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Company News
Annual report 2023, 247 new products and Igus Go app
Igus is presenting the new business figures and presenting 2024 new products at the Hannover Messe 247 and would like to advance the goal of “Zero Lubrication” with the Igus Go app.
IFM will increase sales to over EUR 2023 billion in 1,4
IFM Electronic was able to increase sales again in the 2023 financial year. The preliminary consolidated financial statements show a new sales record with sales of over 1,4 billion euros and growth of 3%.
Jumo Campus for sensors and measurement technology
Jumo has designed further training courses with a view to the currently exciting topics being discussed in individual sectors and offers corresponding seminars as part of the Jumo Campus.
Schaeffler AG increases sales by 2023% in 5,8
Schaeffler AG's sales increased by 2023% to EUR 5,8 billion in 16,3. Currency-adjusted sales growth was 5,8 percent, which is within the forecast for the 2023 financial year.
New automotive production site in the USA
The Motion Technology Company Schaeffler will expand production in the USA with a new automotive production site. The new facility will be located in Dover, Ohio.
Industry news for your design and development from the specialist areas
cables and wires
PTFE and PFAS free Chainflex cables
Igus gives the “PFAS free” seal to 95% of its Chainflex cables, which are free of the harmful substances PFAS and PTFE.
Drive Elements
New manufacturing technologies improve crown gear production
Welter Zahnrad has further developed its production processes for crown gears and can now produce them in quality 3967 according to DIN 5.
IPC
Ex-protected tablet with augmented reality qualities
Pepperl+Fuchs is expanding its Ecom “Tab-Ex” tablet series with a device based on the robust Samsung Galaxy Tabactive4 Pro.
Machine Elements
Door handle system displays machine statuses
Schmersal presents its new door handle system DHS. The door handle functions are combined with the display of machine states in the handles.
Industry news for your design and development from the branches
Mobile Machinery
Cylindrical roller bearings for heavy industrial gearboxes and construction machinery
Schaeffler is introducing new cylindrical roller bearings in which the service life has doubled and the load capacity has increased by 24%.
Automobile
IO module secures hydrogen filling stations from Resato
Resato Hydrogen Technology has implemented a modular and scalable concept for H2 filling stations with Turck and its IO modules.
food technology
Lubrication and sealing-optimized linear guide
Schaeffler presents linear guides for food technology with optimized seals, wipers and long-term lubrication units.
Mobile Machinery
Flexible, customizable gateway for agricultural technology
IFM Electronic is presenting the Isobus Gateway at the Hannover Messe, which is designed for agricultural equipment and can be specifically adapted.
Industry fair news
Hannover Messe promotes energy for sustainable industry
As a networked industrial ecosystem, the exhibitors demonstrate how climate neutrality can be achieved through the use of electrification, digitalization and automation under the guiding theme of Energizing a sustainable Industry.
Control Fair 2024 | The industry is already looking forward to Stuttgart
Control 2024, the important international trade fair for quality assurance, will take place from April 23rd to 26th in Stuttgart. The trade fair places a particular focus on automation and digitalization.
SPS Nuremberg: Now in 16 halls!
The SPS – Smart Production Solutions from November 14th to 16.11th. 2023 will see significant growth in the trade fair compared to the previous year and is on the way to pre-Corona levels.
Positioning control with optimized connection setup
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The universal positioning controller PS 90 and Owisoft Version 2.8 from Owis now score points in joint operation: The connection establishment and the COM port search are optimized. The improved communication between software and control is also evident when querying the axis parameters. New software tools allow the software to be integrated into development environments such as Labview or Matlab. The optimized power dissipation of the PS 90 ensures less heating during operation. In addition, integrated components ensure improved overcurrent protection. The risk of damage due to short circuit is thus almost impossible.
In addition, the PS 90 in the application is time-saving and user-friendly as never before. The Owisid is read out directly with the control and facilitates the commissioning and configuration of the individual positioning units. As a result, relevant values such as current level or spindle pitch are transferred from a database to the controller, but can still be entered manually as before.
The synchronous start and stop function of multiple positioning units is more convenient with new commands. In addition, new functionalities are available in the path control. Up to three PLC or TTL outputs can be set or deleted at the same time.
Safety control for safe signal processing
The further development is also noticeable in the modern power amplifier design. The current limits for DC and BLDC motoren can now be set via software commands. In the case of stepper motors, the current is controlled via a freely adjustable PID controller and enables the power stage to be fine-tuned exactly according to the requirements. The table can thus be operated in a slow, smooth run or very dynamically.