‍the SPS is over, the heated tempers have calmed down and hopefully everyone got home safely. The rail strike remains, and so do the innovations. Added to this is the pleasing impression that the good old trade fair has found its way back to its former strength despite all the prophecies of doom. Thank God, because many people I spoke to also feared that new formats for contactless time could make trade fair events superfluous. That's not the case, on the contrary, personal contact with shaking hands is back.

Yours wishes you a good read 

Angela Struck 

Sprocket increases performance by 40%

‍The new TPU plastic increases the performance level of the Rotex GS servo coupling KTR in temperature use from 60° to 120 °C.

Digital transformation can only be achieved together

‍Trumpf and Lenze are jointly driving forward the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry and working together within the framework of Manufacturing X.

3D camera with time-of-flight method

Schmersal presents a 3D camera for the automated capture of digital process data in real time. It creates millimeter-precise 3D depth images.

Ex-smartphone for 5G and Wi-fi 6

Pepperl + Fuchs presented with this 6-inch Android smartphone from the brand Ecom the next level of digitalization in hazardous areas. 

Inductive couplers with high shock resistance

The inductive couplers from Turck now offer improved performance and new functions such as selective pairing. The start-up time is 600 ms. 

For smart energy management

Harting presents solutions that can reduce consumption, including the new standard size M17, a circular connector for Gbit Ethernet and an SPE connector. 

Thermal imaging camera for ice and heat

The outdoor protective housing for infrared cameras from Optris enables condition monitoring of areas as cold as -40 °C and as warm as +50 °C.

Quick release for optical measurement technology

The Heinrich Kipp Werk presents two new quick and power clamps with a black surface for use in photometric measurements. 

Temperature transmitter with drift detection

The digital universal temperature transmitter from Wika allows very stable temperature measurement with a maximum combination of sensor connections. 

‍Linear technology for modern foundry technology

For the robustness in the core shooting machine Laempe Mössner Sinto The profile rail guides installed in it ensure Schaeffler. 

‍Risky tests on lithium-ion batteries

The Extreme Event test chamber from White technique has tertiary explosion protection, which greatly limits the effects of explosive fires during destructive testing.

Half a billion for Aleph Alpha

Investors such as Bosch or the Schwarz Group are investing over EUR 500 million in cutting-edge AI research Aleph Alpha to promote.