Are plastics less resistant to new types of cooling lubricant?
Are plastics less resistant to new types of cooling...
Are plastics less resistant to new types of cooling lubricant?
Since the EU Reach chemicals regulation (EC 1907/2006) came into force, a whole series of environmentally harmful biocides has disappeared from cooling lubricants. This is good news, but it is now gradually becoming apparent that, while containing fewer biocides, the new emulsions are seemingly less...
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New technologies kindling future business
New technologies kindling future business
New technologies kindling future business
EMO Hannover 2019 to devote separate forum to future technologies. The term "Industrial Internet of Things" (IIoT) covers a whole range of new technologies that open up innovative production possibilities. This will provide the basis for new areas of business. The importance of IIoT should not be un...
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Reducing CO2 levels with artificial intelligence
Reducing CO2 levels with artificial intelligence
Reducing CO2 levels with artificial intelligence
Start-ups are in great demand at EMO Hannover 2019. The world's leading trade fair for metalworking has further increased its commitment to young companies by spotlighting the sector as a lighthouse project. Eight companies have already registered for the joint "Junge innovative Unternehmen" (Young ...
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Start-ups attracting interest among established engineering companies
Start-ups attracting interest among established engineering companies
Start-ups attracting interest among established engineering companies
New ideas, new technologies, new processes: start-ups in the technology sector have a lot to offer. Contrary to public perception, half of all companies in the sector are already taking a keen interest in the start-up scene, and more are set to follow. Established industrial companies in the mechani...
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Gestalt Robotics automating industry
Gestalt Robotics automating industry
Gestalt Robotics automating industry
Start-ups are sought after. Many established companies are looking to make contact and cooperate with them and/or invest in them. Thomas Staufenbiel, one of the three founders of Gestalt Robotics GmbH in Berlin, is just such a sought-after businessman. At EMO Hannover, the company is presenting its ...
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New dimension in networked production
New dimension in networked production
New dimension in networked production
umati - universal machine tool interface goes live at EMO Hannover 2019 from 16 to 21 September with an exciting presentation. "Around 50 machine tool manufacturers from all over the world will be joining forces to show how umati makes machine data usable," says Dr. Alexander Broos, umati project ma...
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Countdown to EMO Hannover 2019
Countdown to EMO Hannover 2019
Countdown to EMO Hannover 2019
More than 80 journalists from over 30 countries and from all media genres will be guests at the EMO Hannover 2019 Preview on July 3/4. There they will meet 38 exhibitors from nine countries, mainly from the machine tool, tool and component building industry.
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Sharp fall in orders for the machine tool industry
Sharp fall in orders for the machine tool industry
Sharp fall in orders for the machine tool industry
Orders received by the German machine tool industry in the first quarter of 2019 were 21 per cent down on the same period last year. Orders from Germany fell by 10 per cent whereas those from abroad were down by 27 per cent.
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Vietnamese economy picking up speed
Vietnamese economy picking up speed
Vietnamese economy picking up speed
Germany and German products enjoy an excellent reputation in Vietnam. This was confirmed by Marko Walde, Executive Director of the German-Vietnamese Chamber of Foreign Trade and cooperation partner for the second VDW (Verein Deutscher Werkzeugmaschinenfabriken – German Machine Tool Builders' Associa...
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All major control suppliers support umati
All major control suppliers support umati
All major control suppliers support umati
umati, universal machine tool interface, has chalked up further major successes on its way to becoming an internationally recognised standard interface for machine tool communication with higher-level IT systems. "Our newly founded OPC UA Joint Working Group (JWG) started work in mid-February, and w...
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