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Automation platform. The automation concept for handling systems must be as compact as possible and quickly integrated into new machine concepts. The automation platform ctrlX Automation from Bosch Rexroth reduces the space requirement and engineering effort for Cartesian robots by up to 50 percent.
read more...Network management is not a chore, but a valuable tool over the entire life cycle of a machine or system. AIT has developed the Herakles network management system as a monitoring and early warning system.
read more...The fifth generation of the Zeiss Contura coordinate measuring machine can be equipped with either tactile or optical sensors. Sensors on the swivel joint or with a multiple probe system, optical or tactile, passive or active, are compatible.
read more...As CEO of drag&bot, Martin Naumann has a lot to say about current trends in robotics. His company - created as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer IPA in Stuttgart - offers a solution for the uncomplicated programming of robots and end-of-arm tools.
read more...Flexible, digital assembly concepts. Digital factory planning is no longer a figment of the imagination. With Flexcell, Ipolog has developed a concept that allows production to take place in individual cells rather than in a line.
read more...Research on task-oriented planning
Task-oriented planning. In networked production systems, more and more machines and autonomous vehicles are working alongside people. In order to make efficient use of all the possibilities, a sub-project of "FORobotics" is researching software for suitable resource allocation.
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read more...Stöber presented its new generation of planetary servo geared motors for the first time at SPS 2019 in Nuremberg. The specialist has now developed an end-of-line test bench specifically for this new generation at its headquarters in Pforzheim to ensure high quality during final assembly for this series too.
read more...Aegis' Factorylogix platform is designed to provide instant visibility into factory and enterprise-wide operations without the usual costs and difficulties typically associated with data collection and contextualization.
read more...The MES provider Symestic GmbH is expanding its cloud-based "Software as a Service (SaaS)" offering. The SaaS-based "order control" functionality is new.
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