...Protection for used machines
Hema offers high-quality safety and vision systems for the retrofitting of machine tools.
read more...Hydraulic cylinders rethought
A technology developed by Acona Hydraulik and Industrieforschung Wirsing enables both cooperation partners to produce more durable, more powerful and more climate-friendly hydraulic cylinders.
read more...Model-based development of gripping processes
The modeling of compliant and fluidic effects in automated gripping increases development efficiency, freedom from damage, process productivity and reliability in the industrial handling of delicate objects.
read more...Wire and Tube 2022 postponed
From June 20 to 24, the trade fairs will now take place in Düsseldorf parallel to Metav, which has also been postponed.
read more...German Machine Tool Builders' Association
Franz-Xaver Bernhard new Chairman of the VDW
Franz-Xaver Bernhard was unanimously elected as the new Chairman by the Executive Board of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association) and the VDMA Machine Tools and Manufacturing Systems Association.
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