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Around 1700 exhibitors will be presenting the complete spectrum of industrial automation at the 28th SPS IPC Drives from November 28 to 30, 2017. With the reallocation of Hall 6, the focus of the exhibition will now be more on IT than ever before.
read more...ZVEI wants to help define 5G standards
The ZVEI wants to increasingly incorporate the needs of the industry into the standardization of the fifth generation of mobile communications. The association expects industry turnover to grow in the upper single-digit range in 2018.
read more...After postponing the launch date several times, Tesla has now presented the brand's first electric truck. According to Elon Musk, the electric semitrailer truck should achieve a range of around 800 kilometers, even when fully charged and weighing 40 tons.
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...The 'Plagiarius' campaign is holding its competition of the same name for the 42nd time. Companies, designers and inventors once again have the chance to submit their original products and alleged imitations and propose the plagiarist as the winner of the negative prize.
read more...Siemens - Q4 and full year 2017
Siemens has announced its figures for fiscal year 2017, which ended on September 30. The frontrunner in terms of turnover: the 'Digital Factory' division with an increase of 9% on a comparable basis - i.e. excluding currency translation and portfolio effects.
read more...The complete automation of manual or semi-automatic processes is a major challenge with very short cycle times. When it comes to workpiece carrier transport, the machine manufacturer Goldfuß relies on a system that allows the creation of flexible buffers via software.
read more...Around six years of discussions about Industry 4.0 are now behind us: Where does the industry stand today? What challenges still lie ahead? Dr. Hans Krattenmacher, Head of Development for the Electronics division at SEW-Eurodrive in Bruchsal, gives his opinion.
read more...Baumüller is optimizing the DST2 high-torque motors with speed increases and performance enhancements: The motors in sizes 135 to 400 now achieve speeds of up to 2000 rpm, depending on the size.
read more...Sigmatek has added the ST 151 motion module for stepper motors with STO function to the S-Dias family. The stepper motor output stage is designed for controlling two-phase stepper motors up to 50 V(DC) rated voltage and 5 A continuous current in full and half-step operation.
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