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Accelerate The Design Process

Accelerate The Design Process

Makerbot offers 3D printers with FDM technology for the production of prototypes. Construction practice spoke to Valentin Storz, General Manager Makerbot EMEA, about their involvement in product development

Computational Linguists Develop Intelligent Assistance Systems For Air Traffic Controllers

Computational Linguists Develop Intelligent Assistance Systems For Air Traffic Controllers

Air traffic controllers have to make important decisions every day under high pressure. Computational linguists have developed an intelligent system together with the DLR that listens and thinks with the pilot. The prototype will be presented at CeBIT

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Standardized Gear Model For Easy Exchange Of Gear Data

With Rexs, the FVA provides industry with a freely accessible, standardized interface for the exchange of gearbox data

Latest Developments In Linear And Connection Technology

The world's leading industrial fair takes place in Hanover from April 23 to 27, 2018. RK Rose + Krieger will be there again this year. The focus of the trade fair appearance this time is on the area of linear technology

Plane Spiral Gear With A New Type Of Toothing

MS-Graessner has developed a new type of toothing for its plane spiral gear. It is therefore superior to the very similar worm gear transmission in terms of power transmission, efficiency and precision

ABB Invests EUR 100 Million In B&R's Eggelsberg Location

One year after ABB announced the acquisition of B&R, the group will invest 100 million euros in Austria. An innovation and education campus will be built at the B&R headquarters in Eggelsberg

Drive Multi Pumps Optimally

The field of pump applications is large. It ranges from start / stop use via PiD-controlled drives to coupling several pumps in one drive. Eaton has optimized its frequency converter range especially for these application areas of up to five pumps connected in parallel. Here, Eaton shows how users find the right drive for it

Long-stroke Linear Axes From Jung Score With High Availability And Full Dynamics

The highly dynamic long-stroke axes from JA2 are designed for long-term use not only in single-axis applications, but also in surface and space portals

Uncover Lightweight Construction Potential For Injection Molded Parts

With the K-Tech-Check, P /u00f6ppelmann offers a component assessment that shows possibilities for weight reduction and leads to cost savings

Uninterruptible Power Supply Despite Power Failure

Murrelektronik's Emparro Accucontrol UPS module, which complements the Emparro power supply system, keeps machines alive by switching to battery operation without interruption in the event of a power failure. According to the manufacturer, the investment in a UPS system often pays for itself when the first shutdown is avoided

Integrated Drive Technology Reduces Machine Footprint And Space Requirements

The decentralized AMP8000 servo drive system from Beckhoff is intended to open up new paths for modular machine concepts. It integrates the servo drive directly into the servo motor in a compact design and is said to save material, space, costs and assembly effort

Cadfem Presents New Simulation Solutions For Product Development

Cadfem is showing new simulation solutions for product development at this year's Hannover Messe together with software manufacturer Ansys and Nvidia graphics card specialist PNY. In addition, Cadfem demonstrates how condition-based maintenance is supported with a digital twin and how additive manufacturing processes can be optimized with simulations

Combine Light Metals With Plastics

The Christian-Albrechts-Universit /u00e4t (CAU) zu Kiel shows, among other things, at this year's Hanover Fair the sculptured interlocking of titanium components with plastics

New Size And Profinet Connectivity For Sinamics

Siemens is expanding its converter portfolio with a new FSAC for the Sinamics V20 converter. In addition, the FSA assembly of the Sinamics V90 is now available as a Profinet version

Small And Light Rotation Axis With Electrical And Fluid Rotating Union

With the new rotary axis RA-40, Afag is launching a solution that enables an endless rotary movement and the simultaneous control of an electric gripper. increase

7 Exciting Startups From The Sensor Industry

Intelligent sensors are increasingly used in industry. And the market continues to grow /u2013 a technology with future potential. Many young companies see this too: We present seven interesting startups from the sensor sector

Ironless With Up To 200 W Power

The family of ironless DC motors from Koco Motion is growing. The manufacturer and distributor presents two new versions that achieve up to 200 W peak power

No Fear Of Radio Switchgear In Mechanical Engineering

Radio switching devices are an alternative to wired switching devices in very different applications /u2013 and with different radio technologies. Which applications are available in machine tool construction, which have already been implemented, what should the designer consider? Andreas Schenk, Wireless Product Manager at steute Schaltger /u00e4te GmbH & Co.KG

New President At Mitsubishi Electric Europe

Mitsubishi Electric Europe has appointed Andreas Wagner as the new president of the German branch on April 1, 2018

How Simulation Helps To Optimize The Vibrations Of The Drive

With increasing performance, drives should be designed with low vibrations. The design for a maximum service life often collides with the optimization of the excitation. The simulation helps to solve this conflict

Coat Heavily Used Components Using Suspension Sprayers

With the suspensions of fine ceramic or hard metal particles developed at Fraunhofer IKTS, thin, high-performance layers with extremely low roughness can be thermally sprayed onto large-area components

New IIoT Modular System For Machine Data Acquisition And Predictive Analytics

SSV's new Predictive Analytics kit IIoT / / PA-Pac supports the data-based prediction of events for machines and systems. With its hardware components, existing machines and systems can be retrofitted with data interfaces in order to obtain and save IIoT-compatible status data

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