Until now, engineers who wanted to generate large forces or move heavy loads primarily relied on hydraulic drives. However, fluid technology systems are now facing serious competition in the world of linear movements: electromechanical actuators, consisting of precision ball or roller screw drives…

20% higher flow capacity, up to 60% less pressure loss, and up to 50% less weight — these are the key figures achieved by SMC in the redesign of their main line filters. Combined, the three filter systems of the AFF, AM, and AMD series prepare compressed air according to the cleanliness class ISO 85…

Taking a good photo in the midday sun is a challenge even for experienced photographers. An electrically controllable filter, developed by physicists from Kaiserslautern with partners, can help here. The amount of light transmitted is adjusted by setting the color degree. The filter uses electrochro…

The electrical engineering company Weidmüller has been awarded the Industry 4.0 Innovation Award for its Automated Machine Learning Tool. Weidmüller Technology Board Member Volker Bibelhausen and Tobias Gaukstern, Head of the Business Unit Industrial Analytics at Weidmüller, accepted the prize on No…

At Interplastica 2020, from January 28th to 31st in Moscow, Russia, ENGEL AUSTRIA is showing how the smallest batch sizes can be efficiently and cost-effectively realised in injection moulding. The injection moulding machine manufacturer and system expert, headquartered in Austria, is presenting a h…

- Pfeiffer Vacuum as well as GSI and FAIR jointly award the Doctoral Prize
- Award for dissertation "Laser-Based High-Voltage Metrology with ppm Accuracy"
- Vacuum indispensable for scientific investigations

Asslar, November 2019. Dr. Kristian König received the FAIR-GSI Doctoral Award 2019 for his dis…

Highly satisfied exhibitors and visitors at the International Powder & Bulk Solids Processing Conference & Exhibition (IPB) in Shanghai: The three-day exhibition closed on 18 October 2019 with visitor numbers up 30 percent on the previous year and an increase in display area of 19 percent. A…

Drugs are not meant to fall into children’s hands. But just in case this ever does happen, it is crucial to prevent children from being able to open the containers by securing them with child-resistant caps. That is why more and more customers are choosing child-proof packaging options from Gerreshe…

If we look at the technological change currently reflected in terms such as Industry 4.0, Reine 4.0, or digitalization in its expression, we also find sustainable changes in work tasks and work processes within organizations.

Especially with the 4th revolution, it can be expected that the way human w…

Anyone fighting daily in cleanrooms against the dark side of the Force must be well equipped. But how? The newly published practical guide "Cleanroom in the Pharmaceutical Industry" provides the gear and spans from planning through qualification to the everyday use of cleanrooms, with a look into th…