Solutions for aviation 4.0
Today's aircraft production and maintenance is time-consuming, labor-intensive and costly. The start-up 3D.aero is making the industry fit for the fourth industrial revolution with new automation solutions.
read more...read more...Predictive maintenance with ultrasound
NASA uses ultrasound to detect bearing damage at an early stage. This technology, combined with artificial intelligence, could now help condition-based maintenance, in the sense of predictive maintenance, to achieve a breakthrough.
read more...Ergonomics in U-shape
At Siko, the production of measuring devices was to be optimized and ergonomically designed. The solution came from Item: 100 workstation systems that can be flexibly expanded and individually adapted to the employees.
read more...Modular robot cell from de Man
Compact robot cell palletizes various cartons
Stockmeier needed to stack 15 types of cartons with windshield antifreeze, which differ in height, width, length and weight, on Euro pallets. The company opted for the MRZ modular robot cell from de Man.
read more...New standards for intrinsically safe Ethernet
Industrial Ethernet plays a key role in process automation. End-to-end solutions for IP communication from the control room to field level are already available today, including hazardous areas in the process industry.
read more...Smart load carriers: making logistics transparent
Load carriers and transport packaging are becoming more intelligent. They are evolving from pure transport containers to cyber-physical objects that communicate with higher-level IT systems.
read more...Sensor recognizes surroundings in four dimensions
Ibeo, the Hamburg-based lidar sensor specialist, has developed Ibeonext, a new sensor based on a new type of photon laser measurement technology. It generates an additional black-and-white image similar to a camera and is suitable for both driver assistance systems and automated driving at levels 3 and 4.
read more...Six processing steps in a very small space
For sensor production, IEF-Werner has developed an 18-axis positioning system for a customer that feeds various components. The basis is a direct drive to move several slides on one axis to save space.
read more...Data analytics for sorting technology
Collect, analyze and optimize data
System provider Beumer is presenting an intelligent data analytics solution that can be used to examine large volumes of data that are generated during sorter operation, for example, and visualize the results.
read more...Safe working with contactless fever measurement
The Californian company Seek Thermal has developed an infrared thermal imaging system that can be used to measure human skin temperature without contact.
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