Fine details in two-component injection molding, tight mold and position tolerances, burrs with a maximum of two hundredths of a millimeter, up to 20,000 pieces from one aluminum tool, cleanroom quality despite the overmolding process: In developing a device for in-vitro diagnostics, the involved pr…

The Swiss medical technology company Ypsomed, which operates internationally, and IE Plast signed a general contractor (GÜ) contract for the planning and realization of a new production plant in Schwerin, where injection and infusion systems will be produced in the future. Production is scheduled to…

Along with the first deliveries of its intelligent 3-in-1 measurement probe PEROXCAP® HPP272, Vaisala announces the availability of the new Insight PC software for the Indigo product family. The new Vaisala Insight PC software supports convenient setup, diagnostics, and on-site calibration of the In…

Improving material and energy efficiency, optimizing quality, increasing flexibility, reducing unit costs and digitalising manufacturing processes – these are a few of the significant trends which are occupying companies with in-house coating operations. PaintExpo exhibitors will present new product…

Pöppelmann KAPSTO® now offers its plastic protective elements in three luminous colors: luminous yellow (similar to RAL 1026), luminous orange (similar to RAL 2007), and luminous red (similar to RAL 3024). These provide a higher color contrast and thus create an even better signaling effect.

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Researchers from the Institute of Solid State Physics at TU Berlin, in cooperation with the Technion Research Institute in Haifa, Israel, have succeeded in creating novel quantum information carriers that could be used in quantum information processing.

Quantum computers are a hot topic and are being…

Sometimes the smallest things are of the greatest importance. Even minimal air contamination, for example in the pharmaceutical or food industry, can lead to unacceptable quality losses. The Swiss manufacturer of air microbial samplers MBV enables its customers to monitor microbial contamination of…

The importance of component cleanliness as a quality criterion is steadily increasing in industrial manufacturing – and this is happening alongside rising demands for cost-effectiveness. Another aspect is the increasing digitalization, which is also affecting component cleaning. The 27th Industrial…

At the 2nd Industry 4.0 Live Summit in July 2017, the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA presented a series of applied solutions for the digitalization of production. Some of the showcased use cases relate very specifically to the cleanroom environment. This prompted t…

The vacuum specialist Schmalz is advancing its internationalization: The new branch in Melbourne (Australia) is Schmalz's 19th location worldwide.

This marks another step in the company's global expansion strategy. "We want to grow on the fifth continent. In addition to the traditionally strong indus…