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Training gap jeopardizes next industrialization push

25. October 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Although 84 percent of German companies and 75 percent of European companies plan to invest in robotics and automation over the next three years due to shifts in the supply […]

Principle for determining a forming limit curve with developed test rig © IBF RWTH Aachen University

New testing possibilities for aluminum sheets

10. October 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

In cooperation between Dirkra and the Institutes of Fluid Power Drives and Systems and of Image Forming at RWTH Aachen University, a test concept was developed that enables the determination […]

Roemheld will be presenting an integrated concept for handling and changing forming and punching tools at Euroblech 2022. It allows tools to be stored easily, quickly and safely, transported to the machine and positioned and clamped there quickly and reliably. © Roemheld

New pull-push system facilitates mold change

23. September 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Tight cycle times, maximum efficiency: where forming presses and punches are at work, the entire process chain is trimmed for maximum output. But with decreasing batch sizes, the number of […]

At InnoTrans 2022, automation company Pilz will be showing safe automation solutions for the digital rail infrastructure. © Paul-Friedrich Thiel/EyeEm/Getty Images, © iStock.com/PPAMPicture, © Mushroom

Simply digitize securely

9. September 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Digital automation solutions for a safe railroad infrastructure are the focus of Pilz’s trade fair presence at InnoTrans 2022 (September 20-23, 2022 in Berlin). A new feature is the Eulynx […]

Gullwing specimen cut in the large drop mill during inspection © ZwickRoell

Drop-weight tests with 120,000 joules

6. September 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Impact testing is one of the classics of destructive materials testing and provides fundamental information for material characterization. Drop-weight tests are used to collect data on ferritic steels commonly used […]

Industry 4.0

“First choice for secure, digital infrastructure”

25. August 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Automation company Pilz is expanding its range of solutions for rail and is driving forward its global rail activities with the establishment of the Rail business unit. Pilz wants to […]

The heart of compressed air-free vacuum automation is a powerful vacuum generator such as the Compact Pump GCPi. © Schmalz

Automation for tomorrow: digital and green

24. August 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Automation is both a blessing and a curse: it ensures competitiveness and eases personnel bottlenecks. However, the increasing use of robots also increases energy requirements and thus the product carbon […]

No more defective parts in the box: "Visual Quality Inspection" (VQI) from Schuler makes exactly that possible. © Schuler

Immediately detect rejects

22. August 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

The job is done, the last box is filled. But a quick glance reveals that all parts have a scratch on important functional surfaces – a criterion for exclusion for […]

With three laser radar sensors, the belt can run at 140 mm/s. © Nikon

Gap and flush measurement of end-of-line vehicles

16. August 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Nikon Metrology recently introduced its Apdis gap and flush measurement system. This approach to quality inspection of vehicle bodies from an early stage of body-in-white to the final complete vehicle […]

The full-surface projection of the deviations onto the measured object enables extremely fast evaluation of the component quality, even on very dark surfaces. © Polyrix

Digitizing with 3D scanner

8. August 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

If it’s up to the TV people, the Rosenheim area is an extremely dangerous place, with about 40 murders a year. The reality is not quite as bad. Hanselko GmbH […]