New requirements for personalization systems and special machine constructionWith Directive (EU) 2024/2841, the European Union took an important step towards …
Contract manufacturing refers to the outsourcing of manufacturing processes to external companies. This is particularly worthwhile for manufacturing processes …
Digitization presents companies with major challenges. Turning these into opportunities requires one thing above all: thinking outside the box! New solutions …
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 …
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 …
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 climate protection are no longer future issues for responsible industrial companies: sustainable, competitive and efficient production …
The virtual commissioning of industrial production systems and machines enables accelerated, cost-saving and more efficient real commissioning. It can also …
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: …
In small and medium-sized companies, the use of "classic" robot systems has been difficult to date. The high space requirements, physical separation from …
Due to changing market conditions and the resulting adaptation of industrial production to these, hybrid assembly systems are becoming increasingly important. …
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, …
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 is the abbreviation for Original Equipment Manufacturer, which in German roughly means original equipment manufacturer or original equipment manufacturer …
Globalization poses major challenges for industrial production, such as greater competitive pressure or stronger demands for product customization with ever …
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 …
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 is an established method for measuring and inspecting objects or products (optical quality control), which is based on optical evaluation. …
Identification options are required to manage access authorizations or provide individual configurations for specific people. These tasks are often performed …
Contactless chip cards will be increasingly in demand in the coming years. Dual interface cards in particular, which combine contactless with contact-based …
>> Learning is like rowing against the current. If you stop, you drift backwards. << LaoziThis aphorism, which originated in the 4th century BC, …
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 …
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: …
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 …
Mankind began to automate simple processes back in ancient times. The philosophers of ancient Greece founded technical mechanics and developed small machines …
The primary-secondary analysis is a simple method for assessing the economic efficiency of an assembly system. All handling and joining operations are divided …
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 …
An industrial robot is a programmable machine for assembling, processing or handling workpieces. Industrial robots - also known as industrial manipulators - …