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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

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

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.

mitsubishi10719Mitsubishi Electrics Information Technology R&D Center in Japan has a new one sensor technology developed, which enables a highly precise recording of vehicle parameters even in thick fog or heavy rain. The technology is said to be a robust function of autonomous and assisted driving systems even in harsh weather conditions, under which the detection accuracy of conventional sensors decreases.

The general research and development into sensors used in autonomous and assisted driving systems continues to focus on improving recognition accuracy. These systems rely on various types of sensors that confirm positions, speeds, magnitudes, etc. of obstacles in the way of vehicles. However, conventional systems with such sensors have not provided reliable performance in, for example, dense fog or heavy rain, since these conditions degrade the transmission of electric and laser waves, as well as the camera vision.


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The newly developed robust technology selects and combines data from several sensors on the vehicle based on their reliability. Time-series data collected by different sensors (speed, width, orientation, distance, etc.) are analyzed in real-time to predict how reliable the data of each sensor will be based on the weather conditions. By selecting and combining data with high reliability, high-accuracy detection is possible even in harsh weather conditions.

Safe emergency braking in the test center

The technology was used in a test center in Japan in a vehicle with autonomous full braking system (AEB) to verify the performance of real vehicles in inclement weather. It was confirmed that the AEB system was able to perform safe emergency braking even under conditions in which conventional sensors would otherwise lose a lot of accuracy.

In the future, the company will continue to test the technology in actual environments and continue the development with the goal of marketing from 2023. It is expected that the technology can be used in autonomous vehicles in the future to ensure safe and accurate lane changes even in harsh weather conditions.

Selection and combination of data from different sensors

Different sensors collected time series data such as speed, width, orientation, and distance, which were compared to the predicted data and values ​​based on the corresponding functions. Real-time calculations predicted the reliability of individual sensor data, which depends on the weather. The system then chose to forecast data as very reliable and combined it. Thus, the function of autonomous and assisted driving systems could be demonstrated even in dense fog or heavy rain.

AEB system also powerful in inclement weather

mitsubishi20719The tests, which simulate harsh weather conditions, were conducted at a facility owned by the non-profit Japan Automobile Research Institute. An AEB system was tested in heavy rain (precipitation of 80 mm / h) with a maximum vehicle speed of 40 km / h. Thanks to the successful detection of objects that triggered the emergency braking, a normal function of the AEB system could be verified. In addition, the system was tested in thick fog with a visibility of 15 m and a vehicle speed of 10 to 15 km / h. All heavy rain tests were repeated at night. In addition, tests were carried out in which the recognition accuracy of the camera was significantly impaired by background lighting at a vehicle speed of 10 to 40 km / h. The AEB system was successfully activated under all conditions.

Forecasting features for environment detection

An Lidar sensors does not perform well in fog (airborne water absorbs pulsed laser signals). Therefore, based on data from a lidar, the system can determine fog present under such conditions. The results of this test are taken into account when calculating the reliability to enable more accurate detection functions.

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