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Components for handling and assembly
On October 8, the handling award was presented again at the Motek trade fair. In category 1, a modular transport system, an automatic hook and a modular system for pressing and joining applications were honored.
read more...Advanced Planning and Scheduling
read more...Future-oriented, digital production processes are driving technological progress. Lapp has introduced a new innovation management strategy to develop and support them in a targeted manner.
read more...Sustainability and resource conservation
Robotics, sensor and image processing technologies as well as "AI at the Edge" optimize predictive maintenance and machines and, more recently, complete production lines. Sustainable pouch battery cell production supports the future market of e-mobility.
read more...At Motek, Montratec will be presenting innovations from the Montrac rail and shuttle transport system to increase efficiency: real-time monitoring and control technology as well as the autonomous sensor technology of the new Shuttle MSH5 generation.
read more...Fanuc is presenting its new open industrial IoT platform "Field System" to centrally evaluate data from machines and systems. The system can connect production machines from all manufacturers, enabling data analysis of the entire process chain. Igus has developed a Smart Plastics app for the system.
read more...A new Igus app for the Fanuc IoT platform ensures simple and safe monitoring of machine components.
read more...Pump, valve and process industry
Pumps & Valves will take place in Dortmund on February 12 and 13, 2020. As a trade fair for pump, valve and process technology in all industrial sectors, it will provide an overview of key components in industrial process technology.
read more...Everything from a single source: Kawasaki Robotics presents at Fachpack how sorting, packaging, palletizing and labeling can be automated.
read more...For the 30th edition, the meeting place for the automation industry SPS IPC Drives will become SPS - Smart Production Solutions. Despite an economic slowdown, Christian Wolf, Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board, confirms that automation technology has a "brilliant future".
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