Operational safety for the automotive industry
When working with heavy, valuable objects such as metal or glass in automotive production, operator and product safety play an important role in all automation efforts.
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When working with heavy, valuable objects such as metal or glass in automotive production, operator and product safety play an important role in all automation efforts.

Schmalz will be showcasing vacuum solutions for goods handling, such as the flexible vacuum tube lifter Jumboflex. In combination with a new gripper for small load carriers (SLCs), it facilitates the lifting and moving of R- and C-SLCs.

Schneider Electric has added thermal monitoring systems to its EasyPacT EXE vacuum circuit-breaker series.

Testing and evaluating new vacuum solutions
Pfeiffer Vacuum, a provider of high-tech vacuum solutions for the semiconductor, analytical, industrial and R&D markets, has opened its Silicon Valley Innovation Center (SVIC) in San José.

The VacuMaster vacuum lifting device from Schmalz facilitates the handling of loads weighing up to 2,000 kilograms.

Fuyao completes ready-to-install glass panes for the automotive industry at its production plant in Leingarten. A central vacuum supply from Busch Vacuum Solutions is used in the production of windscreens to hold the finishing process.

With the HiPace 350 and 450, Pfeiffer Vacuum is presenting turbopumps that are suitable for applications such as mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, metrology, particle accelerators and plasma physics.
High-precision special ball bearings
Special bearings for high demands on speeds, low vibration and running accuracy as well as bearings and bearing systems for use under extreme environmental conditions often have to be designed and developed specifically for each customer.

Duraflex friction suction cups
Piab is expanding its range of applications for flat friction bellows suction cups to include a suction cup with a diameter of 60 millimeters.

With Airlink, Becker has developed a solution with which sensor values from pumps and compressors can be analyzed directly in the component. This provides the operator with maintenance information in real time.