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The requirements for tomorrow's sensors and measuring systems in the context of Industry 4.0 can be determined with the help of cyber-physical production systems. The Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) at RWTH Aachen University is presenting one of these.
read more...Around 580 exhibitors are expected at Sensor+Test in Nuremberg. They will be providing information about the latest developments in sensor, measurement and testing technology at their exhibition stands, at the specialist congress and in the action program. This year's special theme is 'Measurement technology in the cloud'.
read more...AMA Innovation Award 2016 / Sensor+Test
Out of 40 international submissions, the AMA Association for Sensors and Measurement has nominated five applications for the 'AMA Innovation Award 2016', which is endowed with 10,000 euros - remarkably, all of them come from the field of biomedical technology.
read more...The digitalization of weighing technology can begin: Digital strain gauge-based load cells are now more robust, more durable and less expensive than their analog counterparts. In addition, analogue weighing technology can be digitized using transducer electronics.
read more...Optical 3D measurement technology
The Swedish measurement technology and geoanalytics provider Hexagon is strengthening its position in the field of optical 3D measurement technology and has now acquired Braunschweig-based Aicon 3D Systems.
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