
Schleiwies takes over northern sales region
EKS Engel intensifies project business
As Key Account Manager, Torsten Schleiwies is responsible for project business in the northern sales region at eks Engel.
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Schleiwies takes over northern sales region
As Key Account Manager, Torsten Schleiwies is responsible for project business in the northern sales region at eks Engel.

The manufacturing industry is changing. Not only trends such as digitalization are influencing the industry, but also new manufacturing processes and the electrification of the drive train. The upcoming AMB will show how machining technology is responding to trends and turning them into opportunities.

It promises to break records again: SPS IPC Drives. The industry get-together for the automation world kicks off at the end of November in Nuremberg with a new slogan and a hackathon.

Dematic has expanded its portfolio with a robot arm for automated picking. The "Robot Piece Picking Module" independently selects individual items, lifts them and transports them to the designated bins.
Requirements for autonomous vehicles
The race for fully autonomous cars is in full swing. Simulations have become increasingly important as a more cost-effective alternative to the practical driving tests required to prove safety in order to successfully complete autonomous vehicle programs.
The sports cars in its R8 series are Audi's racing cars for the road. A laser projection system from Freiburg-based manufacturer Z-Laser supports the employees in the body production of these cars, which have a basic output of 610 hp, in the manual inspection of around 1,500 weld seams per body.

Schneider Digital 3D Pluraview
The passive stereo monitor product family from Schneider Digital is growing: the 3D Pluraview display is now also available in a compact housing with a 22-inch screen diagonal and Full HD resolution.

The modular Tool Director software with TCI technology (Tool Cooperation Interface) from Coscom is a tool management database for the seamless CAD/CAM and simulation process.
Commissioning tools and flexible attachment...
Schunk equips the Co-act-EGP-C gripper with easy-to-use programming modules for the lightweight and small robots from Universal Robots. Universal attachment fingers with interchangeable plastic inserts make it easier to get started with collaborative robotics.
Automotive supplier Bosch chooses open source pioneer Contact Software as its strategic partner.