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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

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.
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.

koco Motion expands its family of miniaturized drives. The new Miniature stepper motor VSM08-15 combines small footprint with very high performance. This allows the simplest positioning tasks to be implemented. Thanks to the compact external dimensions of only 8 mm in diameter and 7,9 mm in length, the small stepper motors can be accommodated even in the smallest of spaces.

Koco Motion Miniature Stepper Motor

 

The simple control of the 2 phase permanent magnet (PM) Stepper motor is done using simple controllers that only need to switch low voltages and currents. The high acceleration and the resulting high dynamics of the stepper motors keep the running times for positioning tasks low, even over larger distances.

The Areas of application the miniature Linear motoren can be found in Medical Technology, microscopy, Safety Technology and wherever mobility, size, weight or accuracy of the device and thus mass and power supply play a role. Specifically, the VSM08-15 miniature stepper motor is suitable for implementing valve adjustments in the Automation or for display devices in the Automotive industry.


Harting miniature connectorMiniature connectors for safe signal transmission 


All connections are housed in the small design of the micro stepper motors. The holding torque of the stepper motors is 0,25 mNm and the dynamic torque is up to 0,2 mNm. Of the Open loop operation enables quick and easy implementation. In the standard version, the miniature stepper motors can withstand operating temperatures from -10° to +60 °C. Numerous modifications such as connection technology or mechanical add-on parts such as pinions and mounting plates are available on request.

Small step angle of only 18 degrees

Koco Motion miniature linear motorThe step angle of 18° gives an idea of ​​how filigree work has to be done in order to 20 full steps per revolution to reach. This means that the stepper motor can be positioned very precisely in full-step mode alone. Using a micro step resolution, positioning can be refined many times over and the concentricity is positively influenced. The small step angle of this design allows very good working with the detent torque when the position has been reached in full step and the motor is to be kept currentless to save energy.

Using a spindle can of miniature stepper motor be converted into a linear drive and achieve high dynamics as an actuator with a spindle pitch of 0,5 mm per revolution. The drives can also always be customized.

Koco Motion exhibits at Hannover Messe.

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