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Ultra-compact robot-based cake production with PC control
Second Quarter 2022, Editor's Choice

“Baking Baumkuchen requires advanced skills and experience from the confectioner,” says Mr Matsumoto, managing director of Juchheim’s central plant. “However, if the oven’s parameters can be captured ...
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PC-based control for film and paper converting machines
First Quarter 2022, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Machine builder Azco from Fairfield, New Jersey, has showed how it is possible to combine machine modules for feeding, cutting and placing flexible materials, thereby minimising engineering effort. An ...
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Condition monitoring on offshore oil platforms
First Quarter 2022, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

The steel structures of an offshore platform are exposed to extreme environmental conditions throughout their entire service lives. Difficult sea conditions ranging up to freak waves and aggressive ...
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Individually configurable assembly line
First Quarter 2022, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

      Individually designed, yet standard solution TEUP had a clear motivation to provide a standard solution for the first time, as Markus Resch, head of Electric and Software explains: “When one of ...
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Faster and more flexible digital printing
Fourth Quarter 2021, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

In just a few years Danish machine builder, Refine Finishing, has created a secure position among the world’s leading suppliers of machines that convert digitally printed labels. Equipped with PC-based ...
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PC-based control runs the stage machinery for Rigoletto
Third Quarter 2021, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

In the production, the court jester Rigoletto becomes a clown. Only the head, encircled by a wide collar, and the hands of the gigantic clown protrude from the lake. Eventually the clown becomes the victim ...
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Product-specific packaging with PC-based control
Second Quarter 2021, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Kern in Konolfingen, Switzerland, is a family business founded more than 70 years ago and originally rose to success with enveloping machines. However, the market for enveloping machines is declining. ...
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PC-based control technology for next-generation telescope
Fourth Quarter 2020, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a project of superlatives. After a long planning and construction period, the next-generation telescope is expected to go live in 2029. With seven mirrors and a combined ...
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PC-based control technology for next-generation telescope
First Quarter 2021, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Key factors were the advantages of EtherCAT for site-wide real-time communication connecting all telescope functions. Various embedded PCs and AM8000 servomotors were also tested and specified, among ...
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Laser peening system for surface treatment
First Quarter 2021, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Precisely synchronised surface treatment process increases fatigue life of metal parts.
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Extending wind turbine service life
Fourth Quarter 2020, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

One way to prolong service life beyond the design life is to reduce the load on the main components. For instance, a 10% reduction in damage-equivalent load at the rotor blade root results in a 50% longer ...
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Milling machines for the aircraft industry
Third Quarter 2020, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

In aircraft construction, exceptional component quality and precision are crucial. However sheet-metal aircraft parts are often very large, making machining and handling problematic. Harmuth CNC-Frästechnik ...
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