Food Safety at Risk?

To eliminate pathogens, production facilities in the food industry are continuously cleaned. But how clean is "clean" actually? And could the installed ball bearings possibly endanger food safety? SKF and independent microbiology and hygiene experts have found astonishing answers…

In the technical production of food and beverages as well as fine chemicals, unwanted foam formation often occurs. Typical examples of such processes include the extraction of alcohol from mash during spirits production, milk pasteurization, or biodiesel production. Foam can alter the processes occu…

The electrical engineering company Weidmüller and the Austrian expert in industrial automation KEBA are teaming up to mutually enhance their digitalization and automation portfolios. Both companies announced this during SPS 2018 in Nuremberg. The focus is on joint offerings for industrial automation…

Contents of the New Guideline

The guideline VDI 2083 Sheet 21 provides overarching guidance on the topic of cleanliness of medical devices in the manufacturing process and thus forms a basis in the absence of product-specific regulations. The guideline describes the procedure for deciding the necessi…

The lounges continue to grow and repeatedly impress with new and innovative areas. Since the shift from Stuttgart to Karlsruhe, the place where it all began, a very positive trend can be observed. The event receives very high acclaim from all sides and can therefore continuously present new highligh…

Near the Czech capital Prague, the world's strongest laser center is currently being built with EU funds: "Extreme Light Infrastructure" (ELI). It is expected to be available to scientists from around the world in a few years for fundamental research.

What CERN means for particle physicists, ELI aims…

It’s been a well-known secret for ages: Anyone that wants to know what the future holds in store in terms of innovation in medical care should take a look at the new products and achievements of the suppliers of the medical technology industry. They are providing valuable technological inspiration…

On Thursday evening, the Baden-Württemberg Minister of Economics, Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, together with Professor Thomas Bauernhansl, the head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA, and approximately 150 guests from industry, politics, and research, opened fi…

Ganter expands its clamping bracket program with new elements that make fixing plant-specific components easier, more perfect, and even more flexible.

The Ganter clamping bracket program has always been designed for universal applicability, and accordingly, the individual elements are conceived to be…

Just a few months after the seventh edition of the world’s leading trade fair for industrial coating technologies closed – which achieved new record-breaking numbers with regard to exhibitors, visitors and internationalism – firm bookings for booth floor space at PaintExpo 2020 have already been sub…