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The 14th Blechexpo, international trade fair for sheet metal working, together with the 7th Schweisstec, international trade fair for joining technology, came to a successful close with 1,498 exhibitors from 36 countries.
read more...The event brought together assembly experts from various industries in Stuttgart on 8 and 9 October to learn more about the topics of "Digitalization across the board" and "Where are the people in modern assembly?".
read more...While certain error margins that do not affect product quality are tolerated in production, absolutely reliable test results are essential in the areas of material testing and quality assurance.
read more...The weakening automotive industry is causing uncertainty in the tool, pattern and mold making industry. It is now important for companies to make well-founded strategic decisions. The toolmaking market review provides orientation.
read more...In addition to lightweight materials such as aluminum, plastic parts are taking on more and more functions in vehicles, machines and electrical appliances. At the same time, their shapes are becoming increasingly complex. Production cycles are also becoming shorter and shorter, while the number of injection-molded parts per tool is increasing. For mold makers, this results in new requirements for design, development and production.
read more...Siemens is planning to acquire edge technology from the American company Pixeom. Through the acquisition, Siemens intends to strengthen its Industrial Edge offering with software components for the runtime environment of apps (Edge Runtime) and for device management.
read more...While production processes are now mostly highly automated, quality assurance is often still carried out by hand.
read more...Proxia in the Adaption research project
Proxia Software is involved in the "Adaption" project, in which a self-assessment tool and a model for the step-by-step procedure for migrating to the cyber-physical production system for SMEs was developed. The aim: to support the implementation of I4.0 technologies.
read more...The goal is called "Vision Zero": in the long term, Linde Material Handling wants to reduce the number of accidents at its customers to zero. This is no easy task in intralogistics, where people work together with equipment weighing several tons in narrow rack aisles.
read more...Kommissionier- und Handhabungstechnik (KHT) is investing in Gelsenkirchen. With immediate effect, KHT is producing the Multiscan, a mobile data capture station for master data, there and is thus combining development, production and after-sales service at its headquarters.
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