Actemium News

3D printed gear for healthcare workers and patients

The innovation team of Actemium Spain is utilizing its 3D printer, IOT4D (normally used as a test-bed for predictive maintenance methods or demos), to produce sanitary and protective equipment for healthcare workers.

Weidmueller News

SPE System Alliance: Cross-industry and cross-application alliance for Single Pair Ethernet technology

The technology partnership between Phoenix Contact, Weidmüller, Reichle & De-Massari (R&M), Fluke Networks, and Telegärtner for the Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) has progressed to create the SPE System Alliance. In this group, leading technology companies from various industries and fields of application have come together to bundle their respective SPE expertise and ensure the target-oriented exchange of this knowledge. The partners in this group are pursuing the goal of driving the development of SPE further forward for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and may branch out to other areas as well. The System Alliance has now also been joined by Datwyler, Kyland, Microchip Technology, Rosenberger, SICK, O-Ring, Draka/Prysmian Group, and University 4 Industry.

Voith News

Paper machine for sustainable wet wipes by Voith and Trützschler for Papel Aralar S.A

The Spanish paper factory Papel Aralar commissioned Voith and the nonwoven fabric expert Trützschler Nonwovens to deliver a new system for specialty paper production. The PM 5 was developed as a joint project by both companies specifically for the wiping cloth industry. Delivery is planned for September 2020.

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence News

FTI squeezes time-to-market for sheet metal parts with 3D die scanning and design productivity tools

Forming Technologies (FTI), part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, has announced new virtual manufacturing capabilities that improve productivity setting up sheet metal process simulation with CAD design interoperability and Hexagon 3D scanning.

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