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MachineHub - New opportunities for digital services and co. Cover
MachineHub - New opportunities for digital services and co.
Technologie

Digitization presents companies with major challenges. Turning these into opportunities requires one thing above all: thinking outside the box! New solutions …

Fuel cells and sustainability: advantages and limitations Cover
Fuel cells and sustainability: advantages and limitations
Technologie

Fuel cells are set to play an important role in the energy transition. Both in the automotive industry and in energy supply, they offer innovative solutions to …

Fuel cells in the automotive industry: current limits and possibilities Cover
Fuel cells in the automotive industry: current limits and possibilities
Technologie

The fuel cell is a much-discussed topic in the automotive industry. At the beginning of the 2000s, it was seen as a beacon of hope for achieving the traffic …

Functionality and fields of application of fuel cells Cover
Functionality and fields of application of fuel cells
Technologie

A fuel cell is a galvanic cell in which a reaction takes place between a fuel and an oxidizing agent . Hydrogen is most commonly used as the fuel and oxygen as …

Sustainability and CO2 reduction: innovative solutions for machine and production adaptations Cover
Sustainability and CO2 reduction: innovative solutions for machine and production adaptations
Innovation

Sustainability and climate protection are no longer future issues for responsible industrial companies: sustainable, competitive and efficient production …

Virtual commissioning - commissioning machines and systems more efficiently Cover
Virtual commissioning - commissioning machines and systems more efficiently
Montagesysteme

The virtual commissioning of industrial production systems and machines enables accelerated, cost-saving and more efficient real commissioning. It can also …

3D wire embedding: Innovative solution from MackSmaTec Cover
3D wire embedding: Innovative solution from MackSmaTec
Montagesysteme

In recent years, the demand for heatable plastic surfaces has grown steadily in many areas. Examples can be found in the automotive sector in particular: …

Flexible mounting systems Cover
Flexible mounting systems
Montagesysteme

In small and medium-sized companies, the use of "classic" robot systems has been difficult to date. The high space requirements, physical separation from …

Hybrid assembly systems Cover
Hybrid assembly systems
Montagesysteme

Due to changing market conditions and the resulting adaptation of industrial production to these, hybrid assembly systems are becoming increasingly important. …

Sheet metal working - Forming Cover
Sheet metal working - Forming
Lohnfertigung

In the history of mankind, sheet metal is one of the most important semi-finished products for manufacturing a wide variety of goods. In an earlier blog post, …

Possibilities in sheet metal processing Cover
Possibilities in sheet metal processing
Lohnfertigung

What is sheet metal?Sheet metal is not a material in its own right, but a term for metals that have been shaped. This shape is usually a rectangle, whereby the …

OEM manufacturers and their importance in the industry Cover
OEM manufacturers and their importance in the industry
Montagesysteme

OEM is the abbreviation for Original Equipment Manufacturer, which in German roughly means original equipment manufacturer or original equipment manufacturer …

Mounting systems - comparison of different types Cover
Mounting systems - comparison of different types
Montagesysteme

Globalization poses major challenges for industrial production, such as greater competitive pressure or stronger demands for product customization with ever …

Contract manufacturing - the advantages and disadvantages Cover
Contract manufacturing - the advantages and disadvantages
Lohnfertigung

Contract manufacturing refers to the outsourcing of manufacturing processes to external companies. This is particularly worthwhile for manufacturing processes …

Design and manufacture of contactless chip cards Cover
Design and manufacture of contactless chip cards
Kartenpersonalisierung

Contactless payment and identification processes are finding their way into more and more areas of our lives. Contactless chip cards are merely a special form …

Bank card personalization with drop on demand inkjet printing Cover
Bank card personalization with drop on demand inkjet printing
Kartenpersonalisierung

Due to the ever-growing number of bank cards and the worldwide replacement of magnetic strips with modern EMV (electromagnetic compatibility) based security …

Image processing for optical quality control Cover
Image processing for optical quality control
Kartenpersonalisierung

Image processing is an established method for measuring and inspecting objects or products (optical quality control), which is based on optical evaluation. …

Chip card security - Security features Cover
Chip card security - Security features
Kartenpersonalisierung

Identification options are required to manage access authorizations or provide individual configurations for specific people. These tasks are often performed …

Coil on Module - wireless data transmission in chip cards Cover
Coil on Module - wireless data transmission in chip cards
Kartenpersonalisierung

Contactless chip cards will be increasingly in demand in the coming years. Dual interface cards in particular, which combine contactless with contact-based …

Industry 4.0 - Data-driven economy Cover
Industry 4.0 - Data-driven economy
Innovation

>> Learning is like rowing against the current. If you stop, you drift backwards. << LaoziThis aphorism, which originated in the 4th century BC, …

Personalizing cards: what technology is behind it? Cover
Personalizing cards: what technology is behind it?
Kartenpersonalisierung

We have them in our hands every day. We use them to identify ourselves and make purchases. They make our everyday lives more efficient and it is hard to …

Personalizing cards - what technology is behind it (part 2) Cover
Personalizing cards - what technology is behind it (part 2)
Kartenpersonalisierung

It's hard to imagine our daily lives without them. They are used everywhere in the form of EC cards, season tickets for swimming pools or student ID cards: …

Laser beam welding - procedure and methodology Cover
Laser beam welding - procedure and methodology
Montagesysteme

Welding is the permanent joining of workpieces under heat or pressure. A distinction is made according to the physical principle and the purpose of the joining …

Programmable logic controllers in automation technology Cover
Programmable logic controllers in automation technology
Montagesysteme

Mankind began to automate simple processes back in ancient times. The philosophers of ancient Greece founded technical mechanics and developed small machines …

Economic efficiency of assembly systems - primary-secondary analysis Cover
Economic efficiency of assembly systems - primary-secondary analysis
Montagesysteme

The primary-secondary analysis is a simple method for assessing the economic efficiency of an assembly system. All handling and joining operations are divided …

Antenna production by wire embedding Cover
Antenna production by wire embedding
Kartenpersonalisierung

Wire-laid HF RFID antennas offer a number of advantages over printed, etched or galvanized antennas. The shape of the antenna is only limited by the dimensions …

Industrial robots - increasing economic efficiency Cover
Industrial robots - increasing economic efficiency
Industrieroboter

An industrial robot is a programmable machine for assembling, processing or handling workpieces. Industrial robots - also known as industrial manipulators - …