Machine Engineering

Machine engineering is one of Germany’s key industries. The importance of this segment has led to the creation of new university degree programs in fields such as production and logistics, process engineering, vehicle/automotive engineering, production engineering and aerospace engineering among others.

innovations-report offers informative reports and articles covering technologies such as automation, motion, power train, energy, conveyor, plastics, lightweight construction, logistics/warehousing, measurement systems, machine tools and control engineering.

New fail-safe CPUs for large controllers and distributed I/O

The Simatic CPU 414F-3 PN/DP for the Simatic S7-400 Controller has all the functions of the standard CPU 414-3 PN/DP and is suitable – when supplied with 2.8MB…

Oil change due? Optimal date is to be determined during normal operation

On the other hand, each oil change especially for large equipment is time consuming and expensive. Engineers at Saarland University and the new Center for…

Scent or stench? Odors of diapers and aroma compounds can be measured objectively

Today, the human nose is still the best gauge to determine which product is most pleasant. However, these tests with human panels are costly and time…

'Lighting a match in a tornado' is 1 of multiple feats for propulsion center

Only today, he is celebrating the award of his most recent patent on a significantly more sophisticated design –– a novel ignitor for combustion and supersonic…

Efficient, integrated vertical mill drive with high performance

Vertical mills are used, for example, to crush raw material and cement in the building materials industry or coal in coal preparation. The trend on the…

New operator panel for frequency inverters

The BOP-2 supports both newcomers and drive experts in the commissioning and diagnostics of standard Sinamics drives. Basic commissioning can be carried out…

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