Upward trend unbroken!
More and more factories and production facilities around the world are being automated - a trend from which mechanical engineering companies from Germany in particular are benefiting.
read more...read more...German-Austrian cooperation
On the first day of the SPS IPC Drives 2018 trade fair, Weidmüller announced a cooperation with the Austrian automation technology manufacturer Keba. The reason: expansion of the product portfolio in the field of control technology.
read more...Purely software-based CNC control
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...E-CAD 4.0 - intuitive and consistent
Suite X' is the new generation of WSCAD's E-CAD solution, which offers a completely redesigned, intuitive user interface. But that's not the only new feature, as Managing Director Dr. Axel Zein explains.
read more...Focus on the 'brainware'
Digital engineering in particular still suffers from a lack of end-to-end tools in mechanical engineering - according to Lenze's findings. Accordingly, the automation technology specialist from Hamelin is addressing the topic of 'brainware' in particular at SPS IPC Drives 2018.
read more...Preventive maintenance via app
Festo is further aligning its range of products and solutions with I4.0: Production managers and plant operators can now access the 'Smartenance' app as a mobile maintenance manager. Dashboards and the IoT gateway CPX-IOT enable condition monitoring in the cloud.
read more...Entry into the mechanical engineering business
Known as a technology supplier for robot manufacturers, Synapticon now also wants to offer targeted solutions for machine and special machine construction. The 'Actilink' drive systems and a quick-start package for the production of small robots mark the beginning.
read more...SIL3 / PLe with just one sensor
One of the product highlights presented by Pepperl+Fuchs at SPS IPC Drives 2018 is the 'safePxV' absolute positioning system. Armin Hornberger, Head of Product Management Industrial Vision Components, reveals what it can do.
read more...The web-based visualization
Flexibility and openness, separation of optics and function as well as web technology as a basis: 'Lasal VisuDesigner' fulfills all these core attributes of a modern visualization tool, as Lucia Krautgartner, Software Tools Product Manager at Sigmatek, explains.
read more...One cable, several safety doors
At Pilz, users can create individual safety gate solutions from various components using the modular principle. The decisive factor here is a diagnostic tool that allows individual safety gates to be controlled even with single-cable solutions.
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