
Plastic modular chain conveyor belt
Conveyor belt for the local market
Dorner Europe is now producing the 2200 MB plastic modular chain conveyor belt in Germany.
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Plastic modular chain conveyor belt
Dorner Europe is now producing the 2200 MB plastic modular chain conveyor belt in Germany.
Together with partners, the WZL at RWTH Aachen University has developed a generic guideline for the successful application of predictive maintenance. It is now available for download.

According to an Interroll survey, there is potential for increasing productivity in German SMEs: not even one in five production companies achieves a degree of automation of over 75 percent in their internal material flow.

Item enters into a development partnership with the Center Connected Industry (CCI) at RWTH Aachen University. The focus is on smart sensor technology, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), Smart Factory and 5G.
Flexible, digital assembly concepts. Digital factory planning is no longer a figment of the imagination. With Flexcell, Ipolog has developed a concept that allows production to take place in individual cells rather than in a line.
Hygiene in production, efficient utilization of the production area and high overall system effectiveness: Flexlink presents its spiral elevator and the WLX mat chain conveyor at Fachpack.

Dematic is automating the Siemens plant for combination technology in Chemnitz. The intralogistics specialist is installing the Autostore warehouse and goods-to-person picking system with directly connected conveyor technology.
Value stream-based optimization
According to studies, around 20 percent of process costs can be influenced during ongoing production operations. Ideally, optimization should start in the planning phase. This potential is insufficiently exploited, especially in medium-sized companies.
At the Motek in Stuttgart, Werma Signaltechnik is presenting innovative systems for process optimization as well as a concept study for design-oriented signaling.
Thanks to its close cooperation with Landshut University of Applied Sciences and the Puls Technology Center in Dingolfing, Pull Beratung has access to the latest methods of production and logistics planning, including a modern learning and model factory.