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The Volvo Group creates new business area for autonomous transport solutions

The new business area, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, will accelerate the development, commercialization and sales of autonomous transport solutions. This will enable the Volvo Group to meet a growing demand and to offer the best possible solutions to customers in such segments as mining, ports and transport between logistics centers, as a complement to today’s products and services.

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TE Connectivity introduces AMPMODU connectors with 2 mm centerlines for board signal transfers

"We are excited to be able to grow our AMPMODU portfolio to now include a 2 mm centerline offering that provides customers with a wide variety of rugged, reliable and versatile board connectors. This extension supports the trend in our industry of board miniaturization while continuing to meet the high reliability and quality standards that our customers expect from TE”

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Bystronic completes modernization and conversion of Hall 1

ystronic is due to complete the modernization of the existing Production Hall 1 at the Niederönz site by the end of 2019. The project encompasses structural improvements to the hall itself as well as a re-configuration of the production layout within the hall. By adopting lean processes, the basis for further development into a smart factory has been created.

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ROUGH, TOUGH STAINLESS-STEEL SICK SENSORS THRIVE IN THE HARSHEST ENVIRONMENTS

WITH the release of Inox versions of its GR6 rectangular and GR18 cylindrical sensors, SICK has delivered rough, tough, high-availability photoelectric performers for detection duties in harsh environments such as chemical washdown or the presence of aggressive oils, lubricants and dust.

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UNIVERSAL ROBOTS POWERS VECTIS AUTOMATION’S NEW COBOT WELDING TOOL, OFFERS LEVERAGE TO MANUFACTURERS ADDRESSING LABOR CRISIS AND RISING COSTS

Vectis Automation has chosen Universal Robots’ UR10e cobot to power the Vectis Cobot Welding Tool launching at FABTECH 2019 in Chicago, giving smaller weld shops a low-risk, easy solution to increase weld capacity, quality and stability.

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KONE to equip Nanning Metro Line 4 in China

KONE Corporation, a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, will deliver 29 elevators and 125 escalators for the first phase of Metro Line 4 in Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.

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Higher-resolution addition to AICON SmartScan range

The new AICON SmartScan R12 adds 12 MP camera quality to the established versatility of one of Hexagon’s most popular white light scanner technologies.

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Rohde & Schwarz presents at productronica 2019 its portfolio for all stages of development, verification and production

The Munich based technology group Rohde & Schwarz welcomes visitors on its home turf at productronica, the world's leading trade fair for electronics development and production. At booth 375 in hall A1 of Messe München, the company will display its solutions for Industry 4.0, test and measurement solutions for production and development, and automatic production test systems. In addition, visitors can learn about the group’s electronic manufacturing services.

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A closer look at the RenAM 500Q

Traditional barriers to additive manufacturing (AM) were limited production speed and variation in build quality between machines.

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