Germany — A clever product from Strack Norma for the digital collection of tool data aims to solve challenges regarding safety, application, and costs in the production in the course of digitalisation.

Germany — The high-tech company Trumpf acquires the software house Lantek and thus focuses on software in sheet metal processing that runs independently of the machine manufacturer.

Germany — Specialist in CAD/CAM and MES process solutions in model, die and mould manufacturing, Tebis, has broken new ground with the launch of its complete CAD/CAM system 4.1.

Germany — The Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021 will see Arburg present a new turnkey system that is set to raise the bar in aspects of digitalisation, automation and the circular economy in plastics processing. The digital networked injection moulding machine produces drinking cups with a crumpled look. These can be visually enhanced inline and marked with recycling information that is specific to them. Not only that, but they are also 100 % traceable.

Germany — In a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), ATS Elektronik, the Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Machine Tools at Leibniz University in Hanover and Fauser are developing new functions for the Manufacturing Execution System of the future. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2021.

Automated production using the example of a bone saw guide block.

Strack Norma implements an automatic palletising system to be able to provide its products quicker and more efficient.

Meusburger reports a slight decline in sales compared to 2019. On the other hand, the number of active customers developed positively with an increase to over 22,500.

A desktop-sized learning factory shows how Industry 4.0 works. It is already used in many companies. The manufacturer uses it to simulate future scenarios in its own Innovation Lab.

Germany – Standards are expected to play a major role in the success or failure of Industry 4.0. Because the road to digital transformation requires a digital twin of the physical product, the pressure to standardise also includes the product data itself. Cutting tools are no exception to this rule.