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Fanuc's presentation at EMO will focus on the new FS500i-A CNC series. The new CNC generation offers high user-friendliness, process optimization as well as digital and network technologies.
read more...The AI platform Leo AI and the software provider Core Technologie are cooperating to automatically evaluate CAD data using artificial intelligence. The integration of the SDK 3D_Kernel_IO enables AI-supported analyses of technical data from over 40 CAD formats.
read more...Future technologies for the industry
With the constant development of future technologies such as simulation and artificial intelligence (AI), there is growing pressure on companies to optimize their own products and processes in order to gain a competitive advantage.
read more...The demand for fast development and manufacturing processes makes it necessary to obtain design feedback even before the first physical prototypes are created.
read more...For large machine tools with a large working area, the challenge is to maintain the shape tolerance of the guideway over the entire length of the guideway in order to achieve precision throughout the entire working area.
read more...Simulation and industrial software
Siemens wants to strengthen its software business with a billion-dollar takeover. The Munich-based company intends to take over the US company Altair Engineering for around 10 billion US dollars (around 9.2 billion euros), as Siemens announced.
read more...The idea of hybrid commissioning can be seen as a logical step after virtual commissioning. The Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Production Facilities at the University of Stuttgart is working on such a concept.
read more...Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize 2024
Simulations and digital twins are indispensable for many companies. Because highly dynamic processes often cannot be mapped satisfactorily with conventional software, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM have developed the Meshfree tool, a solution that works without a rigid computing grid and can simulate complex processes with great time savings.
read more...At the Hannover Messe, Fischertechnik is presenting a factory simulation model - the Agile Production Simulation - which can be used to illustrate the processes of a state-of-the-art factory. The model contains a high-bay warehouse and various processing steps and is equipped with actuators, sensors, AI and a driverless transport system. Felix Witzelmaier, Industrial Sales at Fischertechnik, explains the details in an interview.
read more...In order to prevent faults during commissioning in advance, KEB Automation offers detailed firmware simulation models of its own inverters for download in the Twinstore.
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