
Schneider Electric Automation: Philippe Briard takes over
Effective April 1, 2019, Philippe Briard will become Managing Director of Schneider Electric Automation and assume responsibility for the Lahr site.
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Effective April 1, 2019, Philippe Briard will become Managing Director of Schneider Electric Automation and assume responsibility for the Lahr site.
Interview with Thomas Suchanek, Yaskawa
Safety plays an important role in robotics in particular. We spoke to Thomas Suchanek from Yaskawa about current trends, safety terms that everyone should know and why safety can also become a risk.

At Harting, the focus this year is on digitalization projects to make product selection more flexible, including forward-looking supply chain planning, explains Uwe Gräff, Director of New Technologies & Quality.
Smart Automation Austria in Linz

From May 14 to 16, Smart Automation Austria will showcase the innovative power of the automation industry at the fully booked Design Center Linz. Organizer Reed Exhibitions is expecting 190 exhibitors at the industry's leading trade fair for industrial automation.
Robots are becoming increasingly popular in a wide variety of applications. In industry, they have become an integral part of intelligent, networked production and assembly.
During the process of thermoforming espresso cups from multi-layer plastic films, rejects are produced. With process-integrated system solutions comprising extraction and shredding technology, Getecha ensures that this waste is directly removed and recycled.

Missed the Hannover Messe? We take a look back at the international industrial trade fair - in our Twitter show!
The LKE series: electrical clamping elements for profile rail guides. With more than four thousand products and over twenty years of development and market experience, Zimmer is a leader in linear technology and in the field of clamping and braking on profile and round shaft guideways.
Electrical systems are computerized and automated, and their safety/security must be guaranteed at all times.

Production systems can only be optimized during operation if all process parameters are taken into account. Therefore, the changes in the materials must also be measured, analyzed and mapped. The Fraunhofer IWM has developed a sample material data space for additively manufactured test specimens and has thus created a basis for the digital material twin.