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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

Founding of Tec.nicum - Solutions & Services GmbH
The Schmersal Group announces that it is restructuring its service division and establishing Tec.nicum - Solutions & Services GmbH. The company is thus significantly expanding its safety service offering.
Federal Minister of Economics Habeck visits the Turck stand
Federal Minister of Economics Dr. Robert Habeck visited the Turck Group at the Hannover Messe 2024 to find out how the automation specialist contributes to sustainability in the industry.
Annual report 2023, 247 new products and Igus Go app
Igus is presenting the new business figures and presenting 2024 new products at the Hannover Messe 247 and would like to advance the goal of “Zero Lubrication” with the Igus Go app.
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.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Industry news for your design and development from the specialist areas

Product development

Product development

IDTA | Preparing digital twins for the future

Dassault Systèms has joined IDTA, the Digital Twin initiative. Find out more in our interview at the Hannover Messe.

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communication technology

communication technology

With SPE, IO-Link and M2M to sensor-to-cloud

The communication technologies SPE, IO-Link and M2M offer Jumo great automation potential for a variety of industries.

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Sensors

Sensors

New sensor class simplifies positioning tasks significantly

The smart 2D profile sensors from Baumer define a new sensor class for precise and fast positioning and inspection tasks.

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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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INDUSTRY SPECIALS

Industry news for your design and development from the branches

Automobile

Automobile

IR and UV emitters for high-quality car interiors

UV lamps and infrared systems from Excelitas Noblelight optimize the production of parts for vehicle interiors.

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Mobile Machinery

Mobile Machinery

Tailor-made brakes for autonomous forklifts

Kendrion Intorq has developed innovative braking technology with Bastian Solutions for the new autonomous forklift CB18.

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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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EXHIBITION SPECIALS

Industry fair news

Hannover Messe shows 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.
viscotec0417Food that is packed in sachets, stick packs or pouches is popular due to its quick availability in portions. The trend towards smaller packaging sizes for cosmetic products is also noticeable. Viscotec offers dosing and filling systems for this, in order to be able to dose the most difficult liquids reliably, non-destructively and with high precision.

A special focus today is on the process of bag filling. In order to achieve a high frequency of production, it is important to concatenate the individual process steps as short and fluidly as possible. A precise and complex fine tuning of the metering components is absolutely necessary for this. In order to avoid the dripping of thread-pulling products, complex cut-off and closing devices and valves are often used. However, this additional equipment is increasingly subject to wear and annoying maintenance.

Henkel dosing machineDosing machine for sealing foam, adhesive + potting compound


This is no challenge for the dosing systems from Viscotec: the smallest quantities are dosed or filled with a repeat accuracy of more than 99%. Thanks to the proven endless piston principle and its special rotor-stator geometry, no valve technology is needed to prevent an independent and uncontrolled outflow of the medium. At the end of the dosing process, a programmable retraction occurs, which is adjusted to the product and ensures drip-free and thread-free filling. The individually controllable dosing units guarantee hermetically sealed, reliable sealing seams with their sophisticated eccentric screw technology for any product characteristic and thus support product quality and compliance with safety standards.

Repeat accuracy is 99%. The products are protected by low-shear and pulsation-free, continuous production. Dripping due to adjustable retraction is no longer necessary. The guidelines EHEDG, FDA, 3.1 and GMP are met and the cleaning results for CIP / SIP are optimal.