South by Southwest (SXSW) once again set the scene for everything film, music and interactive media. TechCrunch shared one video this year that caught our eye, it covered the use of drones and other tech to provide relief for people in disaster situations. Desi Matel-Anderson, CEO of disaster relief organisation Field Innovation team presented a selection of the kind of ...
Bridgestone has quite literally reinvented the wheel; an Air Free Concept Tire was revealed in November 2013 at the Tokyo Motor Show. The non-pneumatic tire relies a high strength, high flexibility spoke structure made of thermoplastic resin*1 to provide support to the weight of the car; both the resin and the rubber tire tread are recyclable. By replacing air with st...
Joshua Harker is an American artist melding technology and haute couture. His incredibly intricate headdress was printed by EOS in their largest SLS printer in polyamide, and really shows off what today’s 3D printers are capable of making. After stints in London and Paris, the Quixotic Divinity Headdress will be on display in New York for the 3D Printshow from February 1...
Last week, the crowds and assembled media at the International Manufacturing Technology Show, in Chicago, US, witnessed a 3D printing first. Local Motors partnered with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to build a driveable 3D printed vehicle during the Sept. 8-13 event. “Local Motors said it believes it is the first company to ever attempt to 3D print both the body and ...
A new flying car concept made its debut at the recent AERO show in Friedrichshafen, Germany and it may well be the vehicle that actually makes the flying car dream a reality. The Carplane is backed both by the EU and the German state of Lower Saxony and according to the company’s website is “the world’s only flying car currently undergoing formal certification.” The c...
After 25 missions during 9 years of service (1992 to 2011), it was time for the NASA space shuttle Endeavour to retire. So where do space conquerors head to when they are done with intense activity? Since October 2012, Endeavour is displayed at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. The journey towards its new home will surely leave its mark on history: the shu...
Robosimian is the NASA-based JPL Robotics lab’s entry to the DARPA robot challenge, that is one of 6 teams selected to continue as a Track A team for the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals 2014 in December of this year. As the name Robosimian suggests, this robot is not another humanoid; Robosimian is a primate-inspired disaster-ready droid, teleoperated to carry out del...
The aerodynamic lines of the Quant e-Sportlimousine hint at futuristic speed, but its the heart of the car that is revolutionary. Unveiled at the 2014 Geneva Auto Show, the e-Sportlimousine incorporates a key revolutionary piece of technology called a nanoFlOWCELL battery system. An advanced iteration of redox flow-cell systems, the nanoFLOWCELL battery can store and ...
Shanghai was the place to be last week. The five-day 15th China International Industry Fair was held there, with 2 000 exhibitors from 25 countries attending it. The fair focuses on industrial equipment & components in order to bring attention to the latest exciting products available in the industrial sector. Just to give you a little vision of the “hot” industrial tren...
And they’re done! The stellar Red Dot judging panel has made its decision, their herculean efforts involved handling close to 5,000 products and awarding the “Red Dot” seal of quality to 1,240 products. The panel also had the difficult task of selecting the winners of the top award, the “Red Dot: Best of the Best,” of which only 81 entries were lucky to reach the grade. ...
At this years Paris Motor Show, which goes from the October 4th to October 19th 2014, Kia Motors has unveiled its 48 volt hybrid with electric supercharging. Those attending the event can get a preliminary look at Kia’s new mild hybrid powertrain technology, before it goes into mass production. The 168-hp (125 kW) FWD powertrain combines a 1.7-liter CRDi turbo diesel inl...
Last week, a team of researchers from MIT presented their work on a robo-cheetah they created at the 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, which met in Chicago. The cheetah robot can reach speeds of 10 mph (16 km/h) and leap over obstacles measuring 1.08 feet tall (33 cm) running at speed. The team are confident that they can increase ...
The rise of 3D printed parts has taken the limelight in recent times, this has come at the expense of other manufacturing proceses that are just as valuable to industry. Powder-metallurgy (PM) processes, such as metal injection molding (MIM) are considered indispensable for production in key industries. PM processes create complex parts in a faster time than machining an...
Japanese robotics company SCHAFT, one of Google’s 2013 quiet robotic acquisitions, won December’s DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials, qualifying it for the the 2014 DRP Grand Challenge. The 216 lb, 4.8 feet tall SCHAFT robot came in first with a whopping 27 out of 32 points. The second place robot? The Boston Dynamics’ humanoid, Atlas, programmed by IHMC Robotics. Thi...
The Hannover Messe 2017 will be held in Hannover Germany, April 24- 28. It is the world's biggest industrial fair in digital production (industry 4.0) and energy system. There will be Seven international leading trade fairs at the same time and the same place: Industrial Automation, MOTION, DRIVE & AUTOMATION (MDA), Digital Factory, Energy, Compressed Air and Vacuum Tech...
Platform Basket will be at Eima International 2016, the International Exposition of Machinery for Agriculture and Gardening that will take place in Bologna (Italy) from the 9th to the 13th of November. EIMA is held in Bologna Trade Fair quarters on an exhibition area of 375,000 m², 140,000 m² net. Each edition hosts some 1,900 companies from forty countries exhibiting m...
Outsourcing and flexibility help them offer high quality at a reasonable cost. The island’s companies also are embracing Industry 4.0. Systems that collect every possible bit of operating data from a machine contribute to this effort. Another aspect is the integration of different machines into a total production system. This is the heart of IoMT—the internet of machine ...
For example, a Bluetooth connection can enable operators to adjust boring head parameters via a tablet. The display shows adjustments in real time, boosting precision. Making such changes with the tool in the spindle, especially for tight tolerances, is highly advantageous. Apps containing extensive cutting data can recommend tool choice and other options. One company de...
ibus Tec worldwide represents one of the main benchmark for technological innovation in the food Industry and a showcase of the best solutions present on the market – from the ingredients to the processing technologies, from packaging to logistics. Visit us to the next CibusTec exhibition Hall 5 Stand B036
On Sep 20, the fifth China-Eurasia Expo was opened in International Convention & Exhibition Center of Urumchi, the capital city of Xinjiang in Northwest China. SANY attends the exposition with 12 units of construction and agricultural machines and has the largest exhibition area among engineering machinery manufacturers, occupying the booth from A1 to 66 in East Plaza. ...
At Pack Expo, the most important packaging trade show in the US, and Pharma Expo, which will take place at the same time, Optima will be represented at two trade show booths: Optima Consumer and Optima Nonwovens: Booth N-6121 Optima Pharma and Optima Life Science: Booth W-731 Optima Consumer will be celebrating the premier of the OptiPouch system at Pack Expo. Wi...
Fairs always represent an important opportunity to meet new clients, make tangible and appreciated the high quality of MB products and to introduce new entries, which this year have been truly many: MB-LS220, a new screening bucket for loaders and backhoe loaders from 12 tons, a complete line of hydraulic drum cutters MB-R and last but not least, the third generation of ...
At interbad in Stuttgart (Germany) between 27 - 30 September 2016, ProMinent will present its energy-saving and environmentally friendly solutions for pools and spas at stand D70 in Hall 3. Key exhibits at this year’s event for the pool industry include the metering systems DULCODOS® Pool Comfort and Professional and the new UV system Dulcodes MP. The complete system ...
From September 26 to 28, Flottweg will present its latest trends in mechanical separation technology at WEFTEC in New Orleans. Die Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference is the largest trade show of its kind in North America. Visit Flottweg at WEFTEC 2016 – booth number 2001! Since 1928, WEFTEC has offered its visitors information a...
The MISUMI Academy is a Germany-wide offering of MISUMI Europa GmbH, the global manufacturer of over 12 million configurable components, standard components and indirect materials. The programme is aimed at technical educational institutions, such as vocational schools, colleges or technical schools. MISUMI offers a variety of useful tools and offerings for teachers and ...
Sorotec sincerely invite you to visit us at the Booth Hall 10.3-F34.
Our product range includes the auxiliar equipment to handle rolls and other accessories for packaging machinery. Thus we accepted the invitation from our sister company ULMA Packaging to co-exhibit during the IFFA show. The impressive display designed for the event and the wide range of products we exhibited next to them brought us more than 350 leads interested in our p...
This year, the professional visitors to the international leading trade fair for metal working (AMB 2016) can let themselves be enchanted in the truest sense of the word by the latest milling systems and arbors at the POKOLM booth in Hall 1, stand 1A73. Whether by the unique and process-reliable time-saving tool system SPINWORX® which stands out with its self-rotating...
Shanghai. - The renowned manufacturer for final packaging, project Automation & Engineering GmbH, presents at this year's Brew&Beverage 2016 an innovation in the packaging industry. The ingenious PROsmart system is described in the german “ZIM example of success” in the field of technologies by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology as follows: "The new packag...
Apprenticeships have always been crucial to Flottweg. That's why, on July 9, 2016, students, parents, and other interested people will have the opportunity to learn more about an apprenticeship at Flottweg at the Vilsbiburg plant. The focus of the Open Apprenticeship Day is the new teaching workshop, which has been extensively renovated this year. Since 1946, Flottweg...
The technology has improved rapidly with the progress of times. Nowadays, the whole world is putting a lot effort on the constructions of IoT, Industry 4.0, etc. to connect people to people, people to machine, and machine to machine; avoid waste of resources, make our lives more efficient and convenient. These constructions bring benefits to our lives, however, might exp...
On 17 and 18 June 2016, a KUKA robot manufactured a fiber composite element using carbon and glass fibers before the eyes of the visiting public at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The lightweight construction material is used for the roof structure of the Elytra Filament Pavilion. Numerous high-profile guests attended the presentation. INNOVATIVE ROBOT-BASE...
Stable networks are the crucial element, enabling power generators and network operators to avoid electricity outages as much as possible, and to respond swiftly to emergency situations. Transformer safety and protection play a key role in this regard. At Hannover Messe 2016, we’re presenting a number of solutions that are optimally suited to meet these needs. Catastr...
The Hannover Messe 2016 was dominated by the topic of security – not only for the organiser, because of the visit of the US President, but also for Sprecher Automation in terms of secure energy networks. The focus was primary on IT Security. The increasing networking density and the growing number of power supply users extend the attack vector on energy systems and th...
Sounds like an impossibility for us humans, right? Or is the internet making it a reality? Think about it, you can have a video call with someone from the other side of the world, remotely access surveillance footage in real time and track shipments from door to door - all online. We no longer have to physically be somewhere to influence our surroundings. The main eve...
The Keysight IntegraVision power analyzer that makes it easy for R&D engineers who are designing and testing electronic power conversion systems to access dynamic views of current, voltage and power so they can see, measure and prove the performance of their designs. The Keysight IntegraVision power analyzers are ideal for R&D engineers who want to quickly and interac...
