
Compostable displays for sustainable electronics
KIT researchers have developed a printed display whose biodegradability has been independently tested and confirmed.
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KIT researchers have developed a printed display whose biodegradability has been independently tested and confirmed.
Artificial intelligence automates processes, maintains machines, makes decisions and finds solutions to tricky problems. Companies can benefit enormously from this.
Visomax Coating has found an intelligent solution for its systems for the post-treatment of coated surfaces in order to easily program new robot applications for the force-controlled surface treatment of grinding and polishing processes.

One of the communication interfaces that is increasingly being used in modern factories is IO-Link, a protocol that is already widely used in sensor and similar technologies.

Captron announces a change at the top of the company. Philip Bellm takes over the chairmanship of the management board as CEO.

Turck has appointed Dr. Michael Gürtner to the Executive Board. He will be responsible for Development & IT.

Würth Elektronik offers many variants or operating modes with low energy consumption to use combinations of sensors and wireless modules in low-maintenance, decentralized IoT applications.

Pneumatic-electric hybrid grippers
Zimmer has added three new sizes to the GPP5000IL and GPD5000IL gripper series. These pneumatic-electric hybrid grippers are suitable for users who are taking the step into the I4.0 world of gripping but do not want to do without a pneumatic drive.
Automated services and the increasing servitization of business models in intralogistics require a multi-layered flow of data and information between all players involved. Suitable digital images are required for this digital data flow.

New Management Board structure
Sick expands its Management Board as of January 1. Feng Jiao has been appointed to the Management Board and will be responsible for Sales & Service.