3D sensors alone are no guarantee for highly accurate 3D measurements - a coordinated interaction of hardware and software is essential.

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Machinery exports by German machinery and plant manufacturers rose by a nominal 13.8% year-on-year to EUR 51.3 billion in the first quarter. The fly in the ointment: adjusted for prices, machinery exports only rose by 4.4%.

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Smart Automation Austria, the trade fair for industrial automation in Austria, will open its doors at the Design Center Linz from 23 to 25 May 2023. Including: over 170 exhibitors.

Wachendorff Prozesstechnik has introduced the robust, waterproof stainless steel panel PCs of the 'PhanTAM' series from Aplex Technology.

Endress+Hauser invested more money in research and development in 2022 than ever before - a total of 7.2 % of turnover was invested in R&D.

In the past second quarter of fiscal year 2023, Siemens almost tripled its profit compared to the same period of the previous year.

Researchers at Fraunhofer IZM, in cooperation with Micro Systems Technologies (MST) and Sensry, have developed a waterproof IoT sensor that can reliably measure the properties of liquids even in places that are difficult to access.

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European industry is facing the challenge of translating innovations in the field of quantum technology into scalable processes and products. The 'Qu-Pilot' project aims to help here by using the existing pilot manufacturing infrastructure.

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Cincoze is adding the 'DX-1200' embedded computer to its Diamond rugged computing series. The embedded computer is used in industrial automation.

Evotron is expanding its product portfolio with the TC-23xINF series of telecentric high-performance LED lights.

SR System-Elektronik has added a compact 7-inch and a 10.1-inch device to its range of panel PCs for installation.

According to the manufacturer, machine builders can save development time and costs with the extended Allen-Bradley Micro850 and Micro870 controllers of the '2080-Lx0E' series and the latest Connected Components Workbench software from Rockwell Automation.

How far can the automation of processes using software robots go? Software robots now support their human counterparts in many areas of manual processes or repetitive activities.

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Christian Unterberger is the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the GHM Group, a provider of measurement and control technology. He takes over the role from Dr. Axel Lamprecht with immediate effect.

Companies in the mechanical and plant engineering sector spent around €7.2 billion on internal research and development (R&D) in 2021. This corresponds to an increase of just under 3.5% compared to 2020.

The exhibitors at Sensor+Test 2023 and organizer AMA Service have drawn a consistently positive conclusion from the event: over 5,000 trade visitors from Germany and abroad came to the Nuremberg exhibition halls, around 20% more than in the previous year.

Bosch Rexroth appoints Thomas Fechner and Roland Bittenauer to the Management Board. The tasks previously covered by Thomas Donato will be divided into two independent departments.

Following intensive biomechanical analyses, the company exoIQ has developed an active exoskeleton that provides up to 5 kg of force support per arm, making activities above the head and at chest height noticeably easier.

Yaskawa offers a technical solution for feeding robot braking energy back into the power grid - as standard and without additional hardware.

Inther Group presents the robotic picking solution 'Gripp' (Gantry Robotic Intelligent Piece Picker) for fully automated order picking.