July 2011 GB Glace, an ice cream manufacturer in Sweden, has slashed costs and boosted process quality with a decentralized pneumatic concept. Making ice cream would seem to be a recession-proof business – since that treat is both a tasty pleasure in the summer and a source of comfort on dreary days. In addition to [...]
March 2011 High-tech entertainment electronics – from diminutive MP3 players to large LED screens – are what Blusens Global Corporation manufactures on its new, automated line. And it has to be one thing above all: flexible. At Blusens, located in Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the spirits are high. This manufacturer of modern entertainment electronics [...]
October 2010 Pneumatic equipment installed in roller coasters from Switzerland makes for more fun and greater safety. The roller coasters built by Bolliger & Mabillard are genuine attractions at amusement and adventure parks. Dizzying heights, tight curves, steep drops and high speeds. That’s also true for the hyper coasters. Barely has the rider entered the [...]
October 2010 New packing lines built in Norway stack milk cartons twenty percent faster. Milk straight from the cow and into the glass? That might be possible, but only on the farm. Consumers in towns nonetheless want their milk just that fresh. This requires quick filling and packing. The Norwegian automation specialists at Advanced Machine [...]
October 2010 Electric, hydraulic, pneumatic: How do the different types of drives work, and which drives are the best choice for a specific purpose. Electric drives How they work Electrical energy is converted into mechanical kinetic energy. Two magnetic fields, one each at a stator and a rotor, interact. As the magnetic fields constantly try [...]
April 2010 Specialists and service: Rexroth system integrators are the perfect partners for complete, customized solutions. System integrators act as the liaison between supplier and customer. The advantages: Clients need not have their own specialists in a specific field. They also have direct access to a technology manager. The integrator’s know-how augments the supplier’s direct [...]
April 2010 P.H.L., a Canadian maker of machinery for forest products, uses the complete Rexroth range of technologies. This has paved the way to worldwide success. This French Canadian firm, a specialist in sawmill and planing machinery, was only looking for new hydraulic components to install in its equipment. What it discovered, however, was that [...]
April 2010 by Dr. Hans-Georg Bittner, WTH-Wärmetechnik Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH Hans-Georg Bittner developed the first fully automatic hardening unit for saw blades. This machine, built by WTH, turns out premium quality, blade for blade. At the same time it’s easy on the environment. For years now it has been possible to harden large, flat products such [...]
October 2009 by Andreas Hohnerlein, Inertec Löttechnologien GmbH Andreas and Ernst Hohnerlein are meeting new demands in industrial soldering with their patented process for matrix soldering under inert gas. They developed the process and designed a machine suitable for industrial applications. Large plugs or mechatronic components on today’s state-of-the-art printed circuit boards represent major challenges [...]
October 2009 The mood in Europe’s board rooms is by no means as gloomy as the current world economic situation might have us suppose. This was the somewhat surprising result of a poll of 2,600 companies, conducted by Simon Kucher & Partners corporate consultants. In spite of declines in orders received and the credit crunch, [...]