Production of tomorrow - an interview with Professor Martin Dix
Martin Dix will be speaking at Intec/Z connect 2021 on the topic of "Tomorrow's production - sustainable, flexible and error-free". We interviewed him in advance.
read more...read more...Alternative to conventional production
Andreas Langfeld, President EMEA at Stratasys, explains how additive manufacturing is developing and where it is heading in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.
read more...New WCM working group
On March 1, 2021, the VDMA founded the "Wireless Communications for Machines" working group to promote the use of modern wireless technologies in mechanical and plant engineering. The economy is also set to pick up again in 2021.
read more...Safe human-robot collaboration
Cobots safely in a team
Collaborative robots stand for flexibility. But also for risks. This makes the topic of occupational safety important - and challenging. TÜV Süd provides information on safety concepts and standards.
read more...How granular can it be?
Machine and plant manufacturers who pursue a modular approach are often particularly successful. Harting's mechanical engineering customers want to design the modularization of their products as efficiently as possible, with interfaces playing a central role in these concepts.
read more...Prof. Dr. Martin Dix becomes Institute Director
The Fraunhofer IWU has been under the direction of Prof. Dr. Martin Dix since October. At the same time, he takes over the professorship for production systems and processes at Chemnitz University of Technology.
read more...Tool for robot simulation and system planning
With the K-Virtual tool, Kawasaki Robotics will be offering a new software solution for plant engineering, robot simulations and offline programming from September 1, 2020.
read more..."The merger is in full swing"
Industry 4.0 is increasingly dissolving the separation of technologies in the industrial and consumer markets. In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Sven Klette-Matzat, Sales Manager OEM Solutions at Vision Components, explains why this is the case and what effects the development of the Internet of Things will have on industry.
read more...Cyber attacks are part of everyday life
Increasing digitalization in the industrial sector also increases the risk of falling victim to a hacker attack.
read more...Research on task-oriented planning
Who does which task and when?
Task-oriented planning. In networked production systems, more and more machines and autonomous vehicles are working alongside people. In order to make efficient use of all the possibilities, a sub-project of "FORobotics" is researching software for suitable resource allocation.
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