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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

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.
Murat Simsir strengthens strategic corporate management at Montech
Murat Simsir took over the position of CSO at Montech on January 1, 2024. The former head of sales and project management is now strengthening the company's strategic management as part of the management team.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Industry news for your design and development from the specialist areas

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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Robotic

Robotic

Programming robots for cable handling

As an exhibitor in the Application Park at the Hannover Messe, Artiminds Robotics is presenting a cable handling application for precise cable harness assembly.

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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.

Electrocaloric heat pump from FraunhoferHeat pumps today work almost exclusively on the basis of compressor technology. compressorsen require harmful refrigerants. Against this background develop six Fraunhofer institutes In the Fraunhofer lead project “Elkawe”, highly efficient electrocaloric heat pumps that do not use harmful refrigerants.

Solid-state heat pumps to which electrocaloric systems count, work with harmless fluids such as water. Caloric systems are also noiseless, which is important, for example, for the air conditioning of electric vehicles. Previous knowledge also gives reason to assume that electrocaloric heat pumps will also be superior to compressor technology in terms of efficiency. "We see the opportunity to completely replace compressor-based heat pumps in the long term," says Prof. Karsten Buse, head of the institute at Fraunhofer IPM, who heads the project. "According to the knowledge that we have gained in the field so far, electrocalorics can have disruptive potential for heating and cooling technology."

Electro-calorific heat pumps promise a significantly higher efficiency, which is the spread of heat pumps for the Air conditioning will carry. In refrigeration technology, the research team mainly focused on industrial refrigeration technology, vehicle air conditioning, server and switch cabinetcooling and laboratory refrigerators in view. In principle, the technology is also suitable for household cooling technology.

Heat pump made of ceramic electrocaloric materials 

The scientists will be on Material and system structure work to demonstrate the disruptive potential of technology. Fraunhofer IKTS has extensive experience with ceramic electrocaloric materials and coatings. Fraunhofer IAP and LBF contribute know-how for the development of polymer materials, which will be further developed for use in electrocaloric heat pumps. Fraunhofer FEP develops special coatings for the insulation and functionalization of the components.

The Fraunhofer LBF will examine not only the functional polymers but also the service life and reliability of materials and systems. Fraunhofer IAF will develop the electrical control for the heat pumps. Material and components must be stable over the long term, sufficiently available, inexpensive and, last but not least, harmless. All of these competencies are brought together to implement a completely new system approach, patented by Fraunhofer IPM: This provides for the heat transfer to be achieved by a combination of evaporation and condensation of a harmless fluid in so-called heat pipes with a thermal diode.

The Heat dissipation Hitherto proved to be a bottleneck with regard to the efficiency of electrocaloric systems: the faster it is done, the more powerful the pump is. Preliminary studies show that this can be done much faster with the new concept. The systems work without active pumping and thus achieve a cycle frequency many times higher than previous systems. The team's goal is to have a demonstrator with an output of 100 W and a temperature rise of 30 K in four years.


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