This year’s parts2clean was probably the most clearly focused edition in the event’s history. Almost every one of the more than 2,300 visitors came to the Stuttgart Exhibition Center armed with concrete tasks and projects. For the approximately 140 exhibitors from 16 different countries, this resulted in high-caliber leads that promised to result in good follow-up business. Compared to the restart event last year, parts2clean 2022 was able to grow significantly in all areas. By the end of (…)

New generations of 3D printers could see the arrival of entirely new types of products on the market in five to ten years. What is innovative about these printers is that they can simultaneously print electronic functions such as light-emitting diodes and conductor paths. "3D electronics is giving rise to a whole new range of possibilities because it is opening up entirely new degrees of spatial freedom. In the future, we will simply be able to print individual hearing aids, prostheses or (…)

Emerson will showcase automated solutions for plastics joining, highlighting Branson™ welding equipment and expertise, at K 2022, the international plastics trade fair taking place October 19-26 in Düsseldorf, Germany. These machines, and the advanced automation systems they enable, make it possible for manufacturers to join challenging materials and complex shapes in sizes from very small to large. Industry 4.0/IIoT (industrial internet of things) capabilities allow users to collect and (…)

AGILOX expands its product portfolio with an intelligent dolly mover. With the new AGILOX ODM, the AMR manufacturer is targeting a completely new area of application: the transport of small load carriers. After AGILOX ONE and AGILOX OCF, now comes AGILOX ODM. The company, which specializes in logistics robots, is adding an autonomous dolly mover to its range of intelligent transport systems controlled by swarm intelligence. AGILOX is thus targeting a completely new area of application: the (…)

After 2 years of absence (Covid obliges) the 2022 edition took place in a friendly and energizing environment at the former slaughterhouses of La Chaux-de-Fonds. This place, charged with an industrial past from the middle of the 19th century, located in the heart of the watchmaking and microtechnical activities of the Jura Arc, has undergone various judiciously nuanced transformations which now give it a versatility allowing it to host the TWS show in the best conditions. The 64 exhibitors (…)

Rohde & Schwarz is adding a completely new series to its oscilloscope portfolio that delivers a number of industry firsts. The new R&S MXO 4 series oscilloscopes feature the world´s fastest real-time update rate of over 4.5 million acquisitions per second. Development engineers can now see more signal detail and infrequent events than with any other oscilloscope. The 12-bit ADC in the R&S MXO 4 series has 16 times the resolution of traditional 8-bit oscilloscopes at all sample (…)

Teledyne FLIR, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, today announced the Extech RH600 Dew Point Meter for accurate and fast dew point temperature measurement primarily positioned to prevent problems associated with water vapor in compressed air systems. As part of a predictive maintenance program in manufacturing environments, the Extech RH600 provides measurement down to -50°C (-58°F) with an accuracy of ±2 °C (±3.6 °F) over the entire range pressure, up to 20 bar. The Extech RH600 is (…)

Successful re-launch: held for the 20th time this year, AMB was an upbeat and inspiring event across the fair halls and the sector in general. For five days, a total of 64,298 visitors frequented the fully booked Stuttgart fair grounds. The event once again put AMB at the centre of the metal working sector. The 1,238 exhibitors from around the world – with around 25 percent hailing from outside Germany– presented a variety of innovations, products, services and concepts. Despite the (…)

NORD DRIVESYSTEMS expands its NORDAC PRO inverter family to include sizes with powers of up to 22 kW. All five sizes in the product series have an integrated multi-protocol Ethernet interface and a slim, compact design. NORD thus offers the perfect electronic solution for its optimally matched drive systems - and does so for a wide power range. The new NORDAC PRO SK 500P control cabinet generation from NORD DRIVESYSTEMS will be expanded to include two power levels, covering the power range (…)

This year´s the EF|A - Eplan Forum for Automated Engineering event will be taking place in a hybrid format. As in previous years, the focus will be on modularisation, standardisation and automation. These topics are of burning importance for both management and users in machine and plant system engineering - after all, modularisation is the key to standardisation and, ultimately, a higher degree of automation. Attendees, both on-location and online, will receive tips and strategies for (…)