Fraunhofer tests Steute devices in the North Sea
Many switchgear series in Steute's Extreme range are suitable for use in damp, wet and even saltwater environments. Fraunhofer IFAM carried out the test in the North Sea near Helgloand.
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Exponential technological progress has ushered in the "fourth industrial revolution", forcing employers and employees to adapt their way of thinking to the new possibilities. A redefinition of the corporate structure can lead to an agile, intelligently managed company.
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Volker Trein strengthens Bernstein's sales team
Volker Trein joined the sales team at Bernstein, a provider of industrial safety technology, in October 2018 as industry manager for elevators and escalators.
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A coherent concept for safety
Operating mode selector switch PITmode. Strama-MPS Maschinenbau has been equipping machine housings with the PITmode operating mode selector switch from Pilz for a year now.
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Captron is launching a new generation of pushbuttons with which the company is expanding the range of applications for its Smartcap solution. The sensor buttons are suitable for IoT applications and can transmit information to the operator in real time.
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The importance of drive technology is growing even more due to automotive technology. The basic structure of the individual drive consists of an energy subsystem and information processing.
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The EasyTrax series of cable carriers from Tsubaki Kabelschlepp enable extremely fast cable routing.
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At Norelem, designers can obtain safety switches in 16 different versions. In addition to the standard version, a version with a long hinge half is also available, which is suitable for use on transparent safety gates.
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Bosch Rexroth doubles the speed of the Heavy Duty electromechanical cylinder, EMC-HD 150, and increases the dynamics of powerful movements with new variants of the EMC-HD plug & play actuator. They are primarily used for bending, forming, pressing, flanging or folding.
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Humans and robots are also moving closer together in logistics. Schmalz has therefore developed a gripper solution that uses a special product design to ensure safe human-robot collaboration (HRC).
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