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With Ferdinand Mayr (pictured right), the grandson of Fritz Mayr, the fifth generation joined the management team at Mayr Antriebstechnik in mid-April. This means that there are now three managing directors at the helm of the Allgäu-based family business across the generations.
read more...With a turnover of 913 million euros or growth of around 13%, Italian drive specialist Bonfiglioli recorded a record year for the third time in a row in 2018. In terms of regions, the emphasis continued to shift towards China, India and the USA.
read more...Conveyor technology places very specific demands on drives. With both mains-operated and controlled motors, the user has therefore inevitably had to make compromises to date. Not so with a 'smart motor'.
read more...Without drive technology - in the truest sense of the word - nothing would turn in most machines and systems. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the latest innovations in this automation discipline in a series of pictures.
read more...Altra Industrial Motion Corp. is merging with four companies from the Fortive Automation & Specialty Platform, including Kollmorgen, Thomson, Portescap and Jacobs Vehicle Systems, effective October 1. The transaction is valued at around 2.9 billion US dollars.
read more...If precision gearboxes are to be used in robotics or automation, designers are faced with a choice between two different types of gearbox: planetary and cycloidal gearboxes. The advantages and disadvantages of both solutions.
read more...Koco Motion offers a comprehensive stock program of 4-pole AC asynchronous motors.
read more...Koco Motion, supplier of drive technology, has had a new Managing Director in Olaf Kämmerling since April 1. Kämmerling takes over the position alongside owner Gerhard Kocherscheidt.
read more...At the recent Hannover Messe, Bonfiglioli announced another record year: in 2016, the Italian drive technology manufacturer increased its turnover by over 8% to a total of almost 790 million euros.
read more...A new development from TU Wien is set to bring major benefits for electric vehicles and many other applications: The electric planetary motor combines motor and gearbox; it is space-saving, fail-safe and energy-efficient. It will be presented at the Hannover Messe 2017.
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