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Intelligente Automation

Intelligent software solutions master metrological tasks
Intelligent software solutions master metrological tasks
Intelligent software solutions master metrological tasks

The challenges entailed by the omnipresent Industry 4.0 hype are immense: integration into flexible manufacturing processes, assuring process stability and production quality. Metrological technology has a particularly exacting remit in this context: fewer measurements in the measuring room – more m...
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circular saw blade METAV 2018

“It’s cutting-edge technology, so what do you know about Industry 4.0?”
“It’s cutting-edge technology, so what do you know about...
“It’s cutting-edge technology, so what do you know about Industry 4.0?”

At the METAV 2018, a forum on sawing technology will be held for the first time on 20 February. It will be showcasing the latest developments and presenting applicationally relevant solutional approaches for simple single-blank cutting in a workshop environment all the way through to mass-production...
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Start-up Stand, BMWi

Innovation Made in Germany – Opportunities for start-ups at the METAV 2018
Innovation Made in Germany – Opportunities for start-ups at...
Innovation Made in Germany – Opportunities for start-ups at the METAV 2018

For the first time, there will be a shared stand for start-ups at the METAV 2018, the 20th International Exhibition for Metalworking Technologies to be held in Düsseldorf from 20 to 24 February 2018. “We already had some very good feedback from this at the last EMO in Hanover,” says Dr. Wilfried Sch...
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Quality Area at the METAV 2018: processes digitally under control
Quality Area at the METAV 2018: processes digitally under...
Quality Area at the METAV 2018: processes digitally under control

The motivations for visiting the Quality Area at the METAV 2018 are many and varied, but at present plenty of visitors are primrily interested in one topic: how can the quality of their processes be improved with digitalisation? What small and mid-tier companies (SMEs), especially, should bear in mi...
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Roland Bent

International METAV Press Forum hosted by Phoenix Contact- Communication is the key
International METAV Press Forum hosted by Phoenix Contact- Communication...
International METAV Press Forum hosted by Phoenix Contact- Communication is the key

From 20 to 24 February 2018, the METAV in Düsseldorf will be the venue for spotlighting modern technologies, services and trends in the world of metalworking. Besides exhibits and keynote topics themed around the value added chain, the “Areas” will spotlight solutions from fields such as tool and mo...
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Citizen coolant hoses

Medical Area at the METAV 2018: customised solutions for curative competence
Medical Area at the METAV 2018: customised solutions for...
Medical Area at the METAV 2018: customised solutions for curative competence

According to experts, “only the best of the best” in terms of machine tools qualify for use in the medical technology sector. From the viewpoint of a long-standing exhibitor at the Medical Area, the Citizen company elucidates how this is achieved even for highly complex 3D parts by a vastly experien...
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Renishaw Radtraeger Formula Rennwagen

Holistic, bionic and disruptive – Additive Manufacturing Area at the METAV 2018 is ideally suited for networking
Holistic, bionic and disruptive – Additive Manufacturing Area at...
Holistic, bionic and disruptive – Additive Manufacturing Area at the METAV 2018 is ideally...

Components produced by additive manufacturing (AM) are ideally created using processes designed specifically for 3D printing throughout. Under these conditions, generative processes may usefully complement or supersede existing technologies. The current state of affairs is described as follows by on...
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