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So as to support your reporting on VDW and the German machine tool industry, we will be pleased to make available to you pictures and photos for editorial use. Please make sure you always give the correct source attribution(s). We would very much appreciate it if after publication you could send us a link or a courtesy copy of your coverage for our archives.

You will always find press material for covering our NORTEC and EMO Hannover trade fairs on the website of the fair in question. For photos, audio contributions and videos on EMO Hannover, please follow this link. You can retrieve press photos on NORTEC here.

Dr. Thomas Schneider, Trumpf: "Artificial intelligence does not kill jobs. It's a further logical step towards securing Germany's competitive-ness and prosperity." Photo: Trumpf

Trumpf Thomas Schneider

The Xeidana software, which was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) in Chemnitz, provides users with a solution package that can take care of various tasks ranging from data acquisition to automated quality control. Foto: IWU

Xeidana_IWU-Chemnitz-Teaser_eng

Jörg Stahlmann, Consenses, Roßdorf: "You have to identify the point up to which real-time makes sense. There is also the question of how the data is synchronised. The sampling rates required for describing the process adequately are also important." Photo: Consenses

08 03 Jörg Stahlhmann Eng

Thomas Päßler, IWU, Chemnitz: "Real-time data acquisition becomes indispensable when it's the only way to prevent damage to hardware or workpieces. This applies in the case of tool breakage or excessive stress on assemblies such as bearings or frame components, for example." Photo: IWU

08 02 Thomas Päßler Eng

Jürgen Fleischer, wbk, Karlsruhe: Simulations of components, assemblies and machines give us a better understanding of the mechanical effects encountered in production plants. We use this knowledge to make targeted use of sensors and to interpret the captured data more efficiently." Photo: wbk

08 01 Jürgen Fleischer Eng

A measurement demonstrator illustrates the adaptive lubrication and condition monitoring of ball screw drives. Photo: wbk

08 05 Messdemonstrator Eng

Xeidana is a software system for quality control. Photo: IWU

08 04 Xeidana Eng

The EMO World Tour begins on January 15, 2019. It will lead from Asia via Europe and the Americas once around the world. In total, 39 press conferences are planned in 34 countries.

EMO-Logo in 3D – a unique specimen made only for the EMO World Tour

Order intake forming machine tool industry Q3/2018: forming technology once again the main driving force

Prae Eng Ae Umformend 3Q 2018 2018 11 14

Order intake German machine tool industry Q3 / 2018

Order intake German machine tool industry Q3 / 2018

Mobile, digitalised maintenance makes use of a whole range of sensor and production data that is generated to assess machine status.

Mobilising maintenance, Source: Emag

umati: strong partners developing a universal interface for machine tools.

umati: strong partners developing a universal interface for machine tools (click for full size).

umati: Individual mapping and transformation based on OPC UA

In Asia or America: the VDW Trade Fair Module provides international customers with concise information about the German machine tool industry.

Trade Fair Module

Dr. Wilfried Schäfer, Executive Director German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW), Frankfurt am Main

Dr. Wilfried Schäfer, Executive Director German Machine Tool Builders’ Association (VDW), Frankfurt am Main

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