At high speed to the digital twin
Software tools for creating a digital twin can significantly improve the engineering workflow.
read more...read more...Safe collaboration between humans and robots
The factory of the future is highly automated and digitalized. Cooperation between humans and robots plays a key role in the automation of production. Safety in particular is an issue that poses technical and ethical challenges. The Fraunhofer IFF is contributing to safe human-robot collaboration with its research.
read more...Interview with Jörg Rommelfanger, ABB
Automation has arrived in the SME sector
The number of robots in industry has increased significantly in recent years. Andreas Mühlbauer spoke to Jörg Rommelfanger, Head of ABB's Robotics Division in Germany, about the current direction of development, how companies can manage the entry into robotics and where the path will lead in the future.
read more...Digitalization: power saver or power guzzler?
The digitalization of various sectors of the economy, such as manufacturing, is accompanied by rising energy volumes and costs.
read more...dm guarantees security of supply, even during power outages
Winter 2022: Germany worried about energy shortages. The drugstore retailer dm did not paint any horror scenarios, but did see the possibility of controlled, temporary, regional power cuts (brownouts). They wanted to be prepared for this.
read more...OT Zero Trust as a device-centric methodology
As in the IT world, cybersecurity in the OT world is also based on continuous monitoring and verification. However, with the OT cybersecurity concept "OT Zero Trust", the focus is on the devices, not the people. Dr. Terence Liu, CEO of TXOne Networks, explains the method in more detail.
read more...Digitalization in the metal industry
Heat-resistant ceramic ink for data codes on metal components
Fraunhofer researchers have developed an extremely heat-resistant ceramic-based ink. This makes it possible for the first time to mark metal components that are processed in the automotive industry at temperatures of over 1,000 ºC with a code. The code, which is read by a scanner, leads to a database in which all the manufacturing parameters of the respective component are stored.
read more...Industrial Connectivity Lab opens
Siemens customers test wireless technologies
Siemens has opened a new test lab for industrial connectivity technologies at its Erlangen site. Embedded in the Siemens Technology Center on the Erlangen campus, the Industrial Connectivity Lab offers 300 square meters of space for testing connectivity solutions: Industrial WLAN, 5G, real-time localization systems (RTLS) and radio frequency identification (RFID).
read more...Groundbreaking ceremony for new production...
SW focuses on green energy
Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen has officially broken ground for the construction of a new production hall at the company headquarters in Schramberg-Waldmössingen. A photovoltaic system on the roof of the hall will provide green energy. SW is also expanding the existing technology center and creating space for training and further education.
read more...AI trends for engineers: where is the journey heading?
According to Gartner, companies that have adopted AI engineering practices have a competitive advantage: by 2026, they could outperform their competitors by around 25 percent in terms of the number and time required to operationalize AI models. Johanna Pingel, Product Marketing Manager for AI at MathWorks, explains which AI trends engineers should keep an eye on and which challenges need to be overcome.
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