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
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
With Rexs, the FVA provides industry with a freely accessible, standardized interface for the exchange of gearbox data
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
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
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
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
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
With the K-Tech-Check, P /u00f6ppelmann offers a component assessment that shows possibilities for weight reduction and leads to cost savings
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mitsubishi Electric Europe has appointed Andreas Wagner as the new president of the German branch on April 1, 2018
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
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
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
