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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 […]