When testing wheelchairs, manufacturers play it safe for understandable reasons. That is why three aspiring mechanical engineers took no risks when they developed a drop test construction for wheelchairs on behalf of the renowned German company MEYRA. They relied on miniature shock absorbers made by ACE to protect the inner life of their construction.
Flexibly mountable multitouch HMI in four sizes
New application possibilities for real-time control with industrial PCs
For lightweight robots, modular designs are increasingly popular thanks to the flexible deployment they enable for specialised tasks. Modular robots also enhancing the potential for system integrators and end users to develop their own designs. As part of an in-house robot build, optimising the drive train that powers and controls each joint is vital to the robot’s performance. The most effective way of achieving this is by developing the drive train as a complete module. This approach can also improve the efficiency of robot development overall.
Smaller manufacturers are the fastest-growing area of industrial robotics today, driven by the need for new collaborative robotics systems.
At Hannover Messe 2024 the two German companies announced their colloboration for development of innovative solutions based on the PLCnext technology.
Measuring in confined spaces without danger of damage to the electronics
Safe Absolute Positioning Systems up to SIL 3/PL e
LEWA, a manufacturer of metering pumps and systems, relies on IE5+ motors from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS for high precision applications. They combine a wide control range with outstanding energy efficiency.
With the rapid advancements in technology, there is increasing consumer demand for innovative, smart, and connected products that need to get to market more quickly, cost effectively and sustainably. Today, manufacturers must deliver on these expectations as they deal with increasing design and production complexity, as well as global supply-chain issues that impact time-to-market.
The measurement of low flow is becoming widely used in many industries. However, the smaller the flow, the trickier it is to control and measure, and finding a suitable flow measuring technology at reasonable cost can prove challenging for both users and flow sensor manufacturers.
Multi-core and multi-tasking solution for flexible control of axes
With its radar imager, Balluff scans through packages for completeness, integrity, and foreign objects. Customers can benefit from efficient, in-line quality control at the end of the line.
Collaborative robots, or cobots, are making their presence felt in ever more applications, working alongside humans wherever production requires the decision making and discrimination abilities of humans, combined with unceasing production, dexterity and precision of cobots.
Smart connectors facilitate the remote digital monitoring of installations. TE Connectivity (TE) and tacterion have partnered to develop these cutting-edge components. The first joint steps involve designing outstanding connectors for modular machines used in smart factories. Taking into account early customer feedback, the portfolio will undergo continuous expansion and enhancement.
Innovative solutions for high-volume adhesive processes
Helps rapidly optimise missile fin actuation system
Tezmaksan presents CubeBOX, a system designed for machine tending
Free online bolt configurator for bolts not defined by standards
IEN Europe talked to Matthias Ortner, General Manager at NKE Austria and Hugo Santos, CBDO at Fersa Group, the NKE parent company and Pedro Pablo Andreu Fersa COO.
Liquid-cooled drives are up to the toughest industrial workloads
The ODVA announced that process device profiles have been added to the EtherNet/IP Specification to provide automation practitioners with another critical tool to help optimize plant operations.
The world is facing a fundamental change to its entire energy supply with all current methods of generating energy being under scrutiny. The trump card in this game can be hydrogen.
Among other advantages, NKE's black oxide finished bearings offer improved run-in and wear and enhanced adhesive wear characteristics.
A 29-year-old Turkish IPC manufacturer Noya will be exhibiting their latest generation Industrial Panel PCs at Hall 16 Booth E12-6 in Hannover Messe 2023
Based on Industrial Ethernet Platform
Meler, HMI-MBS and Universal Robots pool their know-how to offer an adhesive application workshop with the help of a collaborative robot, on January 19 at Meler's Orleans facility.
A small start-up business in Finland, Sensmet, has developed an online monitoring technology that promises a step-change improvement in both the manufacturing and recycling of battery metals.
At SPS 2022, ODVA presented the availability of complete EtherNet/IP over Ethernet-APL conformance testing as the final step to make the benefits of Ethernet available at the field level in the process industries.
Last year Ming Tai implemented Markforged 3D printer into collaborating design service
This whitepaper puts the light on a holistic approach to design and simulation to drive innovation
Richard Bethell, Technical Director at Solid State Supplies, discusses use cases for outdoor energy harvesting photovoltaic (PV) cells and the far-reaching capabilities they provide for remote monitoring.
Neil Hannay, Senior R&D Engineer at Titan Enterprises looks back on times of constraints with Covid-19 and Brexit, design improvements in flowmeters as well as their use in the production of biofuel.
When vibration sensors directly measure the machine condition
Optical Surfaces Ltd has been selected by the Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science (CUOS) at the University of Michigan (USA) to provide beam expander optics for its Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS).
Efficiency has a name: IDC
Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) is preparing industrial Ethernet to support tomorrow’s industrial communications needs by providing innovative, highly beneficial features.
The factory of the future and industry 4.0 are new production paradigms that are too often regarded as mere technical innovations. However, their potential lies first and foremost in the new economic models that they help develop.
Damage to facility flooring is a hidden but serious risk in every manufacturing and industrial environment. Many forms of floor damage occur silently, accumulate without notice, and sneak up on operators, leaders and even facility managers.
The business unit "Railway Technology" of Burisch Elektronik Bauteile GmbH with the LED lighting system SCHURTER TrenoLux was certified according to IRIS ISO/TS 22163 at the first attempt in 2021.
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