Dual leadership in Shanghai
Stefan Becker has been appointed Managing Director of Eckelmann Automation Technology in Shanghai and will manage the subsidiary together with Zhongwei Huang.
Drive controller with high-current variant
As a high-current variant, the 'SD4B' drive controller from Sieb & Meyer extends the range of possible applications: as a servo amplifier for operating rotary and linear low-voltage servo motors or as a frequency inverter for high-speed low-voltage synchronous and asynchronous motors.
read more...Mechanical engineering most important customer for the first time
The German machine tool industry supplied around 27% of its production to the automotive and supplier industry in 2023, according to the latest customer structure survey by the German Machine Tool Builders' Association - a decline of around 16 percentage points in just four years.
read more...Encoders for existing systems and new projects
Baumer is expanding its product portfolio for positioning tasks with the fieldbus encoder 'EN580C'. The EN580C optical multiturn encoder is backwards compatible.
read more...Starter set for aseptic area
Constantly changing consumer trends, smaller batches and sustainability demand more flexibility and modularity in the production process from the beverage industry. A starter set helps to adapt machines and systems to the market.
read more...Planetary screw drive for higher performance
Thanks to a new intermediate size of planetary screw drive from Bosch Rexroth, double the linear travel speed and cycle time can be achieved at the same speed.
read more...Consistent multicore and multitask support
Beckhoff relies on consistent multicore and multitask support in its current 'TwinCAT MC3' Motion Control generation. Thanks to its modular architecture, axes implemented with 'TwinCAT NC2' can also be seamlessly integrated.
read more...Precision in motion control and handling
The 'EII102' counting, timing and incremental encoder module from Bachmann's 'M100' series records input signals at up to 32 MHz with quadrature evaluation, which, according to the supplier, allows high resolutions of the incremental encoder even at high movement speeds.
read more...Pneumatics makes technological leap
With Festo's 'Controlled Pneumatics' compressed air technology, the 'VTEP' proportional valve terminal achieves sensitive pressure control down to less than 1 mbar. According to the supplier, the technology also uses piezo valves to reduce compressed air consumption by up to 50 %.
read more...Siemens quarterly figures Q2/2024
Industrial business almost at previous year's level
Siemens achieved a "solid performance" in the second quarter of the fiscal year, with strong growth in the industrial software business in particular. Overall, revenue was almost unchanged compared to the same period last year.
read more...SPS - Smart Production Solutions
SPS from 2025 again at the end of November
From next year, the SPS will return to the familiar dates and will take place in Nuremberg from November 25 to 27, 2025. The subsequent dates until 2027 will also be at the end of November.
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