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While certain error margins that do not affect product quality are tolerated in production, absolutely reliable test results are essential in the areas of material testing and quality assurance.
read more...While production processes are now mostly highly automated, quality assurance is often still carried out by hand.
read more...Prof. Andrea Büttner took over as Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising on November 1, 2019.
read more...Gripping technology on the SPS
At the SPS, Schunk will present an overall digital framework from the calculation and design tool to digital twins for design and simulation, right through to commissioning and the ongoing process.
read more...The human hand is considered the benchmark when it comes to the flexibility of gripping tools. In service and assistance robotics in particular, humanoid manipulators that enable a wide range of gripping variants will be increasingly in demand in the future. The cost-effectiveness factor is also becoming increasingly important.
read more...Ilmenau University of Technology is stepping up its research in order to master the growing volumes of data in the course of digitalization. The idea for intelligent sensors is to select the data required for the respective work process at an early stage and thus reduce the amount to be processed.
read more...Maintenance in transition: in addition to wrenches and lubricants, there are augmented reality glasses, digital twins for machines and predictive maintenance. The impact of these innovations in practice will be demonstrated at Maintenance in Dortmund in February 2020.
read more...Kathrein presents its new product ARU 8500 Reader with integrated circular switch beam antenna. It enables goods and their direction of movement to be detected without any doubt.
read more...Robotics - systems and peripherals
This year's handling awards were once again presented as part of Motek. In category 2 "Robotics - Systems and Peripherals", a collaborative industrial robot, a software module for commissioning and controlling a robot and service robotics modules were honored.
read more...From steam engine to HyperPodX
Continental has significantly shaped the history of the drive belt and thus the progress of the industry. The registration of the Continental brand for drive belts dates back to 1899.
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