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Yaskawa Europe is setting a new course - both organizationally and on the product side, particularly in terms of control technology and software. CEO Manfred Stern explains the details.
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Yaskawa Europe is setting a new course - both organizationally and on the product side, particularly in terms of control technology and software. CEO Manfred Stern explains the details.
Hannover Messe 2018 is on the launch pad. From 23 to 27 April, the organizers want to "ignite the next stage of Industry 4.0". Taking part for the first time this year: the CeMAT logistics trade fair and the IAMD.

Festo has given an outlook on its digitalization activities: In addition to bionics projects, the company will be presenting a self-learning workstation for human-robot collaboration at the Hannover Messe 2018.

Electrical engineers at Chemnitz University of Technology have succeeded in producing an electric motor entirely using a 3D printer. The process is intended to significantly increase the operating temperatures.

Huawei and General Electric (GE) presented a cloud-based solution for predictive industrial maintenance at Hannover Messe 2017.

What about the successor to LTE? What application scenarios in the factory are conceivable using the next generation of mobile communications? The first impressions of this could already be seen at the Hannover Messe.

OPC UA is regarded as the established standard for Industry 4.0, so you couldn't miss it at Hannover Messe 2017 - as demonstrated by three short videos.
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.

This year, Amazon Web Services had its own stand at the Hannover Messe for the first time. Included: lots of applications that show how cloud technology supports companies with digitalization.

Fraunhofer IGD's Plant@Hand3D visual control station integrates information from the production planning and control systems. This results in a 3D model of the production environment, which provides access to important production data.