
Nabtesco and Keba work together
The cycloidal gear specialist Nabtesco and the control expert Keba are pooling their expertise, experience and know-how. The goal is industrial robots with maximum precision.
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The cycloidal gear specialist Nabtesco and the control expert Keba are pooling their expertise, experience and know-how. The goal is industrial robots with maximum precision.

The Profibus user organization uses the virtual trade fair to present the latest developments in network technologies.

So-called smart factory and smart shipping applications can only be realized with intelligent sensors in which the immense amounts of data are already pre-processed and compressed.
Igus: Additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0

3D-printed wear parts from Igus often offer a comparable service life to original parts. Manufactured using filament printing, intelligent components now also warn of overload and report their need for maintenance.
Interview with Sven Haman, Bosch Connected...
The prerequisites for a functioning smart factory are interoperability, transparency and openness. Bosch Connected Industry has developed the Nexeed Industrial Application System to meet this need.
Safe human-robot collaboration

Collaborative robots stand for flexibility. But also for risks. This makes the topic of occupational safety important - and challenging. TÜV Süd provides information on safety concepts and standards.
In everyday life, humans and machines are often still seen as competitors. This is unnecessary; robots in industrial production can support, relieve and indirectly even protect human employees.
Measuring system for grinding machines

With MotorView, BMR has introduced a measuring system for grinding machines that records the power and load of the motors autonomously and completely independently of the inverter or spindle type and shows them graphically on an external display.

The Trumpf subsidiary Q.ANT and the sensor specialist Sick will be working together in future on the development of quantum optical sensors.

The reliable and fail-safe DC power supply of embedded IPCs, controllers, motor drives, sensors, measurement, control and safety technology is of fundamental importance in networked and high-tech systems.