Machine manufacturer LIK becomes part of the Kistler Group
The Kistler Group has acquired the Chinese special machine manufacturer LIK, thereby expanding its industrial expertise to include the growth sector of electric vehicles.
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Kistler has acquired the Chinese special machine manufacturer LIK in order to strengthen its presence in the Chinese vehicle market. In future, Kistler's portfolio will also include automated assembly lines.
read more...Robots viewed through AR glasses
The Chair of Automation Technology at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg has developed a concept for intuitive robot programming.
read more...Automatically to the right system
The AsenBa research project has developed approaches to minimize the effort involved in planning handling systems.
read more...Flexible transportation in production
Autonomous conveyor trolley technology will be an important component of flexible production systems in the future. This will allow producers to react flexibly to the rapid changes in modern production, processing and packaging.
read more...5G frequency allocation in Germany
VCI, VDA, VDMA and ZVEI publish 5G position paper
The trade associations VCI, VDA, VDMA and ZVEI have published a joint position paper on 5G radio frequency allocation in which they advocate the local allocation of radio frequencies in the 3.6 MHz band to manufacturing industries.
read more...Pull Consulting develops concepts for SMEs
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.
read more...The robot becomes a colleague
Best practice for HRC. Companies see human-robot collaboration as a key technology for solving emerging challenges such as increasing variant diversity, ageing workforces and flexibilization.
read more...Three questions for...Henrik Schunk
Automated, networked production systems are needed to make the smart factory a reality. Henrik Schunk explains how Schunk is creating the conditions for this with intelligent components in the run-up to Automatica.
read more...Working in a network
Collaborative assembly of multi-variant products. In the "KoKoMo" research project, a total of eleven partners are working on the question of how collaborative assembly can be integrated into product lifecycle management.
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