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Production in mechanical engineering
According to preliminary calculations by the Federal Statistical Office, production in the mechanical engineering sector in Germany rose by 2% in 2018. This fell well short of the VDMA's forecast of 5% growth.
read more...Turck's Austrian subsidiary has a new managing director in Herbert Salzgeber. He took over the management in January 2019.
read more...Cloud solutions form the basis of Industry 4.0. However, the tasks of a cloud in the factory environment are different to those for 'normal' public tasks. Smart factory concepts therefore rely on edge and fog computing as a supplement to the cloud. But what does such a solution look like?
read more...Softing Industrial is presenting the new 'Mindsphere Connector' component of the 'DataFeed OPC Suite' at the SPS IPC Drives 2018 trade fair. Product Manager Andreas Röck explains what it's all about.
read more...According to Numcad, CNC64 is the first purely software-based real-time control for CNC machines. It is based on the real-time extension RTX64 (Real Time eXtensions for Windows) from IntervalZero, which transforms Windows into a real-time operating system.
read more...Web-based HMIs offer many advantages and can be stored directly on controllers. However, one major obstacle is the use of different and outdated versions. The 'AutomationBrowser' provides a remedy here, says Ininet Managing Director Peter Brügger.
read more...Siemens - Q4 and full year 2018
Siemens has closed the 2018 financial year: The company was able to increase its order intake and sales, but profits in the Industrial Business declined. This is attributable to the sluggish business in the Power and Gas Division.
read more...Machine and system manufacturers are increasingly moving towards simulating control software before commissioning in order to correct any errors in advance. Instead of carrying out the tests manually as before, it is advisable to switch to an automated procedure.
read more...How can sensor data be uploaded to a cloud platform? At SPS IPC Drives, Hilscher is presenting a technology platform that is intended as a system solution for OEMs and also includes the aspects of diagnostics and maintenance.
read more...At the end of September, Lenze laid the foundation stone for the 'Mechatronic Competence Campus' (MCC) in Extertal. The ultra-modern development and production site in North Rhine-Westphalia is the company's largest single investment to date, costing around 50 million euros.
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