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Zell Systemtechnik develops workpiece carrier systems and clips for fixing precise and sensitive workpieces. This allows components and finished products to be handled, transported, cleaned or treated precisely and gently.
read more...Lifting technology and load securing...
SpanSet has acquired Axzion GKS Stahl- und Maschinenbau. Axzion GKS produces and sells load handling attachments for wind turbines and industrial applications worldwide under the brand name Axzion. To make the affiliation clear, the company will be called SpanSet Axzion in future.
read more...At the 16th Rapid.Tech + FabCon 3.D, during the hottest days of summer 2019 so far, a concrete, application-oriented exchange on the current possibilities and future developments of additive manufacturing (AM) took place - this was the verdict of the almost 4,500 visitors, the 180 exhibitors and the more than 100 speakers at the Rapid.Tech Congress and the 3D Printing Conference.
read more...When industrial equipment fails, the real problem is often not the cost of spare parts, but the forced downtime. The article shows the design of a predictive maintenance algorithm for a triplex pump using data obtained from the simulation of a digital twin of the pump under different failure conditions.
read more...Smart gripping as the future of gripping technology. The wbk Institute of Production Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is developing approaches to increase the degree of autonomy of grippers.
read more...Additive manufacturing technologies are increasingly being used in automotive production. They can be used to make components lighter and more stable. The example of a 3D-printed seat mount shows how this works.
read more...Kemper is expanding its CleanAirTower series for air purification during sporadic welding. With the two models CleanAir-Tower SF 5000 and SF 9000, the manufacturer is launching two room ventilation systems with storage filters onto the market.
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MPDV, a provider of IT solutions for the smart factory, has so far been active in the discrete manufacturing sector. By incorporating the Felten Group into the MPDV Group, the Mosbach-based software provider is now also gaining access to process manufacturing companies.
read more...Quality inspection for plastics
Isra Vision's new embedded camera comes with an optimized detection rate for easier and more reliable handling.
read more...Application of multi-component plastics
With its new LV 2/2 dosing mixing head, Tartler offers a further innovation for the high-precision and repeatable application of small quantities of multi-component plastics, for example in electro casting and bonding technology, where low-viscosity resins and hardeners have to be applied with pinpoint accuracy in tiny droplets.
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