
Transport loads weighing up to 1,000 kg
The Danish robot manufacturer Mobil Industrial Robots, or MiR for short, is launching its most powerful collaborative transport robot to date, the MiR1000.
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The Danish robot manufacturer Mobil Industrial Robots, or MiR for short, is launching its most powerful collaborative transport robot to date, the MiR1000.

Topguard load monitoring system. With the combination of automation and digitalization, Weidmüller provides future-proof Industry 4.0 and IoT solutions. Topguard is a load monitoring system that protects DC loads and communicates via I/O-Link.

After more than 18 years as Managing Director of the Multivac Group, Hans-Joachim Boekstegers will hand over the business to Christian Traumann and Guido Spix on January 1, 2020 and leave the company.

IT security in the smart factory. Digitalization and Industry 4.0 entail the networking of systems, machines, processes and data. In some cases, communication even extends beyond company boundaries. This increases the demands on cyber security.
The Sorrir project aims to make the Internet of Things more reliable and secure. The universities of Ulm and Passau are working on the BMBF-funded project with industrial partners Innowerk-IT and bwcon.

Networking. Eckelmann is breaking new ground in the automation of material flow and production control systems with its Factoryware control system framework.


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