– Automation reduces CO2 footprint of production facilities
– Sustainable production through assembly plants and robots
– New fields of application in battery and fuel cell production

It is no doubt necessary to achieve the CO2 reduction goals that the UN and numerous manufacturing companies have set f…

Pneumatic applications such as coating processes with liquid substances, blow-off sorting procedures, or high-speed dispensing operations place special demands on valves in terms of response time. To accelerate performance, SMC has developed the pilot-controlled high-speed solenoid valve of series D…

Frequently small and inconspicuous, burrs nevertheless have considerable potential for causing damage. These remnants from the manufacturing process repeatedly lead to problems ranging from avoidable quality defects to product recalls. Beyond this, many industry sectors place strict demands on burr…

Start-ups play an important role in economic growth and push innovation forward within the industry – including the various laboratory technology segments. At LABVOLUTION 2023, which will take place in Hannover, Germany, from May 9 to 11, twelve young companies will present their products, technolog…

Field spot-checking is a common way to determine the measurement accuracy of a fixed measurement instrument between calibration intervals. However, it is important to understand that spot-checking is different from field calibration. In this blog we will briefly go over some of the differences. Spot…

Scientists led by Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg have developed a super-resolution microscope with a spatio-temporal precision of one nanometer per millisecond. An improved version of their recently introduced MINFLUX super-resolution micros…

The new branch of the pharmaceutical logistics company is located in close proximity to the Gießen South Cross with direct motorway access to the A45, only 10 minutes away from the A5 and the Gambacher Cross. This allows for quick connectivity to the main traffic arteries of Central Hesse. With a pl…

How must stacks of fuel cells (stacks) in vehicles be designed so that the materials used can be dismantled, recycled, or ideally even reused in automated processes at the end of the product's lifecycle? Four Fraunhofer Institutes are exploring this question within the Stack to Piece (Stack2P) conso…

Ex stainless steel enclosure systems from ROSE are ideally suited for protecting electronic components in harsh environments. The metal enclosures are corrosion-resistant, exhibit very high chemical resistance, and can be used across a wide temperature range. Operators of LNG and hydrogen terminals…

Do your products tip over or float on the belt conveyor at high accelerations? Do your short cycle times not allow you to stop and handle the products with a gripper? Do you want to coat, scan, label or laser the bottom of your products?

When transporting with a vacuum belt conveyor, products are fix…