Blog & Technical Papers
The VDW’s employees are experts in their respective specialist fields and contribute their know-how to a multiplicity of national and international contexts where they provide information on ongoing trends, news and interesting events at irregular intervals. Specialist articles published in connection with our trade fairs, the METAV and the EMO Hannover, in particular, will give you some soundly based insights into what’s happening in and around the German machine tool industry.
Digital yet sustainable – How so?
Digital yet sustainable – How so?
Digital yet sustainable – How so?
Industrial processes can either be digital or sustainable – at least that is the belief of many who have not yet given the issues involved the consideration they deserve. But the VDMA Technology Forum at EMO Hannover will be proving the opposite: applied sensibly and judiciously, digitalisation can ...
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Cobots – Successful collaboration between man and robot
Cobots – Successful collaboration between man and robot
Cobots – Successful collaboration between man and robot
Robotics and automation are among the key technologies for ensuring lasting international success. Cobots interact directly with humans and give manufacturing companies a competitive edge in the market. At EMO Hannover 2019, trade visitors will find countless automation solutions and collaborative r...
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Amendate: smart software at EMO Hannover
Amendate: smart software at EMO Hannover
Amendate: smart software at EMO Hannover
Relieving engineers of tiresome routines and unleashing their creativity: the goal of Amendate GmbH from Paderborn is to take additive manufacturing to the next level. The new company is planning to have its latest piece of software ready for market in time for the EMO Hannover trade fair where it w...
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Lightweight construction is key technology for global sustainability
Lightweight construction is key technology for global sustainability
Lightweight construction is key technology for global sustainability
Intelligent lightweight solutions are increasingly gaining ground in machine tool construction. The main focuses are on new geometries and materials as well as simulation and 3D printing. Exhibitors at EMO Hannover will be showing how products can be designed and manufactured to meet lightweight and...
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Engineering inspired by nature
Engineering inspired by nature
Engineering inspired by nature
Frankfurt am Main, 20. May 2019 – There is an established tradition of young entrepreneurs presenting their new business models at EMO Hannover. CellCore, a company founded by Andreas Krüger and two of his colleagues at the end of 2016, is one of the exhibitors on the joint start-up stand supported ...
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Manufacturers making increased use of dry machining and MQL
Manufacturers making increased use of dry machining and MQL
Manufacturers making increased use of dry machining and MQL
Should we continue with classic machining and coolant lubricants, or do dry machining and minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) represent viable alternatives? From a technology point of view, it is important to consider material properties and machine performance, but plant costs, energy and health asp...
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