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A total of 4,000 students competed in 118 teams in the 'Formula Student Germany 2018' competition at the Hockenheimring in August. Their self-built racing cars competed in three categories: Combustion Engine, Electric Drive and Autonomous Vehicles.
read more...Control technology / Motion control
No household or construction site can do without a meter stick or folding rule - yet this practical measuring instrument usually receives little attention. However, its production is quite complex in terms of automation technology.
read more...Panasonic Electric Works presents servo drives from the 'Minas A6' series as SX with Advanced Safety. The company presents the prototype of a basic version of drive controllers with the twelve most common safety functions and nine integrated and safe inputs and outputs.
read more...The electric surfboard 'Rävik' reaches a top speed of up to 56 km/h. It was developed by the Swedish company Awake Boards.
read more...The Siemens Group is once again giving itself a new structure - with only three instead of the previous five divisions and a division into 'Operating Companies' and 'Strategic Companies'.
read more...'Hyperloop Pod Competition' 2018
Traveling at almost the speed of sound with the Hyperloop superfast train - to make this vision a reality, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has launched the 'Hyperloop Pod Competition': the design by the team from the Technical University of Munich won for the third time.
read more...Effective July 19, Faulhaber Antriebssysteme acquires Dimatech SA, a Swiss manufacturer of stepper motors using disk magnet technology.
read more...ABB has published its financial figures for the second quarter of 2018: order intake rose by 14% year-on-year to USD 9.5 billion. ABB recorded growth in order intake in all divisions and regions, but not in sales.
read more...Aston Martin has unveiled the 'Volante Vision Concept', a luxury concept aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capability. The aircraft, created in collaboration with Cranfield University, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions and Rolls-Royce, has a hybrid electric drive.
read more...The aseptic filling of food is a difficult task. The demands on the automation technology used in the machines are correspondingly high, especially in terms of motion control. One example.
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