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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.

schaeffler0418With the FAG Flange bearing Housing units from Schaeffler the manufacturers of electric motors can concentrate fully on their core competencies: the development and production of stator and rotor. The rotor bearing, seal and bearing housing are combined into a ready-to-assemble assembly. Schaeffler now also offers these housing units with condition monitoring and a lubrication system for optimized total operating costs.

Rotor fixed and floating bearings, lubrication system, seal and housing are precisely matched and delivered in a ready-to-mount unit. To cover all requirements, there are four series:

  • Depending on the requirements, the two grease-lubricated series FERS and FERB can be equipped with various types of bearings and are suitable for horizontal and vertical mounting positions.

NSK housing bearingsHousing bearing replacement saves significant TCO


  • The FKC version was developed for heavy horizontal machines and is equipped with a radial spherical roller bearing. This unit is oil lubricated. Depending on requirements, an oil sump or oil circulation lubrication can be realized.
  • The FKB version is equipped with axial spherical roller bearings and a radial deep groove ball bearing and is used in large vertical machines. It is designed for oil sump and oil circulation lubrication.

The flange bearing housing units with shaft diameters from 100 mm are designed so that they can be largely adapted to the customer-specific interfaces of end shield and motor shaft. As an alternative to current-isolated bearings and hybrid bearings, the housing flange can be coated in a current-insulating manner for protection against passage of current.


Rodriguez flange bearingsSpecial flange bearing enables 360 degree scanner rotation


The Smart Check was specially developed as a condition monitoring system for electric motors, fans, pumps and similar units. It can be adapted to the flange bearing housing units and, based on the structure-borne sound vibrations, detects, among other things, incipient bearing damage and imbalances. In addition, with the help of an additional control unit, it can also be used to trigger lubrication pulses to a connected grease lubricator such as the Concept2. Both over-lubrication and insufficient lubrication of grease-lubricated rotor bearings are reliably avoided. The service life of the bearings increases, the failure probability and the maintenance costs of the drive decrease.

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