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Hahn+Kolb Werkzeuge continues its successful course with another double-digit increase in sales of 14.5%.

Sanding is often the last material-removing production step for decorative surfaces, which is why reliable quality control is essential.

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The Ifo Institute has confirmed its economic forecast for 2023 and 2024. According to this forecast, economic output this year will remain at roughly the same level as the previous year (-0.1%). While the economy in consumer-related sectors will suffer from high inflation and shrink, the industrial economy will support growth.

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In hardly any other industrial development sector are the demands placed on products as high as in medical technology. After all, human lives depend on the performance and reliable quality of medical devices.

The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine has brought the topic of defense technology into the public spotlight. The importance of additive technologies for the development, production and application of state-of-the-art defence systems is reflected in the program of this year's Rapid.Tech 3D from 9 to 11 May in Erfurt.

Voxeljet, a provider of large-format, high-speed 3D printing systems and on-demand services for industrial and commercial customers, and Tooling & Equipment International (TEI), one of the largest users of 3D sand printing in the US, are expanding their collaboration.

Continental has officially opened its AI Lab in Berlin. On February 1, Gilles Mabire, Chief Technology Officer Continental Automotive, welcomed the capital's AI community to its own AI Lab for the first time.

While digitalization is making itself felt in many drive technology components, servo couplings remain largely unaffected. Nevertheless, there are constant developments, as Roland Arnold, Head of Design at Jakob Antriebstechnik, reports in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.

Handling spherical microstructures with grippers is difficult, as the microcomponents are easily damaged if excessive forces are applied, but may also not detach from the gripper.

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With jet diameters down to 150 µm, micro waterjet cutting developed by the Swiss company Waterjet is more precise than the 800 µm technology commonly used in the industry.

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