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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.

viscotec10419technical articles

The production of bread rolls in convenience FoodArea is a major logistical and, above all, production-related challenge. Automation plays an important role here. By using the Hygienic dispenser from Viscotec  The precise application of chunky spreads or high-viscosity butter is possible.

A bottleneck and a very time-consuming step in the production process is the application of spreads such as butter or cream cheese as an ingredient of the sandwiches. This mostly manual operation can be automated in many applications to increase efficiency and production capacity.

The challenge with automation is in the detail: When metering in butter, it is important to dose the butter exactly in the hard-coat state. In addition, in preparations with cream cheese, the cheese mass is often mixed with pieces such as herbs, pieces of garlic or paprika, which complicate the automated order.


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


Because optics also play an important role in the food industry, it is important to build a bridge between functionality and visually attractive dosing results. What must always be in view: cycle times and costs. The Hygienic Dispensers master the challenges of automated dosing: spreads can be applied over a large area and precisely.

Proven continuous piston technology

viscotec20419By using the proven endless piston technology, pastes can be applied in the best consistency as well as in a constant layer thickness. In addition, lumpy materials can be perfectly dosed. They are neither crushed nor ground in the dosing pumps. The appearance of the spreads is not impaired.

With its installed technology, ViscoTec guarantees a dosing accuracy of 99% (depending on the dosing material), which is often exceeded in practice. Another benefit of the continuous piston principle lies in the formation of delivery chambers whose volume remains absolutely constant during the course of the movement. This makes it possible to promote and fill solids laden media and even lumpy pastes. Even difficult, highly viscous liquids can be dosed reliably without pulsations, incorrect dosing or excessive stress on the material.

Flexible flat nozzles in different dimensions

Defining butter in the best possible consistency and applying it to baked goods is the goal. In perfect interaction of the Hygienic Dispenser with temperature-controlled, electrical heating components, this requirement is exactly implemented. This means that in large production lines, it is no longer necessary to do without butter as the basis for baked goods.

Through the use of flexible flat nozzles different widths of the spreads can be realized. The nozzles specially developed by the manufacturer save costly production time compared to a manual job. In order to be able to process different sizes and types of rolls, sandwiches or baked goods, the flat nozzles are available in different dimensions. They can be changed quickly and cleanly.

Hygienic dispensers equipped with flat nozzles can be easily integrated into production lines. In conjunction with automation solutions such as robotics, they also make simultaneous orders in multiple lanes possible.

Programmable retreat for clean work

With a minimum backward rotation of the rotor in the Hygienic Dispenser after dosing a perfect tearing of the medium is achieved, thus preventing any dripping. This means that the process is absolutely clean and the plant is not polluted.

Due to the precise and very precise dosage, the application thickness can be adjusted easily and flexibly. It no longer needs to be "overdosed" to ensure a consistent order. The high repeat accuracy ensures minimal rejects.

The hygienic design of the system and dispenser enable hygienic process design according to GMP. The Hygienic Dispenser can either be disassembled without tools within a few minutes and the individual components can be cleaned manually. Or it can be integrated as a CIP / SIP variant in an automatic cleaning or sterilization process.

By using the Hygienic Dispenser, the precise application of lumpy spreads or high-viscosity butter becomes possible. This enables automation of this step, which has hitherto mostly been carried out manually.

Above: Cutaway model of the Viscotec endless piston principle

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