In order to optimize the energy consumption of production facilities, all relevant consumption data must be recorded and analyzed. The 'Esima' research project developed a concept for energy management based on easy-to-install sensor technology.
read more...Microsystems technology competition 'iCan'
At the international microsystems technology competition 'iCan' in Paris, German student teams were able to beat off the competition with their prototypes. The winning projects include a cable pulling robot and a mobile dehydration warning device.
read more...Swiss sensor technology provider Contrinex is changing its sales and R&D management: Peter Heimlicher, founder of the company, stepped down from the Management Board on June 1, 2016.
read more...Conventional industrial sensors basically all work according to the same principle: they record physical variables as data and pass them on to the machine control system.
read more...Together with the Fraunhofer Application Center Industrial Automation, Turck has taken up the cause of developing an interface for OPC UA communication between RFID readers and controllers.
read more...How can tiny objects such as adhesive beads in smartphone housings be reliably inspected? One approach is laser profile scanners with a blue laser line instead of a red one.
read more...Managing and organizing 10,000 technologically and geometrically different tools is no trivial task - but thanks to identification with Industrial RFID, it's not rocket science either.
read more...The requirements for tomorrow's sensors and measuring systems in the context of Industry 4.0 can be determined with the help of cyber-physical production systems. The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University is presenting one of these.
read more...Until now, Sensor+Test was housed in Halls 11 and 12 of the Nuremberg Exhibition Center. From this year, the trade fair will be moving.
read more...Around 580 exhibitors are expected at Sensor+Test in Nuremberg. They will be providing information about the latest developments in sensor, measurement and testing technology at their exhibition stands, at the specialist congress and in the action program. This year's special theme is 'Measurement technology in the cloud'.
read more...From May 10 to 12, around 580 exhibitors at Sensor+Test will be presenting their latest products from the fields of sensor and measurement technology. Computer&AUTOMATION shows a selection of these in a picture gallery.
read more...AMA Innovation Award 2016 / Sensor+Test
Out of 40 international submissions, the AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement has nominated five applications for the 'AMA Innovation Award 2016', which is endowed with 10,000 euros - remarkably, all of them come from the field of biomedical technology.
read more...VDMA Vice President Carl Martin Welcker confirmed his association's forecast that the mechanical engineering industry in Germany is only expecting real production to stagnate this year - as was the case last year.
read more...At the end of March, Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures acquired a stake in Eologix Sensor Technology. The six-figure investment is intended to accelerate the company's expansion.
read more...From May 2016, Patrick Kraemer will take over the role of Vice President Sales Europe at sensor technology provider Leuze Electronic.
read more...The Sick Group continued its positive corporate development in its 70th year of existence and achieved sales of EUR 1.26 billion in the 2015 financial year.
read more...Mobile cranes, whether mobile cranes, truck-mounted cranes or loading cranes, are inconceivable without intelligent sensors - not least for safety reasons.
read more...The Exo product range from SVS-Vistek combines cameras for various quality assurance applications in one series. It is a platform that is suitable for CMOS and CCD sensors and delivers 0.3 to 12 MP.
read more...Baumer has expanded the Optopulse EIL580 encoder family and is introducing additional variants with the Euro flange B10 and square flange mounting types.
read more...Isra Vision is presenting a sensor that combines triangulation, stereometry and phase-shifting fringe projection, thus bridging the gap between 3D shape detection and dimensional accuracy inspection.
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