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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 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'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.
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.
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.
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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.
Glass-ceramic as a construction material of high quality
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The mica glass ceramic "VITRONIT" from Werkstoffzentrum Rheinbach (WZR) continues to gain popularity among designers and design engineers. Especially when plastics or metals have reached their limits, this porous ceramic material is a popular alternative. It is temperature resistant up to 1000 ° C and can be worked machined using conventional tools. Meanwhile it quality prototypes and series parts with sometimes amazing properties are manufactured.
The vitreous Vitronit is a modern construction material of high quality. If, for example, high-temperature-resistant components are required that are also intended to insulate electrically, Vitronit is better suited than metals or plastics. Moreover, since the thermal expansion of this glass ceramic is very similar to that of steel, composite solutions can be realized. Other key benefits of Vitronit include good mechanical workability with conventional precision tools.
Many designers and product developers have not only prototypes but increasingly also ready-to-install series parts made from Vitronic. Surface qualities of Ra <0,2 µm can be achieved.
After shaping, no burning process is required. Ready-to-install customer parts These include, for example, electro- and heat-insulating molded parts, which have to prove their worth in applications due to their high resistance to frequent temperature changes, corrosion and chemicals. Flanges, charging elements, wearing parts as well as connecting and drive elements (screws, threaded rods) are also produced from this glass ceramic. The constructive potential of vitronite is far from exhausted
The material is standard white, nonporous and non-degassing. The density of the material is 2,66 g / cm3 and its thermal expansion coefficient between 9,5 x 10-6K-1 and 11,3 x 10-6K-1, The thermal conductivity is 1,72 W / mK (at 25 ° C). Particularly noteworthy are the electrical breakdown strength of 12 kV / mm, the flexural strength of 120 MPa and the compressive strength of 450 MPa. With its strength values, vitronite is slightly lower than the ceramic materials aluminum oxide and zirconium oxide.