
Compact coaxial design
Maccon launches the Z-Theta actuator, designed for easy integration into OEM systems and offering linear and rotary point-to-point motion in a compact housing.
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Maccon launches the Z-Theta actuator, designed for easy integration into OEM systems and offering linear and rotary point-to-point motion in a compact housing.

Hartmut Hoffmann will be succeeded as Managing Director of RK Rose+Krieger by Dr. Gregor Langer. Hoffmann will retire on June 30, 2021.
It was an exciting neck-and-neck race in the drive technology category. Here is an overview of the winners.

The dual and triple redundant LMR70 absolute linear encoders from TR are now also available in a version certified for maritime applications.

The LT20 piezoelectric motor from PiezoMotor enables microstepping in the sub-nanomillimeter range.

Space is often at a premium in production plants. Machines and equipment are therefore being built smaller and more compact. This also has an effect on the drive technology installed in them. Jenny Science offers a modular system for this case.

The digital transformation is opening up new opportunities for automation technology as a whole. In this interview, Sebastian Markert explains the potential that Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and the like hold for drive technology.

Hans-Joachim Müller, SEW-Eurodrive
A higher degree of digitalization leads to a greater volume of data - also in the drive system. This creates new challenges. Hans-Joachim Müller from SEW-Eurodrive on the advantages and disadvantages of digitalization.

Armin Wallnöfer, ABB Automation Products
The digital transformation is opening up new opportunities for automation technology as a whole. Armin Wallnöfer, ABB Automation Products, explains the potential that Industry 4.0, Industrial IoT and the like hold for drive technology.

IEF-Werner has expanded its euroLINE direct drive series with a variant that is particularly suitable for dynamic and precise applications, for example in handling and assembly technology as well as in semiconductor and electronics production.