:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1905500/1905560/original.jpg "In the third quarter, total machinery exports from Germany to the EU-27 were 5.8 % above their prior-year level.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1905500/1905535/original.jpg "Particularly problematic for the small and medium-sized foundry landscape is that these heavily increasing prices have not been able to be anticipated within the calculation scheme, as they were not foreseeable at all.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1902200/1902251/original.jpg "Currently, there are some challenges that the casting industry in the USA and Mexico has to overcome. This article explains what these challenges are and why the USA could have an advantage.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1904700/1904797/original.jpg "Upton Industries are experts in the design and manufacture of thermal processing systems in the metal heat treating industry.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1902600/1902697/original.jpg "The company continues to drive the future of at-line and in-line inspection solutions by unveiling a new model of MetraSCAN-R BLACK, a new edition of the software platform specifically designed for long-term support and a now fully customizable layout of the CUBE-R turnkey 3D scanning CMM to better serve the needs of QC in production.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1901800/1901816/original.jpg "The largest Carat die casting machines are as big as a house.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1899200/1899293/original.jpg "Smart processes in die casting help reduce energy consumption and scrap.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1894100/1894104/original.jpg "The facade of the Casting Technology Laboratory of Fraunhofer IGCV.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1903300/1903374/original.jpg "Mr. Goede will take over as CEO of ASK Chemicals Group on February 1, 2022.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1902100/1902199/original.jpg "This picture shows Peter Leys, Materialise Executive Chairman, with Proponent CEO Andrew Todhunter, Proponent VP Erik Krol and Materialise Aerospace Business Development Manager Rico Engelman at the agreement signing at MRO Europe.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1898200/1898205/original.jpg "Besides the automotive and construction industry, there are many others that make up a large portion of overall die cast component sales.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1904100/1904169/original.jpg "In friction stir welding, the workpieces are joined using friction, pressure, and heat. This results in a durable, media and pressure-tight weld seam.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1903300/1903317/original.jpg "8th Foundry Conference.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1902600/1902635/original.jpg "Foseco is looking forward to seeing you on our stand in Hall 7A, stand no. 523.")
Flexible Automation Open Industry 4.0 Alliance enables Networking
Since its foundation in April 2019, Open Industry 4.0 Alliance has grown to more than 40 members with different core competencies. The focus is on continuous and secure networking that enables data exchange between partners.
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Each member of the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance plays its part in making it easier for end users to connect their production: from hardware components to edge connectivity and computing to clouds and services. Each partner of the Alliance is committed to contributing its technical core competencies in such a way that operators and end users benefit from an established, reliable and scalable overall solution - the Alliance's Interoperability Framework. The focus is always on secure and simple data exchange between the partners.
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Connectivity and Digitization Demand Flexibility
Industry 4.0 means intelligently connecting production-relevant components - be they screwdrivers, robots, machine tools or entire plants. But Industry 4.0 also means complexity. Because networking and digitization within the industry requires a level of perfection that is seldom found in this form. Flexibility is required. Dr. Christian Liedtke, KUKA expert in the Open Industry 4.0 Alliance explains, why KUKA is one of the founding members: "Industrial robots play an important role in flexible automation. Other industrial machines are usually only intended for one purpose. Robots, on the other hand, offer almost infinite flexibility. In conjunction with other applications, they often have a central, controlling function".
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1460400/1460401/original.jpg "The series production of Audi’s electric drives has officially started in Györ. On a surface of 8,500 square meters, electric motors are produced by means of a novel approach: modular assembly.")
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Overcoming Proprietary Island Solutions
The Open Industry 4.0 Alliance aims to enable up to 80 percent of the machines in a Smart Factory to communicate with each other. The goal is to overcome proprietary isolated solutions in order to give a decisive boost to the end-to-end digital transformation in the industry. In October 2019, the association behind the Alliance was founded to further strengthen the official character of the alliance. In addition to KUKA, the founding members include Beckhoff, Endress+Hauser, Hilscher, ifm, MULTIVAC, SAP, Tetra Pak and Voith. In the meantime, around 32 other companies have joined the Alliance as members.
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:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1582600/1582622/original.jpg "Without OPC UA there is no Industry 4.0! Only with standardized communication can field devices, machines and the cloud become a team.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1774700/1774753/original.jpg "It thus enables customers from the manufacturing industry to implement innovations or article variants faster and more efficiently than in the traditional production process, and with less capital input.")