
Load-bearing function
Load carriers and containers. Various large load carriers also come from the specialist for plastic load carriers Cabka-IPS. These include containers, large-format pallet boxes and plastic pallets.
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Load carriers and containers. Various large load carriers also come from the specialist for plastic load carriers Cabka-IPS. These include containers, large-format pallet boxes and plastic pallets.

Robots that adapt to their human counterparts, AR glasses that provide their wearer with information and learning machines that optimize themselves. "The factory of the future is a thinking factory with people at its heart," says Dr. Jochen Köckler, CEO of Deutsche Messe, summarizing the core message of HANNOVER MESSE 2018.
State-of-the-art technologies are required to ensure a fully digitalized production process from planning to the finished product and even beyond, right through to recycling.
Drive technology in wine cellars
Nord Drivesystems supplies the French manufacturer of wine pumps Cazaux Rotorflex with decentralized drive systems consisting of geared motors and frequency converters.
New at Maschinenbau Kitz is a chain circulation system that feeds and removes workpieces to and from the machining center in a synchronized and position-oriented manner. In order to be able to transport components of different sizes, the distance between the two profile strands on which the components lie can be changed via an adjustment unit. Torque ball bushings and shafts from Dr. Tretter are installed for this purpose.

Siemens has announced a groundbreaking solution for the development of autonomous vehicles at the Siemens U.S. Innovation Day in Chicago. As part of the Simcenter portfolio, the new solution not only reduces the need for extensive physical prototypes, but also significantly reduces the number of logged test kilometers required to prove the safety of autonomous vehicles.
Investments in operational technology

Investing in operational technology to increase efficiency always raises the question of the right financing. This does not have to be a tiresome or boring topic.

One 3D model, one format standard, one platform - the ideal solution for every user and on every end device. The Lite3D platform from TechniaTranscat enables effortless collaboration across departments and companies. The special feature: the software specialists also develop customer-specific applications based on JT and Lite3D and can therefore offer their customers a customized solution.
Spherical embossing combines punching and embossing - ideally in a single process. In addition to the right tools, a corresponding press drive is required for this. Tox Pressotechnik offers the right system solutions for this.

Optical identification systems
With the Simatic MV540, Siemens has the first device of a new generation of optical readers in its portfolio. The higher computing power speeds up the reading process and reading reliability has also been optimized.