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Here you will find everything that the designer needs for his design and the development engineer for his new development, from the draft to quality assurance in production, such as new products, their applications, new technologies or research results. Company reports as well as topics on technological and megatrends in all industrial sectors complete our range of industry news. Let's start with the news.

Company News

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.
Ebm-Papst wants to sell industrial drive technology to Siemens
The Ebm-Papst Group has announced that it will sell its Industrial Drive Technology (IDT) division to Siemens AG. Both sides have signed a corresponding agreement.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Industry news for your design and development from the specialist areas

cables and wires

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.

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Drive Elements

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.

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IPC

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.

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Machine Elements

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.

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INDUSTRY SPECIALS

Industry news for your design and development from the branches

Mobile Machinery

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%.

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Automobile

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.

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food technology

food technology

Lubrication and sealing-optimized linear guide

Schaeffler presents linear guides for food technology with optimized seals, wipers and long-term lubrication units.

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Mobile Machinery

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.

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EXHIBITION SPECIALS

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.

lincolnLincoln has developed a distributor for the "Centro-Matic" single-line centralized lubrication system, which represents a major step forward for single-line centralized grease lubrication systems. After the metered release of lubricant, the pressure in the single-line distributors must be relieved before another lubrication cycle can take place. Depending on the lubricant and line system, this can become critical for automatic centralized grease lubrication systems when the ambient temperature drops. Due to the two-chamber design and a differential piston, the SL-V distributor can bring about a much faster pressure relief and already reverses at a residual pressure of 69 bar.

The distributors work with stiffer greases. Lines with smaller diameters can be used, which means a reduction in material and assembly costs. Greater flexibility in the selection of lubricant and lubrication lines also extends the scope of application for single-line, high-pressure, centralized lubrication systems. Applications that were traditionally reserved for dual-line centralized lubrication systems are now possible. The distributors of the SL-V series are robust and designed for a working pressure of up to 413 bar. If the seal in a distributor is defective, this will be immediately visible at the bypass outlet of the distributor. The maintenance staff can thus determine without requiring extensive function check of distributors those who need to be repaired.

The SL-V distributor is designed for mining and heavy industry applications, such as the steel and paper industries, and can also be used for grease central lubrication of machines in other industries that have high lubricity friction points. The SL-V distributor has an adjustable dosage of max. 1,31 cm3, The recently available SL-V XL dispenses up to a maximum of 5 cm3, There are different colored Dosierhülsen, can be fixed by the various, different discharge amounts exactly. SL-V and SL-V XL distributors are available in distribution strips with 1 to 6 distributors. The distribution strips are identical to those for the Centro-Matic distributor type SL-1.

With the new distributor series, the lubricant outlets from the distributors can also be summarized externally. When two SL-V XL distributor outlets are combined, the adjustable dosing quantity is still approx. 20% higher than the known Lincoln SL-11 distributor. By combining SL-V and SL-V XL, manifolds can be installed in a space-saving and cost-saving way for lubrication points with medium and large lubricant requirements.