Now that China is slowly getting back to normal, normality looks like a faraway lighthouse for the rest of the world hit by the virus. Dark times are on the horizon for the manufacturing industry but a rebound with no major consequences is still possible
Due to the increasingly critical situation linked with the Covid-19 pandemic, Deutsche Messe was forced to cancel Hannover Messe 2020. The world's leading trade fair for industrial technology will come back next year from April 12 to 16
For linear and angular displacement measurement
Food processing presents numerous safety challenges that can be overcome by designing not only intrinsically but also ''extrinsically’’ safe machines, able to give the system an overall safety rating
The latest 3D printing platforms with combined hardware, software and materials will help companies respond quickly to market demands, unfolding new innovative ways of production. We explored the edges of 3D printing with Blake Teipel, CEO of Essentium
As automated guided vehicles, mobile platforms as well as autonomous carts and cobots become smaller, they are subject to stringent safety requirements. To address this issue, Sick designed a new safety laser scanner with minimized sizes, the nanoScan3
With the advent of the Internet of Things it is now possible to predict failures and downtimes without the need to carry out unnecessary maintenance. This offers a more dynamic and controlled approach to maintenance
Embedded technologies are opening up new applications that were unthinkable before. For Anita Po, Managing Director of Innodisk Europe, AI, 5G and intelligent edge will significantly drive the technological progress by unleashing creativity and innovation
Thanks to the combination of FDT Group’s emerging FDT IIoT Server (FITS™) with an optional OPC UA Server, remote asset health monitoring application can monitor the asset health in a different network, using various messaging protocols
Deutsche Messe has announced the decision to postpone Hannover Messe to the week of 13 to 17 July to react in the best possible way to covid-19 outbreak
At the latest edition of Advantech’s Industrial IoT World Partner Conference in Taiwan, IEN Europe met three of the company’s main European partners to learn what this collaboration brings and entails for them
As it happened for many other event organizers, also Deutsche Messe was confronted with the difficult decision to postpone Hannover Messe to July due to the Coronavirus outbreak. But every cloud has a silver lining
Designed for head-up display and pico projector applications
Designed for limiting torques in indirect drives of bottling plants
Achieves safety functions without an encoder
Can implement individual customer requirements
In late 2017, the Belgian company Isolava began a project to optimize the drying process. The first step was to install humidity sensors in the dryer in order to get a better understanding of the dynamics of the drying process
The acquisition will be finalized in early 2020 and will enhance Rockwell Automation’s ability to deliver IT/OT cybersecurity services globally
Ganahl is a Swiss manufacturer of high-quality bottles for the cosmetics, food and pharmaceutical industries. It relied on Omron’s eCobra robots for faster, more flexible and less noisy automation processes as well as NX1 controller
The optimization of manufacturing processes has become a priority. The parts designed, developed, and produced today are becoming more complex, requiring more advanced and extensive inspections with more accurate and reliable measurements
As the adoption of collaborative robots is rapidly growing in the manufacturing industry, we have interviewed Terry Arden, CEO at LMI Technology
Outdated maintenance procedures waste valuable resources and can impact on safety. Modern predictive techniques however reduce the costs of both scheduled and unscheduled downtime and are a key contributor to increased machine availability
In this interview, Arno Reich, Senior Vice President of Hannover Messe at Deutsche Messe, gives an overview of this year’s Hannover Messe
This white paper demonstrates how Postnova Analytics’ novel Electrical and Asymmetrical Field Flow Fractionation (EAF4) technology can be used to separate a wide variety of nano-sized materials while simultaneously determining surface charge
Enables high precision gap measurements
Suitable for robotic manufacturing and surgery
Suitable for temperature applications, they can operate up to 950°C
Expansion of Stauff's modular system for fastening industrial lines
Engineered for applications where zero backlash and easy handling are required
Spetec is getting ready for further expansion. The new site located in Erding-West, Germany, measures almost 9000 m² and features an efficient design to create ideal working conditions for employees and a new automated warehouse
Sick introduced how industry 4.0 principles can easily improve processes
Solutions showed to support the digital transformation for the realization of smart manufacturing
Certification confirms that Mobil SHC™ Gear 320 WT does not contribute to the oil-related effects of white etching cracks (WEC)
Machine vision camera suppliers can benefit from creating reliable standard transmission
Enables highly sensitive measurements in the field of elemental analysis
The lens was selected for this purpose due to its uniquely compact size, 10x zoom capability and HD image quality
The Capgemini Research Institute’s report outlines current AI adoption in the manufacturing sector
The subject of "charging electric vehicles" is characterized by an uncanny dynamic. Manufacturers of electric vehicles are struggling with tough bandages and pithy slogans. In this whitepaper you find a few simple facts
Predictive maintenance is part of Industry 4.0 and the factory of tomorrow. To achieve this, igus has developed a family of products under the name 'isense', where various sensors and monitoring modules make plastic energy chains, and cables intelligent
Trane Technologies' strategy and executive leadership team have been announced
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