Generative design for the future
What will the processes of the future look like? Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has long relied on Autodesk's generative design approach to tackle complex design and production challenges.
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What will the processes of the future look like? Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has long relied on Autodesk's generative design approach to tackle complex design and production challenges.

The Blechexpo and Schweisstec trade fair duo took place in Stuttgart at the beginning of November. Like other industries, sheet metal workers and welding technicians have mixed feelings about the future.
Photoreactive 3D printing material
As a result of the cooperation with Origin, Henkel is now launching a new type of 3D printable photopolymer for Origin One printers that is resistant to flammability, smoke and toxicity - a property that is useful in the automotive industry, for example. The photoreactive material is currently being presented at Formnext.

Viastore Software and its partner MPDV Mikrolab will be presenting innovative Industry 4.0 solutions.

Omron recommends a three-stage cobot strategy so that man and machine can work together harmoniously: approaches and solutions should be characterized by powerful functions, safe application and flexible adaptability to new requirements.

Siemens is going big again: Products, solutions and services from the Digital Enterprise portfolio will take center stage at the more than 4,000 square meter stand in Hall 11.
The Austrian start-up Tofmotion has brought a new option for safe room monitoring in the industrial environment to market maturity: the Tofguard product group makes it possible to use the Time of Flight (ToF) 3D camera method with safety approval for the machine industry for the first time.
The Raspberry Pi is very popular as a development computer. Whether it is also suitable for industrial series production depends on the specific application and requirements.

PTC, EOS and Link3D announce their collaboration at Formnext 2019. The aim is to provide a scalable production quality solution for EOS industrial 3D printing systems using augmented reality and MES.