XPlanar: floating, contactless, intelligent
With XPlanar, Beckhoff opens up new degrees of freedom in product handling: free-floating planar movers move over individually arranged planar tiles on freely programmable travel paths.
read more...read more...Cloud for automation specialists
Spectra's UniCloud is a no-code IIoT platform for manufacturers and operators of devices, machines and vending machines.
read more...Two years of the ctrlX platform - the update!
Through the world of automation using app technology - driven by this vision, Bosch Rexroth introduced the automation platform ctrlX in 2019. The aim is to establish an industrial ecosystem using the open platform and an app store.
read more...Production growth of 5 % expected
Despite well-filled order books in mechanical and plant engineering, many companies are struggling with increasing material and supply bottlenecks. According to chief economist Dr. Ralph Wiechers, the VDMA therefore expects production to grow by 5% in real terms in 2022.
read more...It is taking place!
Trade fairs have been permitted again in Bavaria since 01.08.2021. SPS 2021 will therefore not take place purely digitally as last year, but as usual as a face-to-face event from 23 - 25.11.2021 in Nuremberg.
read more...Small controller with more memory
The small controller 'Vipa Micro' from Yaskawa is available in an updated version: The main memory has been extended to 128 Kbyte as standard.
read more...Record order intake for Kuka
Kuka reports the second-highest order intake in the company's history for the first half of 2021. Robotics sales in particular are impressive.
read more...Siemens triples profit
Things are going well for Siemens: the company has raised its profit forecast for the third time. The high-margin digital business in particular is generating profits.
read more...Holger von Hebel becomes Chief Financial Officer
Holger von Hebel will take over the duties of CFO Dr. Markus Forschner on October 1.
read more...Automation division becomes independent
The automation division of ProCom will be managed as an independent company in future. This is a consequence of the takeover of ProCom's energy division by the investor Volue ASA, which makes it obligatory to separate the 'Energy' and 'Automation' divisions.
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