Light+Building / Hannover Messe 2018
With 'Light+Building' in Frankfurt and the 'Hannover Messe', two important spring trade fairs are casting their shadows ahead. ABB has provided an initial insight into the new products that can be expected there.
read more...Electromobility / sales figures
Twice as many electric cars sold as a year ago - is this the breakthrough for e-mobility in Germany? Probably not, because the boom is taking place elsewhere, especially in China. However, one European country is leading the way.
read more...The Swiss technology group ABB is involved in all-electric motorsport - as title sponsor of the new 'ABB FIA Formula E Championship'.
read more...Trucks with pantographs are to drive on the A5 in real traffic for the first time from 2019. According to the Federal Ministry for the Environment, the test route in Hesse is the first on public roads in Germany. However, hauliers are still reluctant.
read more...Industry 4.0 requires flexible solutions for the material flow in machines and systems as well as in terms of changeover capability. Watch the video to see which concepts the suppliers B&R, Beckhoff and Mitsubishi presented at SPS IPC Drives 2017 in this regard.
read more...Automation technology manufacturer Lenze is expanding its Executive Board from three to four members. From January 1, 2018, Jochen Heier (54) will head the newly created Executive Board department Operations as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
read more...Electromobility in air traffic
Airbus and Siemens want to build a hybrid-electric aircraft engine together with the engine manufacturer Rolls Royce.
read more...B&R presented a shuttle-based transport system called 'SuperTrak' at the Hannover Messe 2016. At SPS IPC Drives 2017, the successor 'ACOPOStrak', which was developed entirely in-house, had its premiere.
read more...WEG adds helical, flat, and bevel helical gear units for torque ratings up to 5000 Nm to its WG20 portfolio of geared motors. Housings are manufactured from grey cast iron, and suitably ruggedized for applications like in the steel and heavy industries.
read more...From Tecnotion appear the two torque motor series QTR 65 and QTR 78. With outer diameter of 65 mm and 78 mm, the motors come in four build heights of 17, 25, 34, 60 mm.
read more...The DRCS series of controllers - especially suitable to drive stepper motors - round off the palette of electromechanical drives in the Camozzi portfolio.
read more...In the LeanMotor Stöber goes to market with a new drive solution, dispensing entirely with a positioning encoder. Plus this motor, for the same power, is much more lightweight and smaller than an asynchronous drive, less costly, and more robust than a servodrive.
read more...Final figures for SPS IPC Drives 2017
The 28th edition of SPS IPC Drives was "the biggest SPS IPC Drives of all time", is how trade fair organizer Mesago sums up the automation trade fair that ended on 30 November. With over 70,000 trade visitors, the trade fair even took the cake from last year.
read more...From November 28 to 30, 2017, the Nuremberg exhibition grounds were once again all about electric automation. Our photographer captured everything there was to see on site with his camera.
read more...With the LeanMotor, Stöber is launching a new drive solution on the market that completely dispenses with the position-generating encoder. The motor is also significantly lighter and smaller than an asynchronous drive and cheaper and more robust than a servo drive with the same performance.
read more...It was first presented as a study at SPS IPC Drives 2016 - the LTS transport system from Mitsubishi Electric with its "Smart Carriages". An enhanced version of the solution is now about to be launched on the market.
read more...Festo presented new concepts at SPS IPC Drives 2017 - from handling systems and drives to a new automation system.
read more...Danfoss Drives took its first step towards servo technology in 2015 with an integrated motion controller for the VLT AutomationDrive frequency inverter. Now the Danes want to significantly strengthen their activities in this area with the new FlexMotion concept.
read more...What new products will exhibitors be presenting at SPS IPC Drives 2017? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what can be seen in the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.
read more...SPS IPC Drives has been in full swing again since yesterday. In addition to all the new products and systems in the 16 exhibition halls, our first impressions from the event show you what you can see at this year's automation trade fair.
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