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Hirata offers complete turnkey systems as well as the partial automation of individual production steps: palletizing, assembly, measuring/testing, gluing/potting, laser marking, etc.
read more...Regulations, directives and standards govern the requirements for machine safety. Depending on the machine and system, companies must ensure different inspections and maintenance, take their intervals into account and provide legally compliant documentation.
read more...In order to implement predictive maintenance in production in a meaningful way, diagnostic data must be recorded and evaluated accordingly. AS-Interface offers all these possibilities and facilitates predictive maintenance in practice.
read more...Centralized data processing in a cloud is too inflexible or too slow and unreliable for some applications when it comes to time-critical operations. Decentralized edge computing can provide a remedy here and close the gaps.
read more...Platform library for co-simulation
For mechanical and plant engineering, a simulation platform is a powerful tool for using digital twins to cost-effectively configure entire plants, including the control system, and to test and commission them virtually.
read more...Protect energy packs on the robot
In order to protect energy packs on the robot from damage and wear, Murrplastik Systemtechnik has developed three different return systems that keep the energy pack taut thanks to the length compensation and still allow all necessary movements.
read more...Contactless charging technology
The routes in an amusement park can be very long. Europa-Park Rust offers its visitors various transportation options. The "Panoramabahn" people mover was brought into the age of electromobility with energy and drive components from SEW-Eurodrive and has been runningCO2-free ever since.
read more...LED lighting in the rental model
The administrative regulation AVV-EnEff obliges local authorities to act in an energy-efficient manner in municipal procurement. Light as a Service can serve this purpose: LED lighting saves energy andCO2 emissions, and the rental model offers planning security without budget-burdening investments.
read more...Why do bearings fail? To understand this, the SKF experts investigate these components in the laboratory and in practical use.
read more...Cloud and edge computing: where do we stand and what role do these components play in the digitalization concept? Steffen Roos, Managing Partner at Telekom subsidiary Detecon International, answers these questions in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.
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