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Trumpf presents a fully automatic punch laser machine for networked production. The Trumatic 5000 enables greater productivity and part quality with reduced energy consumption. The production cell takes 2nd place in the metalworking category.

Schmalz automates sheet metal handling with the ivOS Sheet Metal Solution Kit. Companies can use it to automate the loading of machines - simply, flexibly and economically. The kit was awarded 3rd place in the metalworking category.

Cold Metal Fusion is a 3D printing process in which SLS 3D printers from Sintratec are used to produce metal components. The process took 2nd place in the Additive Manufacturing category in the competition for Products of the Year 2024.

The MOVIKIT CombiTelescope software module from SEW-Eurodrive wins in the Drive Technology and Automation category in the competition for the Products of the Year 2024. It enables motion- and time-optimized control of load handling attachments of the CombiTelescope type.

The HMIs of the MES9000 series from ADS-TEC Industrial IT are versatile industrial PCs for a modern manufacturing and production environment. The customizable terminals took 2nd place in the drive technology and automation category of the Product of the Year competition.

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ABB now offers an IE5 ultra-premium motor for potentially explosive atmospheres. It works with 40 percent less energy loss even under the most difficult conditions - for example in potentially explosive atmospheres - and came third in the competition for the products of the year 2024 in the drive technology and automation category.

The flexible robot cell ZiMo enables a safe and cost-effective entry into process automation. The solution for small, medium and varying batch sizes is the winner in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Robotics category.

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The KASTOsort tower is a space-saving, highly productive solution for pre-processing including sorting, which automates the sawing and storage process in 24/7 operation. The system was awarded 1st place in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Handling, Assembly and Production Logistics category.

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Industry in Germany continues to see the maintenance and servicing of modern machines and systems as a challenge.

The failure of an industrial robot is associated with high costs. For the first time, local AI makes it possible to reliably implement predictive maintenance from the gearbox to the gripper without an expensive industrial PC and to take the collaboration, safety and intelligence of automated guided vehicles and cobots to the next evolutionary stage.

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