Interview about Formnext 2021

Formnext is coming up in Frankfurt am Main from November 16 to 19. Sascha Wenzler, Vice President Formnext, spoke to Daniel Schilling about innovations from the exhibiting companies.
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Formnext is coming up in Frankfurt am Main from November 16 to 19. Sascha Wenzler, Vice President Formnext, spoke to Daniel Schilling about innovations from the exhibiting companies.

After being forced to go virtual in 2020, Formnext will be back under the trade fair tower from November 16 to 19, 2021 as a real meeting place for all those interested in additive manufacturing. The exhibition will be complemented by an extensive program of events.
How technical system diagnostics drives the success of new technologies.

The new devices in Wachendorff's cMT X series, the WBGcMT3092X and WBGcMT3152X all-in-one HMIs, are equipped with an A17 quad-core CPU.

Strong growth in the third quarter
Universal Robots (UR) increased its revenue in the third quarter of 2021 by 46% compared to the third quarter of the previous year, exceeding the Q3 figures for 2019 by 31%.
Reliable data communication with high data rates and deterministic time behavior is one of the prerequisites for production in accordance with the principles of Industry 4.0.

Visualizations for IIoT applications
Machines, systems and production processes continuously generate data. Companies that succeed in generating added value from this data will be successful in the future.

Panduit's SmartZone software gives system, network and facility managers a holistic view of their data center's infrastructure components.

Production at Italian automotive supplier PMC is fully automated. More than 100 robots from Kuka, mainly from the KR-Quantec family, ensure smooth and reliable parts production in modular cells.

Trumpf presents new solutions for sheet metal production.