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Company News

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.
Jumo's new Sensilo plant construction is progressing
Jumo is building a factory in the technology park for the production of temperature and pressure sensors with a production area of ​​around 13 m². At around 000 million euros, the new building is the largest investment in the company's history.
3DExperience Word 2024 in Dallas
At 3DExperience World 2024 in February in Dallas, Texas, Dassault Systèmes celebrated the event's 25th anniversary. The annual user meeting supports the global community in the development of future-proof products and processes.
Michael Koch GmbH moves into a new workshop
There is now more space available in Michael Koch's “Factory” for the assembly of customer- and machine-specific safe braking resistors. The new, modern hall was recently “taken by storm” by the employees.
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI for profit-making
Elon Musk files a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, accusing them of breach of contract because the company, which was originally designed as a nonprofit, is now operating for profit.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Industry news for your design and development from the specialist areas

communication technology

communication technology

World's first Omlox testing laboratory put into operation

The first Omlox testing laboratory in the world has been launched. The PI granted the Fraunhofer Institute Lemgo approval as a PI test laboratory for Omlox.

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switch cabinet

switch cabinet

On to the intelligent drive train for predictive maintenance

The Roba-brake-checker module or the torque-measuring shaft coupling from Mayr ensure intelligent safety in smart production.

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plastics

plastics

The first 100 Igus bikes hit the streets

The first 100 Igus Urban Bikes hit the streets and an in-house production facility with a capacity of 10.000 bicycles is set up in Cologne.

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Couplings

Couplings

Torque measuring shaft coupling

The smart steel multi-plate coupling Roba-drive-checker from Mayr can do more than just transmit torque and compensate for shaft misalignment.

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INDUSTRY SPECIALS

Industry news for your design and development from the branches

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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Energy Technology

Energy Technology

All Electric Society – vision of the future of connectivity

At the Hannover Messe Preview, Harting gives an outlook on the Hannover Messe and draws the future picture of an “All Electric Society”.

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Inverter

Inverter

Certified servo controller with Profisafe interface

At Logimat, Wittenstein is presenting a safety-certified servo controller with a Profisafe interface and integrated safety card for AGVs.

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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.

viscotec10818Fichter Maschinen GmbH designed for IFM Ecomatic in Kressbronn has a system that can carry out various joining and dosing processes. It consists of two dosing stations and a joining station. The dosing stations are each equipped with a 2K dispenser and a "Viscotreat-R" storage tank from Viscotec Pumpen- und Dosiertechnik.

Since 1969, headquartered in Essen, Germany, IFM Electronic GmbH has been producing sensors for motion control and safety technology, position and process sensors, products for industrial image processing and communication as well as identification systems and systems for mobile work machines.

First dosing station

viscotec40818At the first station of the new plant, the material "Delo Duopox AD821" will be extracted via suction lances from the 20 L hobbock of the material supplier into the Viscotreat-R storage tanks. Subsequently, the 2-component material, pressure-controlled from the storage tank, is fed via a hose line to the mixing and dosing head of the dosing cell - each component separately. In the next step, the mixture and then the dosage of the material for sealing in the housing frame take place. Numerous challenges have been mastered for this process:

The system should run as long as possible, autonomously without the intervention of an operator. The handling of the delivery containers should be ergonomic through the use of suction lances. To protect the environment and employees, a closed system was required. The thread break at the end of each dosage should be clean, to avoid contamination of the component and the system

Second dosing station

viscotec30818In the second dosing station of the plant the thermal grease "Henkel-Bergquist Gapfiller 1500LV" is applied. The removal of the paste from the 600 ml cartridges of the material supplier takes place here via cartridge pressings. The gap filler is fed via chemical hoses to the mixing and dosing head in the dosing cell, then the dosing of the material takes place on predetermined areas on a printed circuit board. The aim of the application: to deliver the resulting temperatures to the housing. Thus, the heat balance of the control unit can be kept as low as possible. Also with this part of the plant some hurdles had to be taken:

It was to ensure a sufficient supply of material to the mixing and dosing while dosing the defined amount, in the available dosing. In addition, the dosage of the highly abrasive thermal paste with a long service life of the dosing equipment had to be ensured by the use of special materials in the area of ​​the mixing and dosing head.

The process reliability achieved was achieved, among other things, by the know-how about the materials to be processed by the dosing specialist. They selected component materials specially tailored to the medium to be dosed in the product-contacting area. This particularly affected the dispensers and removal pumps.


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Very gentle on materials The processing of the media was very gentle on the material, thanks in particular to the low-shear mode of operation of the dispensers during removal and dosing. The system now promises absolute process reliability. Production at IFM Ecomatic succeeds without rejects.

 

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