In a six-part series, SCOPE will be accompanying the Sage introduction at KW Automotive virtually live over the next few months.
At Formnext, Siemens is using a gripper solution for automotive production to demonstrate that optimized product design plays an important role in green additive manufacturing. The total mass of the gripper has been reduced by 64 percent and production costs by as much as 73 percent.
A key aspect of Industry 4.0 is always the monitoring and control of manufacturing and machining processes. MotorView, developed by BMR 2020, offers a powerful solution for integrating a process monitoring system for inverters and motors.
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With the SKB type, Jakob Antriebstechnik has a compact and powerful generation of safety clutches for overload limitation and collision protection for indirect drives in its range.
After more than 30 years at the helm of ams.Solution, Manfred Deues stepped down as CEO on September 30, 2022 and will move to the Supervisory Board. At the same time, Eckhard Ulmer, another member of the Management Board and one of the company's first employees, will leave the company.
Successful start to Formnext 2022
A very high visitor response, a wealth of world premieres and a variety of modern technologies, applications and materials: Formnext 2022 has got off toa successful start and will be presenting the world's additive manufacturing elitein Frankfurt until 18.11.2022 .
Additively manufactured rigid foam components
Until now, it has been problematic to use low-density foams in additive production processes. However, a research team from Fraunhofer IPA has now developed a sealing nozzle for 3D printers and is using it to print components. The nozzle can be seen for the first time at Formnext.
Henkel and Carbon have announced the expansion of their strategic partnership, with new resins expected to be available on Carbon's Idea-to-Production platform from 2023.
At Formnext 2022, Essentium will demonstrate how its material-centric approach helps customers produce 3D printed parts without compromising on quality. The company will showcase the advanced capabilities of the Essentium High-Speed Extrusion (HSE) 3D printing platform and innovative materials certified for industrial 3D printed parts and tooling.
Sensors and industrial image processing
The leading automation technology and industrial image processing companies Sick and MVTec Software are intensifying their strategic cooperation.
A new torque sensor system for cobots and lightweight robots is integrated into precision shaft gears and, according to the experience of the developers at Schaeffler, enables significantly shorter cycle times.
