Special Paintexpo 2014

The new F3300 printer from Stratasys is the winner of the Product of the Year competition in the Additive Manufacturing category. Thanks to greater precision, extended operating time and twice the performance, it aims to pave the way for more demanding areas of application in manufacturing.

The SUMO automation systems from EGS Automation - economical standard solutions for automating a wide range of processes in plastics and metalworking - took second place in the robotics category in the competition for Product of the Year 2024.

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SSI Piece Picking is a fully automated robotic solution. It enables fully automated piece picking with functions such as pick & place, object recognition and gripping point determination. It took 3rd place in the competition for Product of the Year 2024 in the Robotics category.

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The Supfina Planet BD is a double-face grinding machine for grinding hard-coated brake discs. The product is the winner of the 2024 Product of the Year competition in the metalworking category.

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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.