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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

Federal Minister of Economics Habeck visits the Turck stand

Federal Minister of Economics Dr. Robert Habeck visited the Turck Group at the Hannover Messe 2024 to find out how the automation specialist contributes to sustainability in the industry.

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.

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Industry news for your design and development from the specialist areas

Sensors

New sensor class simplifies positioning tasks significantly

The smart 2D profile sensors from Baumer define a new sensor class for precise and fast positioning and inspection tasks.

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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

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

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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INDUSTRY SPECIALS

Applied Research

Automobile

Renewable energies

Technical Building Services

food technology

Medical Technology

Microsystems Technology

Mobile Machinery

Industry news for your design and development from the branches

Mobile Machinery

Tailor-made brakes for autonomous forklifts

Kendrion Intorq has developed innovative braking technology with Bastian Solutions for the new autonomous forklift CB18.

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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

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

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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EXHIBITION SPECIALS

Special Hannover Fair

Special Automatica

Special EMO

Special FMB

Special AMB

Special Motek

Special PLC

Special Electronica

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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.

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We visited the security expert Schmersal at his two locations in Bergisch-Gladbach and Wettenberg. Leading personalities let us take a look behind the scenes of elevator technology and the electronics production required for it. Among other things, the new managing director of Schmersal Böhnke + Partner Dr. Andreas Hunscher gives an interview and at the Wettenberg site we show the production line for assembling printed circuit boards.

The Managing Director of Schmersal Böhnke + Partner We interviewed Andreas Hunscher on the following questions:

Where is the new CEO Dr. Andreas Hunscher, where would he like to go?
How is Schmersal Böhnke + Partner doing business in the 25? Year of its existence?
What has changed for Böhnke + Partner since the takeover by Schmersal in the year 2012?
How much do you invest in R & D and what is the focus?
How do you define your range of applications, can you use all elevators, which ones are the most difficult?
What options does your recently inaugurated company building offer you?
What do you see in an entrepreneurial look into the future?
Which future scenarios are conceivable in the elevator technology industry?

Mayr elevator brake Whisper-quiet elevator brake secures elevators and escalators