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Volkswagen News

Volkswagen plans to use new 3D printing process in vehicle production in the years ahead

Volkswagen is pressing ahead with the use of innovative 3D printers in car production. For the first time, the newest process – known as binder jetting – is being used to manufacture components at the company’s main plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Whereas conventional 3D printing uses a laser to build a component layer by layer from metallic powder, the binder jetting process uses an adhesive. The resulting metallic component is then heated and shaped.

Intel News

Paving the Way for Smart Factories

Intel, EXOR International, TIM and JMA Wireless collaborate to demonstrate benefits of on-premise 5G private network alongside AI.

Nokian Tyres News

NOKIAN TYRES CELEBRATED ITS NEW, ULTRA-MODERN TIRE WAREHOUSE IN RUSSIA

Last year Nokian Tyres finalized its ultra-modern tire warehouse, which enables a high-tech loading and storage of tires. At the end of May it was time to organize a small event with a small group of invitees at the warehouse in Vsevolozhsk, where the Russian factory is situated.

Promo-Bot News

How We Create Robo-C Eyes

In this article, we look into Promobot’s new eye manufacturing technology for Robo-C humanoid robots.

ST News

STMicroelectronics Helps Lierda Develop Low-Power Bluetooth Module for Wireless Solutions

STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has announced that a new low-power Bluetooth module from Lierda Science & Technology Group Co. Ltd, a hi-tech enterprise that provides IoT system and smart product solutions in China, uses an ST STM32WB55* Bluetooth® LE (BLE) microcontroller (MCU).

Krones News

NEW SOFTWARE RELEASE 4.0 FOR THE BOTEC F1 PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM

The Botec process control system has been successfully used on the market for 27 years now. Originally conceived by the Steinecker company as a control and visualisation system for breweries, the system has been purposefully expanded in order to also meet the needs of other food and beverage makers. An approach validated by its success, as the steadily growing demand from dairies, water and soft-drinks producers goes to show. That is hardly surprising since it must be in every company’s vital interest to ensure that its lines deliver dependable service in keeping with their dimensioning at all times, that production sequences are simple, fast and transparent while also ensuring minimised consumption of raw materials and energy.

HARTING News

Standards for individualists, or: what exactly suits my machines?

One of the most significant challenges in today’s manufacturing technology is the question: How do I serve the "very special and unusual" wishes of end consumers? As things stand today, this would appear to apply only to the end consumer worlds.

Flowserve News

DURCO® G4XZ LOW-EMISSION PLUG VALVE

Flowserve engineered the Durco® G4XZ low-emission plug valve to perform reliably and ensure compliance with the most stringent ISO and API fugitive emissions standards, including ISO 15848-1-BH-CO3 and API 641 2016.

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