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My life as a technology journalist takes place in two worlds, both of which are extremely fascinating and yet often too far apart. One world is the factories and plants in which the industry manufactures its products day after day, where cables break and employees are absent; suppliers dawdle and budgets are exhausted - and yet in the end the goods are lifted onto the truck on time and in perfect quality.
read more...Workpiece carrier transport systems
The specialists at Horizont rely on a workpiece carrier transport system from Stein Automation for the final assembly of pasture fencing devices and lights - with success: twice as many components are now assembled per shift as before, and the ergonomics for the employees have improved.
read more...Automatic calibration. In addition to a 50-meter interference comparator, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) also uses a ten-meter fully automatic tape measure tester from Feinmess Suhl to test and assess the conformity of length measuring equipment.
read more...At SPS, Festo will be demonstrating how the boundaries between pneumatic and electric automation are becoming increasingly blurred. The portfolio will be presented with pneumatic, electric or hybrid solutions.
read more...Orbital welding is a fully mechanical gas-shielded welding process in which the electrode and arc are guided completely around round workpieces. The advantages: high process reliability and reproducibility, short production times, consistently high weld seam quality, easy operation of the process and documentation.
read more...Stöber Antriebstechnik has been supporting Rennschmiede Pforzheim, which regularly takes part in Formula Student, since 2014 - until now with a combustion engine vehicle. From 2020, the team will also compete in Formula Student Electric. The drive specialists are providing motors, gearboxes and inverters for the new race car.
read more...The economy is now also having an impact on the robotics and automation industry: the VDMA expects sales to fall by 5% in 2019. The reasons can be found in the global economy, but also in saturation effects.
read more...Small and medium-sized companies are also looking into the topic of automation - but to turn a great idea into a practical approach, a tactic is needed. Universal Robots, the global market leader for collaborative robotics, knows that a "step-by-step method" is just the thing.
read more...Autonomously navigating vehicles are currently revolutionizing warehouse logistics. Many large and medium-sized companies are undergoing a technological rethink. The first machines are now carrying out their work in warehouses independently and reliably.
read more...The VDW has withdrawn its production forecast for 2019. The moderate decline in production envisaged for the current year can no longer be maintained. percent.
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