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The maintenance of hydropower plants is time-consuming, as there is usually no well-stocked spare parts warehouse. To ensure operational readiness, entire components sometimes have to be manufactured from scratch.
read more...The challenges in the mechanical and plant engineering sector are also being felt by service providers in this segment. In order to overcome them, companies must be able to rely on dependable service partners.
read more...Additive manufacturing is well on its way out of its niche. New materials are also making this possible. Deutsche Edelstahlwerke has now launched two metal powders for 3D printing: the bainitic special steel Bainidur AM and the austenitic steel Printdur HSA.
read more...Low life cycle costs due to energy efficiency are the main argument for the use of servo pumps. For some years now, the concept of combining hydraulic power transmission with the principle of speed-controlled power supply has been standard in many applications.
read more...Decentralized drive technology that can be individually adapted to any desired application and flexibly integrated into the system field is suitable for future-proof pump applications. Intelligent, networkable and autonomous drives increase the efficiency of the entire system.
read more...ABB has launched the Baldor-Reliance EC Titanium integrated motor inverter package. The product range exceeds the efficiency requirements of the IE5 standard.
read more...Pfeiffer Vacuum presents the Hena 50 and Hena 70 vacuum pumps for mass spectrometer systems. The single-stage, oil-sealed rotary vane pumps were developed to meet the requirements of mass spectrometer systems.
read more...Faulhaber has extended the BXT motor family, consisting of brushless DC servomotors with a particularly short design, in all sizes to include a diameter-compliant integrated speed controller.
read more...Digitization is currently receiving an enormous boost. Companies need new programs and tools to implement it. Here we describe how TeamViewer IoT supports specific application scenarios.
read more...Collaborating robots in production
Cobots are seen as the helpers of the future, especially in assembly. However, they can also be used as classic automation components in production, for example for feeding milling and turning centers.
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