Digitalization
Gaia-X European Association for Data and Cloud Aisbl has appointed Ulrich Ahle as its new Chief Executive Officer. The current CEO of the Fiware Foundation will take up his new position on 01 November 2023. He succeeds Francesco Bonfiglio, who had been leading the non-profit association for almost three years. Ulrich Ahle brings more than 30 years of experience in the IT & Digital industry. As the...
Rockwell Automation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Clearpath Robotics, a Canadian manufacturer of autonomous robotics for industrial applications. Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are the next step in industrial automation and transformation. The acquisition further expands Rockwell's position in realizing the Connected Enterprise. Transporting production parts and materials to...
The accessibility of Risc-V has started a revolution and, thanks to its open architecture, allows developers to design processors tailored to specific requirements. The Fraunhofer IPMS also offers a processor IP based on the Risc-V instruction set architecture. The institute has extensive Risc-V expertise, which is used in research projects and is actively developed.
The world of work and society are facing a massive upheaval in the coming years. Automatica 2023 in Munich at the end of June demonstrated the solutions offered by intelligent automation and robotics in this context. After only a one-year break, the trade fair welcomed 40,000 visitors from around 88 nations. That was 12,000 more interested visitors than in the previous year. They exchanged...
Delta is introducing the compact, mid-range “AX-300N” and “AX-324N” PLC controllers. These “AX-3” series controllers offer a Codesys development environment to enable intelligent industrial automation applications. Compatibility with Delta AS Series IO products and support for a broad range of industrial communication protocols including PLC open v1.0 function blocks, Ethernet/IP, and OPC UA...
The Interpack trade show, which took place from May 4-10 in Düsseldorf, Germany, provided Sesotec with an excellent platform to showcase its latest hardware and software products as well as service solutions. In particular, the presented improvements for foreign object detection with artificial intelligence (AI), the compliance package and the X-ray devices attracted attention. The combination of...
Delta is exhibiting a wide range of smart, energy-efficient and highly integrated industrial automation hardware and software solutions engineered for IIoT applications at SPS Italia 2023. The demonstration includes the “AX-3” series motion controller, which offers a host of features to meet customers’ diverse needs, and a new IIoT function card for the PLC series to enable various IIoT...
In an interview, Interpack President and Theegarten-Pactec Managing Director Markus Rustler talks about the current challenges in the packaging industry, the megatrends of sustainability and digitalization, and furthermore how these will dominate not only the trade show but beyond that the industry for years to come, as well as his expectations for the upcoming industry gathering in Düsseldorf.
Every three years, and this coming autumn again, the world of plastics meets in Düsseldorf: from October 19 to 26, 2022, the world’s leading trade fair K presents new products and innovations from all sectors of the industry - from production to processing, to mechanical engineering. Once again, the central point of contact for the critical exchange of information, thoughts, and opinions is...
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies is stepping up its own zero-defect, quality efforts with the installation of a next-generation, advanced machine vision inspection system. The system combines proprietary vision control technology with advanced automation, thus eliminating some process steps involved in quality inspections on small parts. Developed and built by company engineers, the machines are...
