In intralogistics, the importance of self-propelled vehicles is increasing. Not only the traditional manufacturers, but also users or their suppliers of operating equipment are designing new battery-powered solutions. The technical solutions are as diverse as the players in the market.
Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, has completed the acquisition of Fiix Inc., an AI-enabled computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Rohde & Schwarz and AVL have intensified their collaboration with the integration of a Rohde & Schwarz radar test system into the AVL DRIVINGCUBE, creating new possibilities for testing radar enabled ADAS features and validating autonomous driving functions on a Vehicle-in-the-Loop testbed. Complex driving scenarios can be generated and tested in a safe and reproducible environment.
After the start-up procedures and hot commissioning activities have been successfully completed, Severstal pushed first coke from Block 1 of its brand-new coke oven battery No. 11 at its integrated steel works at Cherepovets, Russia, on 27 November 2020. Subsequently, the coke dry quenching plant #3 also started up.
On January 8, 2021, the Voith supplied specialty paper machine PM 40 was successfully started up at Sun Paper’s Yanzhou site in Shandong Province, China. The new capacity will further enrich Sun Paper’s product portfolio, and help in strengthening Sun Paper’s leading position with a diversified paper business. The first roll has achieved the market standard with stable quality.