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EDITORIAL
10 years of innovation
Dear readers,
ten years ago, the idea for this magazine came into the world. We had the
idea to publish a journal that follows the industry all around the globe.
Today, we can proudly announce, that this dream became reality. We
were (and still are) successful. WORLD OF INDUSTRIES offers you all the
latest from the different worlds of motion and drives, industrial
automation as well as intralogistics and supply chain management.
Thanks to our collaboration with the Deutsche Messe AG, we are always
right at the heartbeat of the industry. We report live from the fairgrounds
all around the world and offer you comprehensive insights into the
different markets and innovations all around the globe.
In this special issue of WORLD OF INDUSTRIES, we celebrate our 10 year
anniversary by looking back and retelling the history of this magazine but
also by recollecting different highlights of our publishing history. Thus,
you will find an extensive interview with the masterminds behind
WORLD OF INDUSTRIES, Dr. Michael Werner, the publishing director
behind this magazine, and Christian Kluge, Director International
Relations of Deutsche Messe AG, on pages 6-7. Additionally, we put
together our favorite job reports and the most spectacular success stories
from the last ten years (pages 8-9). But in the end, it is not enough to
solely reminisce. Of course, we dare to look into the future, too. Therefore,
we will ask business leaders in this issue as well as in the upcoming ones
what their expectations for the next ten years look like (page 35).
And now, please raise your glasses and let us drink a toast to WORLD OF
INDUSTRIES: Cheers! Prost! Skål! Santé! Gom bui! Serefe! Wáshe
zdarówje! ...
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TABLE OF CONTENT
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16
FLUIDTECHNIK
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September 2018
22 I GETRIEBE
Bequem parametrieren
Making the supply chain
future oriented
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26 32
NEWS AND MARKETS
03 EDITORIAL
10 NEWS AND MARKETS
12 TECHNOLOGY AND TAX CUTS CAN
BAIL GERMANY OUT, IN CASE OF AN
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
14 SMART LOGISTICS EQUIPMENT AND
MACHINERY TO DRIVE GROWTH IN
LOGISTICS SECTOR IN THE COMING
DECADES
16 HANNOVER MESSE 2019: TAKING YOU
TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE FOURTH
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
10 TH ANNIVERSARY
06 2009-2019: 10 YEARS
WORLD OF INDUSTRIES HOW
AN IDEA CAME TO LIFE ...
08 10 YEARS OF WORLD OF INDUSTRIES
– 8 GREAT PROJECTS
35 GLOBAL INDUSTRY: PAST AND FUTURE
MOTION AND DRIVES
19 PRODUCT NEWS
20 GEAR UNITS FOR SUGARLOAF
MOUNTAIN
22 CABLE CARRIERS WITH CHEMICAL-
RESISTANT PLASTIC DEAL WITH HIGH
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24 DRIVE TECHNOLOGY COMPLIANT
WITH FOOD AND PHARMACEUTICAL
PACKAGING INDUSTRY STANDARDS
AUTOMATION
26 FOCUSSING ON ROBOTICS
AND AUTOMATION
28 POWERFUL AND SOLID: SAFETY OVER
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30 LABEL INSPECTION AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL
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32 A HEALTHY BATCH OF SAFETY
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2009-2019: 10 years World of Industries
How an idea came to life ...
It was a turbulent time for the global economy,
triggered by the property bubble in the USA. At this
exact time, a German publisher and Deutsche Messe
AG dared to launch an international cross-media
project on the market. The objective was to report on
the latest exciting technological achievements. We
spoke to Christian Kluge, Deutsche Messe, and Dr.
Michael Werner, the Publishing Manager, about the
beginnings and developments of World of Industries.
Always on the lookout for exciting technologies: Our editorial
teams are attending trade fairs around the world
Ideas are often developed at the strangest times, including the
idea to develop an international, cross-media project – WORLD
OF INDUSTRIES – ten years ago.
Werner: It must have been 2011 when I met Christian for the first
time at a trade fair stand. At the time, we had already been working
on special publications in China for two years. Back then, it
was mostly printed editions that we sent by post to readers in
companies. The idea that we developed at that trade fair stand was
incredibly simple: The publisher produces editorial content all
about international trade fairs conducted by Deutsche Messe AG,
and Deutsche Messe in turn supports international sales with its
international subsidiaries.
Kluge: A crucial question was posed by Michael: How would we
get our publications to the right readers in China at the PTC and
CeMAT Asia trade fairs? It was my idea to send all visitors an electronic
copy of the publication. In addition to the printed publications,
this gave us the opportunity to considerably increase our
reach by including channels in the USA, Turkey, Russia, India, etc
– so that’s how everything started.
How does a German publisher suddenly start operating at an
international level?
10 TH ANNIVERSARY
Werner: We looked at it from a customer’s point of view. If the innovations
of a German company are being presented at a trade fair
in China, the USA, Turkey, Russia, India or anywhere else in the
world, we as a publisher must be in a position to be able to report
on it. Over the last ten years, the focus has increasingly shifted from
printed publications towards the Internet and social media.
At the start, you wanted to spread the idea of “Made in
Germany” around the world. Nowadays “World of Industries” is a
lot more?
Werner: Definitely! We started off with exported English publications.
Nowadays we are increasingly communicating with com-
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oup-fluidtechnik.de
5445
ORGAN DES FORSCHUNGSFONDS
FLUIDTECHNIK IM VDMA
Christine Grotz
TITELSTORY
Mit Hartmut Rauen auf dem Main Tower
19174
www.industrielle-automation.net
September 2018
www.foerdern-und-heben.de
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pany subsidiaries around the world and are cooperating directly
with these locations.
Kluge: I personally do not know of a comparable format that offers
exhibitors, the publisher and us as a trade fair organizer such a
global platform all year round.
At the time Deutsche Messe was already internationally active
and very successful. Why did it also need such a communication
tool?
Kluge: Firstly, exhibitors and visitors operate on a global scale and
secondly, World of Industries already informs its readers before
and during the trade fair about the next events and their topics,
markets, and participants. I believe the combination of thematic
content and markets is excellent.
Communication across borders can often entail hidden
challenges. Was that the case? And if so, how did you overcome
them?
Kluge: Deutsche Messe has the opportunity to collaborate with
many excellent partners. Our colleagues in China, the USA, Turkey,
etc. do the same job on the ground. The greatest challenge
was to clearly illustrate the priorities and opportunities this project
had to offer. We have had to be very hands on with this project.
Nowadays World of Industries is more than a project, it is a
complete platform. How can the readers benefit from this and
what can they expect to read?
Werner: From an editorial perspective, we always want to strike a
balance between specialist information and reporting on trade
fairs. Communication usually starts about four weeks before the
trade fair via the websites for the publisher and trade fair, via
newsletters from both partners and of course by means of activities
on the social networks, which have become increasingly important
in recent years. The trade fair book is available digitally as
an e-paper but a printed version is also available at the exhibition
site – provided in English around the world and in Mandarin in
China.
Which of these particular channels should individuals interested
in technology take a look at?
Werner: The website www.world-of-industries.com is the starting
point for all publishing activities. Although social media is becoming
increasingly important. From our perspective, LinkedIn in
particular is developing very quickly. As a reader, it is of course
best to subscribe to one of the newsletters from the trade fair or
publisher. That will ensure you definitely do not miss a thing.
Readers will especially benefit from the live posts and numerous
videos posted by the team at trade fairs around the world.
Werner: Definitely. From an editorial perspective we operate in
three different stages. Before the trade fair – at the trade fair – after
the trade fair. The live feed from the exhibition site is particularly
important to us. Although that does not have the same level of
success at every location, as it is dependent on the infrastructure.
We are relying on moving images, our editors capture exciting
topics on site in video interviews, which are then published on the
website as well as in the e-paper and in the next printed edition.
Kluge: In brief, moving images are more authentic, work better,
and provided a clearer overview of the relevant message. Rough
edges and corners are even an advantage when it comes to social
media and their performance.
Over the last ten years, World of Industries has grown into a
strong brand that covers topics from automation, motion &
drives, and intralogistics. Are these topics that will be suitable for
future trade fair concepts?
Kluge: Good question, our trade fairs always represent the markets.
It is quite possible that topics will disappear and new ones
will be added. That applies to us and the editorial staff alike. But
that is exactly what makes it exciting.
What are your future plans, what can the reader expect?
Werner: We are going to develop with the market. From an editorial
perspective, World of Industries is currently one of our most
interesting projects and the one where we learn the most along
the way. That keeps us on our toes and ensures we increase our
skills, which turn helps to strengthen our core business in German-speaking
Europe. In this regard, I hope we face many new
challenges over the coming years.
Kluge: If you just take a look at the main topics at the Hanover
trade fair, such as artificial intelligence or platform economics and
the opportunities and innovations that they have to offer. Add a
touch of international cooperation and we can expect to see some
exciting projects. One example is the “Industrial Transformation
Asia Pacific” event. This is a new format for us and a new platform
for exhibitors. This in turn will provide World of Industries with
some exciting topics.
www.world-of-industries.com
09 September 2018
FLUIDTECHNIK
www.engineering-news.net
FÖRDERTECHNIK
MATERIALFLUSS
LOGISTIK 4.0
06 Juni 2018
22 I NEUES KLEINTEILE-
REGALBEDIENGERÄT
VEREINT VIELFÄLTIGES
ANFORDERUNGSPROFIL
ELEKTRISCHE VENTIL- UND
PUMPENANSTEUERUNG
16 I 25 Jahre mechatronische
Antriebslösungen für die Hydraulik
World of Industries
is the best
of four “worlds”:
fluid power,drive
technology, industrial
automation and
intralogistics
08 I LOUNGE
„Hydraulik bietet unzählige
Möglichkeiten technischer
Innovation“
22 I GETRIEBE
Bequem parametrieren
und warten per App
86 I SOFTWARE
So effizient lassen sich
Stirnräder auslegen
92 I HANNOVER MESSE
Diese Neuheiten sollten
Sie nicht verpassen
14 I GIPFELTREFFEN
„Wir sind gut aufgestellt“
04 APRIL 2019
Making the supply chain
future oriented
www.antriebstechnik.de
Organ des Forschungsvereinigung Antriebtechnik e.V.
Mit System: All-in-One-Lösung
30 zur industriellen Markierung
in cooperation with
„Wir bringen digitale
Kurze Taktzeiten im
Special
22 Intelligenz in Kabellösungen“ 32 Automatisierungsverband
19239
4
– Trends in
46 Robotik und Automation
16 I PRODUKTE UND SYSTEME
Roboterpalettierung ermöglicht 100
Prozent mehr Output
34 I MENSCHEN UND MÄRKTE
Recht Logistik verdankt Logcoop
Großauftrag in der Display-Logistik
38 I PERSPEKTIVEN
Beendet die Blockchain
die Zettelwirtschaft?
The latest, exciting topics are
available on the website at
www.world-of-industries.com
WORLD OF INDUSTRIES 2/2019 7

10 years of World of Industries –
8 great projects
This year, we celebrate 10 years of World of Industries. Since 2009, we follow the
latest trends in engineering, automation and logistics. During this decade we
were able to present you some of the most spectacular projects and solutions
from all around the world. These are our favorite articles from tens years of
reporting from the industry. Please click or enter the links into your browser to
read the job reports.
It was only meant to stay there for five
years. Now it has already been there
more than 15 years. I travelled to London,
England to learn more about the
condition of the Schaeffler bearings
installed in it. Even at corporate headquarters
in Germany I was able to gain
interesting insights into the history of
the Ferris wheel which was once the
largest in the world.
Long-Ma, the dragon-scaled winged
horse of Chinese mythology, had to
come to life during the official
ceremony in the Beijing
Olympic Stadium in
October 2014. France
and China planned
to celebrate the
50th anniversary
of their diplomatic
relations.
With only 12
months lead time
Dintec, a wellknown
system
integrator for electric
drives and hybrid
applications, accepted
the challenge to power the
dragon-horse.
http://bit.ly/WINDintec
http://bit.ly/WINSchaeffler
10 TH ANNIVERSARY
When ICR, the Italian perfume manufacturer from Milan set out to bring
its intralogistics up to the state of the art, it was also a decision with
ramifications for the future. ICR found a partner for the job of jointly
developing a suitable concept with intralogistics specialist Jungheinrich.
In this manner a special system solution was developed
featuring industrial trucks equipped with RFID technology and
oriented towards the strategic market goals of ICR.
http://bit.ly/WINJungheinrich
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At the port of Callao in Peru,
Beumer installed pipe conveyors
with a length of around three
kilometers for transporting
copper, lead and zinc concentrates
for completion
in 2014.
http://bit.ly/WINBeumer
Dassault Aviation has performed test flights with a
Falcon 7X using a Flir Systems thermal imaging camera
that can differentiate between laminar flows and
turbulent flows, allowing developing technologies for
cleaner and quieter next-generation aircraft.
http://bit.ly/WINFlir
The annual Robo Cup is played to
determine the best football-playing
robots. Several US universities
developed the Darwin-OP robot in
co-operation with South Korean
robotic specialist Robotis and won
both, the RoboCup 2012 and 2013.
http://bit.ly/WINMaxon
Europe‘s largest
plant for
protective gas
hardening
is located
in Bochum-
Riemke. Machine
parts
up to 5.2 m in
diameter and
5.0 m height
are engulfed in
one furnace. Gears
can even be treated
vertically therein and thereby
remain highly customized and dimensionally
stable. Reason enough to send for an
American gear manufacturer to send their
21 -ton gear on the long journey from the
USA to Germany.
http://bit.ly/WINReese
Four
rotary
impellers,
mounted
one above
the other on
the left and
right, propel the
snow as far as 40 m.
Up to 8,500 t of this white
“cargo” can be moved efficiently
each and every hour. In the Alps,
four railway snow blowers, manufactured
by the Swiss company
Zaugg AG Eggiwil, keep the lines
operated by the Rhaetian Railway
clear all year round.
http://bit.ly/WINRexroth
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W RLDWIDE NEWS
Weidmüller wins German Design Award 2019
The electrical engineering company Weidmüller received the German Design Award
2019 for its innovative range of terminal blocks “Klippon Connect” in the Excellent
Product Design Industry category. The terminal block convinced the international
jury, primarily because it is easy and convenient to use. The clear and straightforward
product structure of the terminal block won over the 46 design specialists from
11 countries during the evaluation. The German Design Award presented by the
German Design Council recognises pioneering products and projects within the
German and international design landscape. This year, the German Design Award
received more than 5,400 entries from 63 countries in the area of product and communication
design. Image caption: Andreas Rutz (l.) and Arnd Schepmann (r.) were delighted
to receive the award in the Excellent Product Design Industry category.
www.weidmueller.com
Asmet automates with TGW
Asmet Sp. z.o.o Sp.k., one of Poland’s leading wholesalers
and manufacturers of special fasteners, has
awarded TGW with logistics consultation and the
erection of a new automated logistics center at
Moszna-Parcela, near Warsaw. With the installation of
the new automated distribution center,
the Polish hidden champion
particularly intends to increase
the level of customer service
and storage capacity for
further global growth.
The order includes the
construction of a new
automated DC based on a
shuttle system, the
integration of multi-functional
workstations for order
picking and packing as well as
the creation of spacious zones for
in- and outbound and an empty tote buffer. The core
of the new logistics solution is a partially equipped,
3-aisle shuttle system with a total of 60,000 storage
locations for totes.
www.tgw-group.com
R+W: Construction of
new headquarters
started
R+W, the specialist for industrial
and precision couplings, is
building a new headquarters in
Wörth am Main in Lower
Franconia, Germany. Work
started at the new Weidenhecken
industrial park in February, where
the new headquarters will be constructed
on a roughly 7,000 m 2 plot. Around
2,500 m 2 will be used for the production facilities
and another approx. 1,000 m 2 will be for office space. “This development
will enable us to significantly increase our capacities in a short amount of
time,” explains the Managing Director, Steffen Herter. This work is necessary
because of the increasing demand in the booming machine manufacturing
market. More than EUR 8 million is being invested in the development that
comprises office and production facilities, production equipment, the expansion
of the German and international teams, as well as product developments. The
move to the new facilities is planned for the end of the summer later this year.
The location was selected in close collaboration with the parent company
Poppe+Potthoff based in Werther, Westfalen, Germany.
www.rw-couplings.com
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Jungheinrich: Strategic investment in
lithium-ion technology
Wittenstein SE: Dr. Bertram Hoffmann takes
over as Chairman of the Board and CEO
Change at the helm of the South-West German
mechatronics corporation: Dr. Bertram
Hoffmann (55) will soon be taking over as new
Chairman of the Board and CEO of Wittenstein
SE. A Doctor of Engineering, he is
currently a member of the Executive Board of
Bosch Rexroth AG. Hoffmann will succeed
Wittenstein SE Board Spokesman Dr. Bernd
Schimpf, who will be leaving the company on
March 31, 2019, at the start of the new fiscal year
2019/20. Hoffmann studied Engineering at Karlsruhe
University of Applied Sciences. In 2012, Hoffmann moved to Bosch
Rexroth AG and became Member of the Executive Board responsible for
the Business Unit Renewable Energies. In 2015, he accepted additional
responsibility as Member of the Executive Board for the Business Unit
Mobile Applications and was also made Executive Vice President of the
Business Unit Mobile Applications, responsible for engineering.
www.wittenstein.de/en-en
Jungheinrich AG and Triathlon Holding GmbH have come
together to found JT Energy Systems GmbH, a joint venture
focused on the production and recycling of lithium-ion
battery systems. The company will be based in Glauchau,
Saxony. The founding is subject to approval of the project
by the relevant competition authorities. Jungheinrich holds
a 70 per cent share in the joint venture with Triathlon
taking the remaining 30 per cent. The company is due to
begin operations in August 2019. JT Energy
Systems intends to create around 100
new jobs at the plant in the next few
years. The aim of the joint venture
between Jungheinrich and
Triathlon is for the two
companies to expand their
production capacities to
cover the ever-increasing
demand for lithium-ion
battery systems and to
further develop their
technological leadership in
this field. JT Energy will
supply products to both
companies.
www.jungheinrich.com
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Technology and tax cuts
can bail Germany out,
in case of an economic downturn
NEWS AND MARKETS
Last quarter of 2018 and the first quarter of 2019
has not been a very positive one for Germany, but
nevertheless, 2019 still looks to be a positive year as
Industry 4.0 and similar advanced technologies
start to penetrate deeper into German
manufacturing set-up. Going forward, these
technologies will become the new growth drivers of
German manufacturing industry.
T
raditionally seen as the powerhouse of Europe, Germany’s
economy is starting to cause concern with uncertainties over
global trade and the manufacturing industry. In January 2019, the
European Commission revised the growth forecasts for the country
and is now expected to grow by 1.1 % this year, from a previous forecast
of 1.8 %. Germany is Euro zone’s largest economy, this means
that any deceleration will likely be bad news for the rest of the
Europe as well. The Commission also lowered its prospects for the
Euro area as a whole. The region is now set to grow by 1.3 % this year,
from a previous forecast of 1.9 %. The slowdown was caused mainly
by factors, like global trade tensions and weakening exports growth
due to slowdown in emerging economies including China. Recent
data from the German statistical office shows that the country posted
a growth of 1.5 % in 2018, as compared to 2.2 % in the previous
year. German industrial production also declined by 0.4 % monthon-month
in December — following a fall of 1.3 % in November,
making this the fourth consecutive month of decline. This has been
the weakest growth rate in five years. Also, factory orders data
showed a 1.6 % decline in December.
While we have to brace ourselves for another weak quarter in the
first quarter of 2019, there could be some positive momentum in
the spring. With serious trade negotiations between the U.S. and
China under way, and UK’s Brexit on-going negotiations, chances
Author: Sushen Doshi, International Correspondent for World of Industries
are that progress on these issues will be the game changer that
could turn the sentiment around. This would bring around a
humble return in growth momentum in Germany and the euro
zone. In case of an economic downturn, the German government is
working on bringing in tax cuts and increasing government
spending. Though many experts have discouraged general tax cuts
for Germany in recent years, due to high state debts, the finance
ministry believes that such measures would be justified as a means
against a possible recession. Speaking to a German newspaper, the
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said, “The good times in which the
state kept taking in more taxes than expected are coming to an end,”.
From rags to riches
After German re-unification, the economic performance of western
Germany was initially strong. In fact, GDP grew at a solid rate of 5 %
until 1991. However, it deteriorated by 1992 and remained dismal
for the remainder of the 1990s. During this time, the unemployment
rate nearly doubled, as GDP growth averaged a meager 1.5 % per
year. In 1994, the Germans feared that the unification of the two
Germanys had failed. By 1999 and 2000 Germany was tagged as
“the sick man of Europe” and in 2003 the German economy was in
deep recession. Since 2004, Germany has emerged from its economic
sluggishness with an exceptional performance. In recent
years, people commonly interpret the rebirth of the German economy
as a new Wirtschaftswunder, an economic miracle which has
brought back the prestige and diplomatic assertiveness that can
determine the fate of the rest of Europe.
Over the past few years, other European countries like Sweden
and France have also had comparable growth rates. But the German
exception lies in having permanently transformed its economic
model in line with the global challenges. The transformation has
also allowed the achievement of the traditional shared goals of the
German society – full employment and low income inequality –
which have always characterized the social market economy. German
governments, both state and federal, have also accompanied
the economy’s internationalization process which was initiated by
large companies and major financial institutions. The common
political analysis behind this is that a population of around
80 million, which produces more than 5 % of global GDP, can
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maintain its standard of living only by tying its growth to that of
countries and bringing 6 billion people out of relative poverty. For
this reason, the entire German production system had to and was
able to strengthen its export orientation, while facing the major
geopolitical changes that have directly involved the country: the
German reunification, the European monetary unification, Eastern
Europe opening to international trade. The reality is that, the
process of transformation of German economy was born long
before becoming a political project. It was born under the impulse
of a group of industrial and financial players who were subject to
intense pressure of global competition. Only later, an intensive set
of government-led economic reform programs accompanied the
transformation of production, allowing the entire economy to
benefit from their acquired competitive success.
Export scenario for Germany
In 2017 alone, Germany shipped nearly $ 1.5 trillion worth of goods
around the globe. In dollar terms it reflects a gain of more than
7.5 % from the previous year. In the first nine months of 2018,
Germany exported goods worth $ 1.2 trillion. This 9-month metric
puts German exports on track for an annualized $ 1.5 trillion
estimated for all of 2018. From a continental perspective, around
two thirds of German exports by value were delivered to other
European countries, approximately 18 % were sold to Asian
countries and 10 % to North America. With Germany’s population
of nearly 80 million people, its total $ 1.5 trillion in 2017 exports
translates to roughly $ 18,000 for every resident in the country. The
top industry sectors driving the exports were as follows:
n Automobiles and components: $ 250 billion
n Machinery including computers: $ 245 billion
n Electrical machinery, equipment: $ 150 billion
n Optical, technical, medical apparatus: $72 billion
n Aircraft and aviation products: $ 40 billion
Germany’s focus on advanced manufacturing
technologies
For the next 5-10 years, advanced manufacturing technologies are
set to provide the best export potential for industry sectors such as
machine tools, industrial machinery, robotics, information and
communication technology, process control instrumentation and
electronics equipment, additive manufacturing and advanced
materials. On the domestic front as well, till 2025, more than 80 % of
German manufacturers plan to invest more than $ 100 billion every
year into smart manufacturing technologies.
Germany is the fifth largest robot market in the world with about
20,000 industrial robots being used in industries such as automotive,
electrical and electronics, metal working, chemical, plastics,
and the food industry. Overall the robotics and automation sector
in Germany saw a successful period with sales figures reaching
nearly € 15 billion in 2017, posting a growth of 13 %. All three sectors
of German robotics and automation were on a strong growth
course. The machine vision sector experienced a growth of around
17 % taking its annual turnover to € 2.6 billion. The German robotics
sector also experienced a dynamic period of growth with sales
rising by 17 % to € 4.2 billion. The largest sub-sector of German
robotics and automation, the integrated assembly solutions saw a
sales growth of 9 %, reaching a new record of € 7.6 billion. After the
enormous investments of the electronics and automotive industries
in 2016-17, order intake in the first half of 2018 was no longer as
dynamic as the previous years, due to a normal cyclical effect. In
addition, political developments with protectionist tendencies in
North America and Asia had a dampening effect on the willingness
to invest. This has given the robotics and automation companies a
breathing space and to reduce the order backlog. A high order backlog
and the extended delivery times for systems are reasons for a
partial shift in sales to 2019. The transformation of the powertrain in
particular requires new technological competencies and manufacturing
solutions. New components such as the battery or the hybrid
drive require new automation solutions with diverse measuring
and testing tasks. With Asia’s electronics sector undergoing heavy
automation, the demand for German products will be on the rise in
the coming years. Further growth opportunities are also seen in the
metal, plastic, medical technology and the food and packaging industry.
A growth rate of at least 5 % is expected again in 2019,
provided that the political and economic situation does not hinder
investments in automation.
Photo: fotolia z
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Smart logistics equipment and
machinery to drive growth in logistics
sector in the coming decades
NEWS AND MARKETS
With conventional growth slowing down in China,
all industry sectors are adjusting to this ‘new
normal’, to ensure their readiness for the coming
decades enterprises even in logistics sector are
swiftly moving towards latest technologies like
logistics 4.0 and smart logistics equipment. At the
LET event in Guangzhou, one can witness the
direction in which logistics sector in China headed.
D
ecades of double digit growth has made China not just a manufacturing
powerhouse, but also one of the biggest logistics
market in the world. The logistics industry has played an extremely
essential role in China’s rise to top. However, in comparison to
developed industrial nations China’s logistics industry faces high
operational costs and relatively low efficiency. The ratio of China’s
logistics cost to GDP is roughly around 14 %, as compared to USA’s
nearly 8 %. Taking automobile sector for example, the logistics cost
ratio in China is somewhere around 8-9 %, whereas in Europe and
America is around 3 % and 5 % in Japan. According to World Bank’s
international Logistics Performance Index, which covers six key
aspects: customs, infrastructure, international shipments, logistics
competence, tracking &tracing, and timeliness, China is ranked
26th in world. Showcasing big gaps over its competitors like
Germany, Japan etc. Realizing this fact, China’s government has
already taken strategic measures to reduce logistics costs and
improve logistics efficiency to spur the real economy.
Author: Sushen Doshi, International Correspondent for World of Industries
But, over the last two years, the growth rate of China’s logistics services
revenues has been facing pressure from a slowdown in the
country’s GDP. According to data from China National Bureau of
Statistics, the transportation and warehousing revenues have been
growing much less than the average growth rate of the country. In
terms of profitability as well, a continuous rise in warehousing costs
and labor costs have been deteriorating the profitability for the
entire sector. In the long-term, with an aging population, labor
shortages will arise and due to rising urbanization the shortage of
warehousing space will be inevitable, thus leading to rise and rise of
operational costs.
Currently, industry’s structure is also a lot more traditional in
nature, which gives immense scope for modernization and
incorporation of latest technologies. Now, China looks towards
high-end manufacturing industry and the domestic consumption
boom to drive up the demand for logistics services. From 2018,
public sector as well as private companies are looking to prioritize
on upgradation of logistics facilities and equipment to enhance the
efficiency of the industry. Under such circumstances, smart logistics
is gaining ground and becoming a key area to focus on for the whole
industry to improve. Smart logistics has significant potential, for
example, with modern warehousing concepts, companies can save
nearly 50 % on land costs and labor costs. By fully monitoring the
whole process of material transfer and storage, the efficiency and
accuracy can be improved. Furthermore, with data collected by
smart logistics systems, enterprises can more provide value-added
services and derive new business models for customers.
Future market opportunities
China’s ambitious belt and road initiative is one of the driving engines
for future development. It contributes largely to exports, and
is expected to continue boosting logistics demand in the future. At
present, most provinces and cities en route the ‘belt and road’ are
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accelerating the development of logistics industry, especially the
mid-western area represented by Zhengzhou, Xi’an, Lanzhou, and
Urumqi, in a vision to build themselves as logistics hubs. After the
establishment of transportation logistics hubs, certain export processing
enterprises targeting Europe and other regions may choose
to produce, process, disassemble and package locally; it would also
form clusters of populations in the mid-western area, accelerating
its process of development.
China’s intelligent logistics market reached Yuan 200 billion in
2016, experts predict it will exceed 1 trillion Yuan by 2025. Some
emerging technologies including drone, robotics and automation,
and data analytics are in high demand in logistics industry, as well
as wearable devices, 3D printers, driverless trucks and artificial intelligence
are being used in storage, transportation, delivery and
other end parts of logistics. As China’s manufacturing sector undergoes
transformation, factories will also focus on reforming their logistics
operations, thus leading to an enormous demand for intelligent
factory logistics systems. In China’s smart logistics segment,
vendors are generally classified into three types; hardware suppliers,
software suppliers and comprehensive suppliers. Amongst
them, the comprehensive suppliers are the ones with a better competitive
advantage thanks to their integrated services. Most of the
foreign companies operating in this space are comprehensive suppliers,
and enjoy a competitive edge in terms of technologies and
project experience with strengths in high-end logistics hardware
and software. Whereas domestic companies, with advantages in
price and local reach have a competitive edge in mid-range and
low-end projects. Domestic manufacturers mainly serve as equipment
suppliers or system sub-contractors with each of them operating
on a small scale. With the improvement in R&D as well as
availability of intelligent logistics equipment, the systems provided
by domestic manufacturers are able to meet the needs of most general-purpose
applications, significantly impacting the market share
of foreign manufacturers who are engaged in complete intelligent
logistics equipment production. Moving forward, domestic manufacturers
need to further increase their input in R&D to improve the
level of hardware, lean production and software performance.
Rising demand in the future for intelligent equipment in pricesensitive
industries will provide more space for the development of
domestic manufacturers which offer competitive prices. Based on
integration experience and knowledge gained over time, domestic
manufacturers will have the opportunity to expand their scales and
become stronger in some application fields.
Logistics equipment and technology exhibition
While in the midst of multi-level transition of China’s economy as
well as manufacturing and logistics industry sectors, events such as
LET (Logistics equipment and technology exhibition), become the
guiding light for large and small enterprises. LET, is a CeMAT Asia
event, and is the biggest smart logistic equipment and technology
trade fair in South China. Since the first edition in 2010, LET has
grown to become a successful brand in itself over the last nine years.
With the exhibition expanding its floor space display area, increasing
number of visitors and exhibitor companies, and improving level
of its exhibits, LET is becoming one of the strongest events in the
South China region. Now in its 10th edition, the logistic equipment
and technology show aims to cater the market with latest trends in
technology, innovation and services in the sector. With a floor space
of 20,000 square meters and around 32,000 visitors in 3 days, the LET
show was a big success in 2018. The 10th edition of the LET show will
be hosted at the China Import & Export Complex in Guangzhou
from 29th - 31st May. 2019.In 2019, the LET event will be stronger, as
it will be hosted by Hannover Milano Best Exhibitions (Guangzhou)
Co.,Ltd, a joint venture between Guangzhou Best Exhibition Co.,
Ltd. and Hannover Milano Fairs Shanghai Ltd. The show will combine
the strengths of both the partners, and become one of the most
influential shows for the Chinese logistics market.
Like previous years, the show promises to provide a high-quality
trade fair platform for exhibitors to display, communicate and find
partners for co-operation in Chinese logistics market. In 2018, nearly
300 top logistics equipment and technology companies from all
over the world participated and brought their advanced exhibits
like, intelligent forklift trucks, smart logistics systems, logistics robots,
AGV, green material handling technology, lithium battery fast
charging technology, laser slam unmanned guiding technology,
smart factory solutions, etc. Furthermore, nearly 100 industry experts
and scholars shall be present onsite to discuss on current
trends of intelligent logistics, automation, information technology,
advanced manufacturing, Industry 4.0 and Logistics 4.0. Visitors
can interact with exhibitor companies and work together to develop
tailor made solutions for the South China market.
Over the last few years, China’s e-commerce industry has seen
explosive growth, and so has the demand for logistics products and
services like AGV, robots, logistics IT, sorting and delivery systems
etc. At LET too, visitors have expressed their interests in these areas.
The product category at LET includes mechanical handling equipment
like cranes, elevators, cable cars, lifting equipment and platforms,
hoisting platforms, bulk goods and monorail conveyors, trolleys,
industrial trucks, forklifts, robotic handling systems, driverless
transport systems, storage and retrieval equipment for shelves and
racks, components of drive technology, hydraulics and pneumatics.
The display area also has products for warehousing and shelving systems,
industrial doors and gates, pallets, bins and containers, cleaning
systems for warehouses and storage facilities etc. Exhibitors will
also showcase various packaging and order picking systems, weighing
and metering devices, labelling and identification systems etc. In
terms of logistics software, visitors can see software for material flow
and movement, various types of sensors and auto-identification systems,
branch specific software for transportation logistics etc.
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Hannover Messe 2019: taking you to the
forefront of the fourth industrial revolution
Over the last few years, Industry 4.0 has been the buzz word for the entire
industrialized world, and Hannover Messe has been it’s the global hotspot. It has
been revolutionizing the industrial sector just like the steam engine, mass
production and automation did. And the best part is, we are just getting started.
NEWS AND MARKETS
The foundation for this modern industrial revolution is the
continuous exchange of data between production, logistics and all
operations, making our factories more intelligent, efficient and
sustainable. Few years ago, when the talk of fourth industrial revolution
began, the mood around was ecstatic. This led to a rapid but haphazard
development of products and solutions. Without completely
understanding the opportunities and challenges that Industry 4.0
brings, companies were working on random solutions and missing
out on the bigger picture. This is where Hannover Messe comes in.
Events like Hannover Messe, provide a broader view of the risks
involved and the solutions needed to be developed. Regular visitors at
Hannover Messe can surely feel the difference in standard and quality
of Industry 4.0 products and technologies from six years ago and today.
The level of sophistication and ability to find solutions on more and
more complex problems of the industry has also increased. In the
beginning, companies were focusing on the low hanging fruits and
benefits of Industry 4.0, now with more and more organizations
joining hands and sharing knowledge, the industry has started to
unravel the real potential of Industry 4.0 technologies. Today, along
with large corporations even smaller companies are investing their
capital, human and technological resources to move closer to the
vision of total digitalization.
Just like every year, this year too, industry experts, professionals,
manufacturers and end-users from all over the world shall gather on
the fair grounds of Hannover Messe from 1 st - 5 th April, 2019. This five
day mega-event will see more than 220,000 visitors and 6500 exhibitor
companies. With it’s lead theme as ‘Integrated Industry - Industrial Intelligence’,
this year the focus will be on integrating artificial intelli-
gence and industry 4.0 technologies. Along with digitalization, another
important technology that has been picking up speed is artificial
intelligence. In a smart factory, where machines, interfaces, and
components communicate with one another, large amounts of data is
accumulated. This data when analyzed, can optimize processes, find
new solutions and make predictions. At Hannover Messe, visitors can
understand what artificial intelligence and machine learning can
make possible in industrial applications – both now and in the future.
Meet your new colleague, ‘the Cobot’
One of the biggest attractions at Hannover Messe has been the rise of
Cobots or collaborative robots. Unlike traditional industrial robots, that
perform their work in physically isolated units, cobots react to people
and not just follow pre-programmed commands. Equipped with sensors,
they observe the movements and positions of humans and assist
workers directly without exposing the humans to any risk of injury.
They are flexible, easy to program and easy to move, weighing just ten
kilograms. With “direct guidance,” method, the robot only moves upon
receiving direct input from a human, such as by touching the robot
arm. This ensures the employee has complete control over the cobot at
all times. With the rise of this technology, it has now become possible
even for SME’s to invest in robotics and boost their competitiveness, as
Cobots are cheaper than actual robots. With Germany being one of the
leaders in robotics, it isn’t surprising that here Cobots are in demand as
well. At Hannover Messe 2019, visitors can meet and interact with the
leading developers of cobots to understand their advantages and limitations,
in order to make an informed decision.
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Predictive maintenance: repair before breakdowns
In Germany, the topic of predictive maintenance has become increasingly
important in recent years, and is inseparable from the themes of
Industry 4.0. Today, machine manufacturers are working to equip their
machines and industrial systems with sensors that enable remote
monitoring, that can measure vibration, temperature or humidity, for
example. Specialized maintenance software collects this sensor data,
evaluates it and recognizes in advance when a component might be in
danger of failing. Defective components that could soon lead to a system
shutdown are identified and can be replaced before damage actually
occurs. The key advantages of predictive maintenance are cost effectiveness,
controlled breakdowns, reduced maintenance and energy
costs. Right from the inception stage of this technology, Hannover
Messe has been backing it up. At Hannover Messe 2019 as well, you can
discover the innovations first hand that are headed towards the market.
Digital twin: a clone for your machine
Another technology that has been trending in Europe and America is
the digital twins, i.e. digital representations of physical machines. Right
from the initial design phase through to production even after the sale
of the product, the virtual twin stays connected with physical product
with sensors that send status data on a constant basis. The incoming
data is gathered and compared against the original design and specifications.
If a discrepancy is detected, then engineers can work on potential
solutions directly on the digital twin - after which the real machine
can then be updated to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. In
the future, all stakeholders will be networked: suppliers, producers and
customers. At Hanover Messe 2019, visitors can look towards building a
strong network between machine builders, electrical engineers and IT
service providers who can work together on the twin technology.
Hannover Messe 2019: Trade Fair line up
As the world’s largest and most influential industrial trade fair, Hannover
Messe covers the most fundamental industry sectors. With 6
international leading trade fairs at the same time under one roof, it
offers an extensive collection of products and technologies. The trade
show line up at Hannover Messe includes - Integrated Automation
Motion and Drives (IAMD), Digital Factory, Integrated Energy, Industrial
Supply, Research Technology and ComVac. The IAMD show
is Hannover Messe’s flagship brand and one of the world’s leading
show that attracts more than 2000 exhibitors and 100,000 visitors
from around the globe. As the global hotspot for Industry 4.0. that
covers everything to do with industrial automation, industrial IT,
power transmission, and fluid power technology – from mechanical
engineering and robotics to process automation. Product category at
IAMD includes mechanical power transmission systems and equipment
like belt and chain drives, couplings and clutch units, various
types of braking systems and accessories for brakes, entire gears
units, geared motors and bearings. Electrical equipment that
includes, electric switch gears, contactors and relays, electric motors,
frequency drives, cables and cabling accessories, electronic and
opto-electronic components. The robotics display includes industrial
as well as mobile robots including cobots, driverless transport systems,
programming and engineering services for robotics. IAMD
also has on display products and systems from the fluid power technology
like hydraulic pumps, hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders,
gear pumps, hydraulic variable speed drive units, control valves,
pipes, hoses and connectors, filters for hydraulic and oil lubrication
systems, pneumatic actuator drives, hydraulic and pneumatic sealing
devices, products and systems for condition monitoring and
predictive maintenance. In industrial automation segment, IAMD
focuses on control systems like HMI, PLC, Scada, embedded systems
and industrial PCs, sensors and actuators, communication network
and field bus systems, measuring and test equipment.
The Digital Factory is a trade show dedicated for industrial IT solutions
and integrated processes. Here visitors can find a full array
of solutions for tomorrow’s smart factories – for example, additive
manufacturing systems for non-metals, artificial intelligence and
machine learning systems, advanced simulation systems, image
processing software, industrial cloud services for condition monitoring
and predictive maintenance, data management software,
and the required IT hardware, operating systems for industrial IT,
virtual reality systems for industrial applications, software solutions
for PLM, ERP, MES, raw materials and production planning etc.
Integrated Energy: With increasing industrialization, the global
energy consumption is bound increase. Also, the energy generation is
set to increase especially in the renewable energy sector. Even today,
we can experience the imbalance between energy production, storage
and consumption. More than anything else, today the energy sector
requires efficient utilization of the energy resources, but also sensibly
connecting the energy production and storage system to form an
integrated energy system. Smart grids ensure the efficient coordination
of production, storage, grid management and consumption so
that suppliers can maintain a smooth system. Hannover Messe 2019,
features the Energy show, a trade show for integrated energy systems
and e-mobility. This show has on display latest technologies in energy
generation and distribution systems, heat management for office and
production buildings, virtual power plants, load management and
energy intelligence software, energy data management and optimization
systems, electrical energy conversion and storage systems like
transformers, accumulators, chargers, UPS, hydrogen and fuel cells
etc. The e-mobility sector is also featured prominently at Hannover
Messe with spotlight on electric transport vehicles for goods and passengers,
infrastructure solutions for e-mobility like charging stations,
cables and replaceable battery systems etc.
Photographs: Deutsche Messe AG
www.hannovermesse.de
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Hannover Messe:
Home of industrial pioneers
Christian H. Kienzle , CEO, Argo-Hytos
Kirsten Billhardt, Marketing Strategist - Internet of
Things, Dell
THE SLOGAN OF HANNOVER MESSE IS A
VERY GOOD APPROACH, BECAUSE IT WILL
DEMONSTRATE THE COMPETENCE OF OUR
INDUSTRY WORLDWIDE. ALSO IT SHOWS THE
EMOTIONS TO BE ON THE SHOW.”
DELL’S WAR IS TO HELP TO ENABLE A
MANUFACTURING CUSTOMER TO ACHIEVE
THEIR PIONEERING DREAMS.”
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_2
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_1
Richard Huss, CEO, Festo USA
Dr Jochen Köckler, CEO, DMAG
PEOPLE ARE COMING TOGETHER FOR A
TRADE SHOW. ALL OF OUR EXHIBITORS ARE
PERSONS WHO OFFER SOMETHING TO MAKE
LIFE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE INDUSTRIAL
WORLD.”
AS HANNOVER MESSE GOES TO BE THE HOME
OF INDUSTRIAL PIONEERS, FESTO OF COURSE
WILL HAVE A NEW BIONIC PRODUCT, TO SHOW
HOW NATURE HAS THE MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT
AND MOTION EFFICIENT WAY OF DOING THINGS.”
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_7
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_8
Chris Dennen, Marketing Manager, Igus
Christina Chatfield, Vice President of Digital
Strategy, Harting
HOME OF INDUSTRIAL PIONEERS, THAT
REALLY EQUALS HARTING FOR ME. THE
FOUNDER WILHELM HARTING WAS ACTUALLY
THE INVENTOR OF THE RECTANGULAR
CONNECTOR. THESE DAYS, EVERYBODY IS TALKING ABOUT THE
“HARTING CONNECTOR”.
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_3
WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW
THEME, BECAUSE WE BRING A LOT OF OUR
INNOVATIONS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS WHICH
THEY REALLY NEED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL PIONEER.”
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_4
Michael Koch, CEO, Michael Koch GmbH
NEWS AND MARKETS
Industry experts, professionals, manufacturers
and end-users from all over the world shall gather
on the fair grounds of Hannover Messe from 1 st
- 5 th April, 2019. World of Industries was present
at the Hannover Messe USA and visited
well-known companies. They were asked: “One of
the themes of the Hannover Messe 2019 is “Home
of Industrial Pioneers”. Does your company also
see itself as a pioneer – and if so, in what sense?”
WE BELONG TO THE HANNOVER MESSE AND
WE ARE SUPPORTING INDUSTRIAL PIONIEERS
E.G. BY THE HERMES AWARD.”
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_5
Hala Zeine, President Digital Supply Chain and
Manufacturing, SAP
A PIONEER IS SOMEONE WHO IS ALWAYS
PUSHING THE EDGE. [..] WE SEE OUR ROLE AS
SUPPORTING OUR CUSTOMERS USING THAT
INNOVATION AND THAT’S PIONEERING SPIRIT.”
www.world-of-industries.com/hm_usa_6
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Images: Dr. Michael Werner, Deutsche Messe AG

Energy-efficient high hressure hydraulics
High-pressure hydraulic pumps from the PZH series produced by
Nachi are designed to ensure the economic operation of bending
presses and injection molding machines. Hydraulic presses and
injection molding machines usually use a lot of energy. These
axial piston pumps can be used to design the drives more
efficiently. They generate up to 350 bar of pressure at a volume
flow rate of up to 72 cm³/revolution. Eleven pistons
ensure an even and low pulsating flow of
hydraulic oil and also guarantee that
the pump operates quietly. Their
sturdy, cast casings, generously
dimensioned roller bearings, and
the spherically hardened swash
plate mean that the pumps can
even be used in harsh ambient
conditions for long periods. The
pump shafts are equipped with feather
keys so that they can be driven with suitable
electric motors and can transfer the required torques. Pressure,
performance, and volume controllers are specially designed by
the manufacturer for the pumps of the individually optimized
hydraulic systems.
EtherCAT with CiA402 drive profile
JVL has launched the CiA402 drive profile
and synchronization for EtherCAT. The
EtherCAT module with this drive profile
for JVL servo and step motors
supports CSP and CSV, as well as
older operating modes. The JVL
EtherCAT module is equipped
with two Ethernet connections
and an integrated switch with
which a line, star, tree, and ring topology can be implemented
without additional hardware. Opto-insulated
I/Os are integrated in the module thus enabling other
sensors, etc. to be controlled without any external I/O
modules. This keeps the number of devices in the
network to a minimum and reduces cable costs. All of the
indexes in the JVL MAC motor are also accessible via the
EtherCAT connection thus providing complete control of
the motor configuration and movements. JVL motors
equipped with EtherCAT are plug and play compatible
and can be used with PLCs from Beckhoff as well as other
manufacturers of EtherCAT masters such as Omron,
Lenze, or Trio.
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Gear units for
Sugarloaf Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro is one of the most famous landmarks in the world. It is thus
not surprising that every tourist wants to enjoy the view of the beautiful vista made up of the
sea, city, and Christ the Redeemer statue. To ensure that operations continue to run smoothly in
future, modern Flender gear units were installed in the cableway that runs to the
peak of the mountain as part of a retrofit project. The individuals responsible for the
prestigious project decided to choose a premium supplier from Germany.
Author: Andreas Lüdiger is Vice
President Service Sales at Flender
GmbH in Bocholt, Germany
MOTION AND DRIVES
Thousands of tourists want to “scale” the world famous Sugarloaf
Mountain in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. A column-free
cableway takes tourists up the 395 m tall granite rock that protrudes
out of the sea. Tourists start at sea level taking the first cableway to
Morro da Urca from where they can catch a second cableway, often
referred to as “O Bondinho”, to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain. At the
summit you are rewarded with a panoramic view of the open sea,
the city of Rio de Janeiro nestled between the cliffs, the famous
beach at Copacabana, and the world famous, 38 m tall statue of
Christ the Redeemer located at the peak of the Corcovado mountain
about five kilometers away.
The first cableway was placed into operation in 1912/13 and was
renewed in 1972 to accommodate the rising number of visitors. A
good forty years later, it was time to complete a comprehensive
technical modernization to be able to guarantee the continuous
fault-free operation for the around 1.5 million tourists from all
around the world that visit Sugarloaf Mountain each year. “As the
world’s leading manufacturer of gear transmissions, Flender was
selected by the operating company to supply the new gear units for
this prestigious retrofit project,” reports Andreas Lüdiger, Vice President
Service Sales at Flender GmbH based in Voerde, Germany.
Gear units for immediate installation
A deciding factor was that the gear specialist was able to guarantee
a plug & play solution. This meant that the new gear units were calculated
based on the standard Flender gear unit system and then
adapted to the existing connecting dimensions. In line with gear
technology, that has continuously been improved over the decades,
high-quality gear units with an even higher service factor than
those previously used on Sugarloaf Mountain have now been
installed. “For the operator, this basically means that they have
invested in sustainability, which on the one hand is based on the
“Made in Germany” quality seal and on the other relies on a significantly
higher level of operational safety,” explains the Vice President
Service Sales.
With more than one million variants, Flender’s range of helical
and bevel-helical gear units is the most comprehensive range of
gear units in the world. “Our customers also realize that we by far
offer the most comprehensive range of industrial gear units worldwide,”
emphasizes Andreas Lüdiger. The associated flexibility this
can offer in conjunction with decades of specialist knowledge, and
the large production capacity are often the deciding factors when
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02 Andreas Lüdiger (left) with
Diego Scofano – Technical Director of
the Sugarloaf Mountain cableway
01 The Sugarloaf Mountain gear units were delivered
ready-to-install so that no modifications had to be made to
the existing structure
03 With more than one million
variants of the helical gear unit system
from Flender, it is the world’s largest
range of industrial gear units
awarding contracts, such as the Sugarloaf Mountain project. The
nominal transmission ratio of the gear units ranges from i=1.25 to a
value of 450. The nominal torque ratio ranges from TKN=3 100 Nm
to 1,400,000 Nm available in 28 sizes.
Suitable solution for every retrofit
“With our extensive range of gear units, everyone will find a suitable
solution for their retrofit project,” guarantees Andreas Lüdiger. Two
Flender bevel-helical manual gear units with a similar structure are
being used at the intermediate station on both of the cableways on
Sugarloaf Mountain. Two input shafts, that are offset at a right angle,
are driven by two three-phase asynchronous motors. Activation
will ensure that the transport performance can be adjusted accordingly
if the number of passengers increases. The power at the output
shaft can thus be increased to a maximum value of 250 kW. The
bevel-helical gear unit weighs approx. 3.7 t and, just like the second
gear unit, was able to be transported through the gate of the technical
building. Andreas Lüdiger explains: “It is particularly important
on retrofit projects that the optimum structural requirements are
taken into consideration. As a premium gear unit manufacturer, we
are able to build complete gear unit solutions that are as compact as
possible and comprise high-quality geared parts and special sealing
elements.”
A „near-series”, ready-to-fit total solution of this kind was also
delivered for this Brazilian prestige project. The axis heights and
mounting dimensions on the base are designed in such a way that
no minor alterations or adjustments were required on site. The new
gear unit was installed within a few days thus ensuring that the
tourists on Sugarloaf Mountain will continue to be transported
safely in future. The motors have an initial speed of 1500 rpm, that is
throttled to the speed (73.57) of the drive wheel on the cableways by
the Flender gear units.
Standard gear unit with cableway modifications
Particular specifications must be met when equipping cableways.
In addition to the engineering specifications and calculations based
on cableway standards, the thermal application limits also play an
important role. In this respect, Flender products cover a temperature
range of -30°C to +40°C and the company also supplies additional
heating units and various cooling system, if required. “The
deciding factor is that the gear unit solutions are operationally safe,
have a long service life, and are sustainable,” explains the Flender
Service Sales manager. This means that standard gear units with
cableway modifications are compact, have been optimized with
regard to their noise levels and weight, and will operate for decades
without any faults.
Other advantages that the operators of the Sugarloaf Mountain
cableway also greatly appreciate include the option to procure
spare parts from the standard range of products, as well as the fast
and professional reaction to service requests. The close proximity of
the Brazilian Flender partner in Rio de Janeiro, just a few kilometers
from Sugarloaf Mountain offers the operator of the prestigious
cableway on Sugarloaf Mountain an additional level of security.
“This enables us to strengthen our image as a premium supplier
meeting the highest level of quality and service requirements,”
explains industry expert Lüdiger.
Gear units for a sustainable retrofit
With just six months between the contract being awarded and
delivery of both of the ready-to-install cableway gear units, the gear
unit manufacturer demonstrated its ability to react quickly. At the
same time, the customer also benefits from the intrinsic values
developed during the retrofit project. These include the increased
level of service – a direct result of the improved technology. In comparison
to the original gear units from 1972, which were designed
as tooth flanks and self-hardened as standard, the ones in use today
are case-hardened and smoothed thus making them considerably
more torque-resistant.
Gearing technology as such has also become more powerful,
which in turn affects the efficiency. The roller bearings have become
significantly more powerful and have a longer service life compared
to those of a similar caliber. “Over the decades, many of the gearing
technology parameters have been gradually optimized, so that
basically all retrofit projects benefit greatly,” summarizes Flender
Service Sales Manager, Andreas Lüdiger. His conclusion: “When
working with a premium gear unit manufacturer as a partner, modernizations
such as the ones that were part of the prestigious Sugarloaf
Mountain cableway project can be implemented quickly,
con veniently, and sustainably.”
www.flender.com
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01 03
02a
02b
Cable carriers with chemical-resistant
plastic deal with high acid exposure
MOTION AND DRIVES
On the pre-treatment line of a hot dip galvanizing
plant, working conditions are harsh, as the work-pieces
have to be cleaned in diluted hydrochloric acid. As a
result, the concentration of hydrogen chloride in the
air around the pre-treatment line is around 2 percent.
This means that the indoor crane and the components
on it are subjected to exceptional acid exposure. Plastic
energy chain systems from the motion plastics
specialist igus along with plastic troughs made of a
chemical-resistant material have been dealing with
these aggressive conditions easily for years now.
Since 1986, Meissner Krane GmbH has been offering customized
solutions and services for crane systems and hoisting technology.
One of the areas of supply for the company is the equipment used in
hot dip galvanizing plants. In 2015, Meissner Krane equipped the
first process crane in the pre-treatment line of a hot dip galvanizing
plant of Wiegel Group, one of the largest and most important hot
dip galvanizers in Europe.
Bathing in acid
Hot dip galvanizing is the most effective corrosion protection
method that is used on an industrial scale to protect steel from
corrosion. By immersing the work-pieces in metallic molten
zinc, a zinc coating is applied. Iron-zinc alloys of different
composition are formed on the steel surface. On the outside, the
surface is closed by a coating of pure zinc. However, for a
permanent and complete iron-zinc reaction, the work-pieces
must be pre-treated. By immersing in a series of pre-treatment
baths, the work-pieces are cleaned before the actual hot dip
galvanizing, to remove production residues such as oils and
other characteristic impurities such as rust and scale. This is
followed by two rinses in order to minimise the carryover of acid
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01 The chains move in plastic troughs made of the chemically resistant
material igumid EG+, as a result of which the system easily copes with
the difficult conditions
02 In the pre-treatment lines of the galvanizing plants of the Wiegel
group, energy chain systems from igus supply the process cranes with
energy and data
03 Before the actual galvanizing, the work-pieces must be pre-treated
to rid the work-pieces of grease, rust and scale. In the enclosed pretreatment
line there is an HCL condensate of about two percent in the air
and salt residues with the galvanizing material as far as possible.
In the penultimate step, the work-pieces are immersed in a flux
bath, which is intended for the very fine cleaning of the steel
surface. Thereafter, the parts are dried before being immersed in
the molten zinc. The operating temperature of a galvanizing bath
is between 440 - 460°C, where the steel surface enters into a solid
bond with the zinc achieving excellent quality. Thereafter, workpieces
are air-cooled.
Harsh environment around the pre-treatment line
Due to the open process baths, which are completely enclosed by
the surrounding environment, an HCl condensate of about 2 %
prevails in the air in the area of the pre-treatment line, which corresponds
to a technical environment of 20 g/l hydrochloric acid.
This means that it is important to use chemically-resistant components
inside the pre-treatment line. In the past, a cable festoon was
“The use of an acid-resistant energy chain
was the right decision.“
used at all Wiegel locations for the energy supply of the process
cranes. Cables and hoses are suspended and moved with small trolleys.
A disadvantage of this technology, is that at the end of the travel,
a cable station takes up a lot of space and the rollers of the cable
trolleys also quickly wear out, because the C-profiles in which they
are guided become corroded and sharp-edged due to the acid
exposure.
Peter Zorn, Project Manager at Wiegel Verwaltung GmbH & Co
KG, explains the development at that time: “Two things were very
important to us: A tightly sealed area for material preparation,
which was previously not the case with a festoon system, as well as
high wear resistance. At that time Meissner Krane proposed to try
out something different, and our answer was: ‘Yes, gladly!’ What
ultimately convinced me of the igus energy chain systems were the
pictures from composting plants or cement plants, where the chain
could hardly be recognised due to the pollution, but the system was
still running.”
By the end of 2014, igus had presented the products to Meissner
Krane, and the company was immediately ready to test this
approach. In 2015, the first energy chain from igus was used in
the Wiegel’s Lauchhammer plant. A year later, the next
application followed at the location in Feuchtwangen, where
igus supplied both the E4/4 series energy chain and the new
plastic trough made of the chemical-resistant igumid EG+
material. This ensures a high resistance to chemicals, so that the
use of the guide trough is ideal for use in hot dip galvanizing or,
for example, fertilizer production.
Lightweight and chemically resistant: guidelite
plus from igus
The material igumid EG+ is characterised by a very low water
absorption. This offers an increased resistance to aggressive
chemicals. The material can be used in a temperature range of
0 - 100 °C with its clearly optimised gliding properties for the guide
trough and also for most series of e-chains. Since both the e-chain
and the trough in the complete system consist of the chemically
resistant material, they prove to be very good gliding partners. The
complete system, consisting of chain and trough called ‘guidelite
plus EG’, is now used in 4 Wiegel plants. “We are currently
modernising about 2 Wiegel plants per year, using energy chain
systems from igus,” explains Ronny Horn, Project Manager at
Meissner Krane GmbH. “Another big advantage of the energy chain
is that we have more options to safely guide the cables and hoses -
even with larger cross-sections. Or to be able to add and change
them later.”
Wiegel, Meissner and igus: a successful tripartite
co-operation
The first systems have been in use at Wiegel for several years
now. The relatively moderate crane speed of 40 m/min does not
pose a big challenge to the igus energy chain system. The
company has already successfully implemented applications
with speeds of approx 10 m/s. Much more crucial here is the
durability in the aggressive environment. Peter Zorn explains:
“Of course we had to be bold to a certain extent and rely on the
new solution from igus. Prior to this, we tested the chain made of
the chemically resistant material by using it on the crane for just
six to eight weeks to see if the material could cope with the
environment. Now we expect a service life of at least 10 years, so
that the higher initial cost pays off compared to a festooning
system.”
So far it has become clear that the energy chains from igus are
doing reliably well at Wiegel. “The experience gained since 2015
shows that the use of an acid-resistant energy chain in the area of
the pre-treatment line for energy and signal transmission was
the right decision,” concludes Ronny Horn from Meissner Krane.
“In all factories, the systems have been running trouble-free
since their commissioning.” And Peter Zorn from Wiegel adds:
“The plastic trough was very important to us. Neither 304 nor 316
stainless steel would have withstood these environmental
conditions. Equally important to us was the fact that the wall
around the pre-treatment line can now be completely closed and
we also have much less maintenance with the new system.”
These requirements have so far been fully met. Energy chain
systems from igus will also be installed at the next Wiegel plants
that will be retrofitting Meissner cranes.
Photographs: igus GmbH
www.igus.com
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Drive technology compliant
with food and pharmaceutical
packaging industry standards
Just within 5 years, the company Swiss Can Machinery has established
itself as one of the leading manufacturer of fully automated packaging
systems for powders and dry products. Complying with the stringent
hygiene requirements of the food industry, the Swiss based company uses
products with washdown-optimised drive technology from Nord
Drivesystems.
Founded in 2013, the company Swiss Can Machinery has since
then been providing excellent products for packaging of coffee,
powdered milk, snacks, toffees and pharmaceuticals. In a span of
just 5 years, the company has made its mark in pouch filling, cans
and glass jars with powders and dry products. Swiss can machinery
has been designing its machines keeping in mind the specific
requirements of food and pharmaceutical industry, which has
made its products, right from individual machines up to entire
filling plants world class. Its tailor-made packaging solutions are
now gaining attention even from international buyers.
Packaging sensitive products with innovative
technology
One of the mainstays is the baby food industry. The company’s
international customer base includes many milk powder producers.
“Powdered milk is a difficult product to fill” explains Michael
Grabher, Managing Director of Swiss Can Machinery. “It can have
very difficult filling characteristics, depending on the recipe, fat
content, drying method, granulation and fineness. Even the
characteristics of the same product vary from batch to batch and
production conditions”. The company makes sure that its machines
automatically adapt to the continuously changing filling conditions
and package the powdered milk cleanly, precisely and efficiently. In
this segment, the latest development is the SCM Line V-matic 127-3
2018, a fully automatic can filling and sealing plant for powdered
milk and baby food. The plant automatically performs all of the
work stages from the empty to the full can. A special protective gas
technology ensures that a residual oxygen value of less than 0.5 % is
achieved in the can. This ensures a maximum shelf life for the
packaged product.
A swiss – german partnership
A few yers ago, Michael Grabher and Marc, both brothers who
manage the company were in the market looking for a new supplier
of motor/gear unit combinations which meet their stringent
hygiene requirements. Meeting with a company as experienced
and reliable as Nord Drivesystems in this regard was the right
decision by the Swiss brothers. Looking at Nord’s product portfolio
and engineering expertise, this young company began its
co-operation with Nord in 2016. Nord Drivesystems, is one of the
global leaders in the industry and supplies completely matched
drive systems consisting of gear units, motors and frequency
inverters. The optimum solution is assembled individually on the
basis of a comprehensive modular product range. This results in a
MOTION AND DRIVES
02 Smooth motors with washdown-optimised cast aluminium housing
03 Everything from a single source:
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS supplies optimally
matched drive systems consisting of the motor, the gear unit,
motor and the drive electronics
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01 The laser marking station of QR codes
and other specific product information,
powered by Nord smooth motors
solution which is fully tailored to the particular needs of the
customer. For industries and applications with high standards of
hygiene, the German drive specialist also supplies robust and
durable drive technology in a washdown design.
“With its modular system and extensive range of products, Nord
convinced us from the very start. Essential advantages are the wide
range, scalability and flexibility of the products” explains Marc
Grabher. “With Nord we had the possibility of combining motors,
gear units and electronics so that we could achieve a uniform,
hygienic solution”. Swiss Can Machinery, deploys Nord drive units
in two areas: one for transporting cans and other for feeding and
mixing the products at the filling station.
Smooth surfaces for easy cleaning
For Swiss Can Machinery, hygiene of its plant is absolutely essential
design parameter. Because of this, the conveyor belts are equipped
with Nord IE4 geared motors with smooth surfaces, including
motor-mounted Nord Base SK 180E frequency inverters to reliably
transport the cans. Nord’s smooth motors (0.75 kW) are specially
designed for easy cleaning. They consist of wash-down optimised
aluminium housing and wherever possible, they have flowing
transitions between surfaces. Thus, cleaning liquids and foam can
be washed off easily. This protects the motors and shortens the
cleaning times. They are also fan-less, so they do not contribute to
the spreading of germs. Thanks to protection class
IP66 they are optimally protected against the entry
of dirt (dust-proof) as well as for strong water jets
from all directions. Use of energy-saving 3-phase
motors with efficiency class IE4 also enables high
efficiency with low operating costs.
“The conveyor belt is used in the high hygiene
room. This is why the washdown design of the drives
is so important”, explains Marcel Tobler, Automation
Manager at Swiss Can Machinery. “Another
advantage is communication via
Profinet. Here, the motors are connected
in series. This also reduces the amount
of cables. Due to the modular construction
of the conveyor belts we can use the
same motor everywhere, which makes purchasing much easier.” The
required continuous speed control of the conveyor belts is provided
by the Nordac Base. The decentralised frequency inverter offers reliable
technology with a robust design. Installation directly on the
motor increases flexibility, simplifies maintenance and repair processes
for end-users. Nord’s smooth motors are also used in the
screw conveyor which feeds powdered milk into the mixer. A robust
worm geared motor (0.25 kW) with cover drives the agitator. The
compact drive units provide a high power density, excellent reliability
and ensure trouble-free operation.
World-wide support and assistance
Swiss Can Machinery customers mainly come from Europe and
Asia, but the company has also supplied to clients in New Zealand.
Expressing satisfaction with Nord’s products, Marc Grabher says,
“The modular range optimally meets our stringent requirements
for hygiene and performance and allows us the flexibility which
we need for our machines. We were also impressed by the flexible,
support and on-site customer assistance throughout the world.
Wherever we need spare parts, we can depend on rapid support
from Nord.” This is possible mainly due to its closely meshed sales
and service network of the drive experts with subsidiaries in 36
countries as well as sales partners in 61 countries.
Photographs: Lead Photo Swiss Can Machinery AG, Nord Drivesystems
Group
04 Michael Grabher, Managing Director
and Proprietor of Swiss Can Machinery
www.nord.com
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Photos: lead fotolia, others
Mayr power transmission
Focussing on robotics and automation
One of the most innovative German companies in the field of power transmission has its eyes firmly
fixed on the sustained trend for automation and the high demands placed on robotic solutions. For
this reason, the company has expanded its performance spectrum of clutches, couplings and brakes.
Using new designs, new possibilities for brake monitoring are opened up – in particular also for
applications in the fields of robotics and automation.
AUTOMATION
The degree of automation is increasing, humans and robots are cooperating
more closely – in all the important industrial branches
robots are on the advance. Machines and systems are increasing in
performance density as well as operating speed and this also means
higher demands on individual components. For this reason, Mayr
power transmission, the specialist for safety brakes, torque limiters
and shaft couplings from Mauerstetten in the Allgäu region of Germany,
offers small, high-performance safety brakes, for example with
the Roba-servostop construction series. These brakes are tailored to
robotic requirements through their slim design and low weight.
In addition, the company has a fluid-free linear brake in its portfolio
with its Roba-linearstop in electromagnetic design, which has
been designed to secure gravity-loaded vertical axes. These brakes
are used in applications in which compressors or units for compressed
air or oil hydraulics are not available or are unwanted, such
as in medical technology or the food or pharmaceutical industry,
where high hygiene standards are required. The Roba-brake-checker
module now opens up new possibilities for brake monitoring also
in these application fields. With a new module design and thanks to
even more accurate evaluation, it is now possible to also supply and
monitor small brake sizes from a braking torque of 0.7 Nm. This
makes the Roba-linearstop not just the only electromagnetic rod
brake on the market, but it also means it can be monitored even in
small construction sizes with the aid of the module.
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01 02
03 04
01 The Roba-brake-checker module is able to monitor and
supply safety brakes without the use of sensors
02 The electromagnetic design of the linear brake construction
series Roba-linearstop is the only electromagnetic rod brake on the
market
03 The new construction series of EAS-HT High-torque element
clutches convinces through its improved performance density
04 In the field of backlash-free, high-performance servo couplings,
Mayr power transmission is permanently extending its standard
modular system
Sensorless brake monitoring – reliable even in
adverse ambient conditions
The intelligent Roba-brake-checker module works without the use
of sensors. Instead, it detects the movements of the armature disk
by analysing voltage and current, and knows what condition the
brake is in at all times. In addition to switching condition,
temperature and wear, it also monitors the tension path or tensile
force reserve, i.e. whether the magnet is still able to attract the
armature disk. With this module, Mayr power transmission is the
only company to have an intelligent solution for the sensorless
monitoring of electromagnetic brakes in its standard portfolio.
The Roba-brake-checker can be integrated easily and quickly
into machines and systems and even existing installations can be
retrofitted without any difficulties. The module represents a costeffective
solution, especially for small quantities. The fact that
brakes in standard design are used for monitoring with the Robabrake-checker
not only offers advantages in terms of costs and
delivery time, but also for example with regard to corrosion protection
as the brakes can be painted over easily, quickly and safely.
Couplings for many kinds of applications
In addition to safety brakes and the associated control and monitoring
modules, Mayr power transmission has for decades developed
and manufactured its tried and tested torque limiters and
shaft couplings, and represents reliable complete solutions from a
single source. To uphold this claim, the company has also substantially
expanded the performance spectrum of its torque limiters.
The new construction series of EAS-HT High-torque element
clutches, for example, not only convinces through its improved performance
density, but also stands for a substantially wider selection
of possible bores. In addition, the company has launched a new
construction series of EAS-Compact overload clutches, into which
it has incorporated its years of experience and know-how obtained
from numerous test series. The clutches thus cater for consistently
increasing demands on speed and dynamics. Furthermore, the
EAS-HSE Highspeed element clutches for high-speed applications
have been extended by two small construction sizes. In the field of
shaft couplings, Mayr power transmission has amongst other things
enlarged the speed range of the large Roba-DS disk pack couplings,
and is therefore able to offer reliable connections for measuring
flanges for ranges larger than 100,000 Nm. And in the field of backlash-free,
high-performance servo couplings, the company is permanently
extending its standard modular system.
High professional competence: Mayr power transmission is a
leading manufacturer of safety brakes, torque limiters and shaft
couplings. These products are primarily designed for application in
electrically driven machines and systems. They can be found, for
example, in filling plants, in machine tools, in packaging and printing
machines as well as in elevators, in wind power plants and in
stage technology.
www.mayr.com
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Powerful and solid: safety over
IO-Link in a machining center
A manufacturer of high-precision machining centers and even more of their customers
have already learned to appreciate the advantages of the bi-directional communication
interface IO-Link. In their new MCC series the company has used Safety over IO-Link to
integrate safety into the overall concept of IO-Link. This makes the processes simpler,
more efficient, cost-effective and of course safer.
Author: Wolfgang Zosel, freelance
editor, Reutlingen, Germany
AUTOMATION
With its blue, gray and black painted cladding and ca.
8 x 3 m, 3.5 m high MCC 630 simply radiates elegance and
power. You get the feeling of solid performance, precision
and reliability behind the compact dimensions. Not visible is the
fact that this is a new model of series production machine with a
complete set of possible uses. Nor is it obvious that behind the
facade of this machining center is a modern control and safety
concept from Balluff based on the digital IO-Link standard. With
Safety over IO-Link from Balluff the system has the world’s first
simple to install and easy to retrofit IO-Link safety system on-board.
The advantage: Both Balluff safety components as well as safety
devices from other manufacturers can be easily connected to the
newly developed Balluff safe I/O module using M12 standard cable.
Even standard components such as binary sensors can be bundled
via the new safety I/O module. This also eliminates the need for a
separate hub. Now the prerequisites for fully transparent
configuration and diagnostics solutions, flexible and safe machine
operation, as well as innovative Industry 4.0 concepts are provided.
Flexible, fully digitized 5-axis machining centers
Burkhardt+Weber (BW) has since 2012 been part of Indústrias Romi
S.A., the largest machine tool builder in Brazil. With around 250
employees BW is today an international manufacturer of machining
centers for complex steel, cast and titanium parts of the highest
quality. Notable among their customers in addition to those in the
machine tool sector are many in the aerospace and diesel motor
industry. Whether stand-alone or as part of an interlinked production
system, the series MCC 630 and MCC 800 flexible, fully digitized
5-axis machining centers process workpieces efficiently and
ready-to-install with just a few setups. In general it is the large
motor or transmission parts that demand a number of various
milling, drilling, turning and measurement cycles.
Beneficial partnership
Balluff has been a technology provider and consultant to
Burkhardt+Weber for over 20 years. “The cooperation over all the
years has been outstanding, and we consider Balluff a reliable, creative
and innovative partner,” says Benjamin Rother, Manager of
Electronic Design. He remembers when six years ago Nico Schmid,
Sales Engineer at Balluff, first presented the intelligent IO-Link
interface. “At that time we wanted to wait and see how this new
standard would develop. But since 2014 we have been consistently
and committedly using IO-Link in our machining centers,” adds
Benjamin Rother. Until then BW still used the traditional fieldbusbased
wiring systems as the standard. Systematically separated
from the standard signals, the safety-relevant signals were gathered
in the field via ProfiNet. Cumbersome, complicated wiring was the
order of the day, as were a variety of different cable types, sensors,
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01 Machining centre MCC 630 series from Burkhardt+Weber in interlinked configuration
02 Machining table and spindles of the fully digitized 5-axis machining centers process workpieces efficiently
03 Balluff IO-Link safety hub (yellow) together with IO-Link master and sensor hubs provide essential services
02 03
actuators as well as tedious setup procedures. Beyond the actual
switching signal there was only little usable and processable
information available from the process or sensor level.
When conceiving the new MCC series, the engineers at
Burkhardt+Weber pursued a clear objective: in addition to characteristic
BW features such as force, precision and availability, performance
features were required which should benefit the manufacturer
and operator equally: reducing the complexity in cabling,
plug-in cables instead of discrete wiring, shortening the installation
and commissioning phase, more transparency and information
about what is happening in-place, and support through simple to
use configuration, diagnostic and service concepts. Requirements
that could be meet with amazing ease using the bi-directional communication
interface IO-Link.
IO-Link with conviction
The new MCC machining centers are impressive power packs based
on torsionally stiff cast components. With two independently operated
plate changers, clamping a new workpiece is possible while
the other one is being processed by a tilting spindle behind a safe
chip protection door along five axes. The connected magazine
holds more than 100 tools and can be easily expanded up to 320
slots. The tools are automatically fed and are equipped with Balluff
industrial RFID systems. Processing capacity up to 1.5 tons (or
2.5 tons for the MCC 800), axis drives with 17.5 kN feed and motor
spindles with speeds up to 12,000 rpm tell you that safety for man
and machine is a central topic here. Each machining center comes
with multiple interlocks, light curtains, and all drives, suspended
loads such as the opened chip protection door as well as the
obligatory E-Stop buttons are monitored.
There was just no competition for “Safety over IO-Link! In interlinked
production and assembly operations efficiency is especially
important if high-performance systems are to have an optimal
price-performance ratio. IO-Link offers us as the systems builder
and even more so our customers a plethora of advantages,” says
Benjamin Rother. Safety over IO-Link from Balluff is the logical
extension of the IO-Link philosophy and uses the advantages of IO-
Link and Profisafe for safety-relevant signals as well. Like IO-Link,
Safety over IO-Link also features simple system construction, timeand
cost-saving wiring, minimal control cabinet space requirements
and lean system concepts. Safety always ends up on stop, as
Safety over IO-Link applications can be adapted quickly and simply
to changing requirements.
Perfectly equipped
Every machining center in the MCC series comes with a broad
spectrum of Balluff products and systems: ten IO-Link sensor hubs
with eight in- and outputs each collect the signals from the
distributed sensors and actuators, including numerous inductive
and optical sensors from Balluff. The sensor hubs are configured as
needed for the requirement, i.e. 16 signals can be freely assigned,
all of which can be connected as is typical for IO-Link using
standardized 3-conductor cable with M12 connectors. The sensor
hubs channel to six installed ProfiNet IO-Link masters. Three
Balluff safety hubs serve as safety gates. In addition to the industrial
RFID systems, optional inductive couples from Balluff can be used:
these transmit power and signals without contact over an air gap of
up to five mm. They are generally used where fixed wiring of
sensors and actuators gets in the way, for example on rotary index
tables and tool changers. As with the MCC series: as tools are
placed in the machine, the controller does not release the gantry
axes of the loading system until the clamping devices has reported
perfect seating of the part to be processed via the opposite coupler
modules.
Best combination: automation and safety technology
The safety-relevant data are handled both safety and simply, as
Safety over IO-Link uses elements of Profisafe. The IO-Link master
itself remains a non-safety standard device and is considered a
“black channel”: the transported data are tunneled through the
master to the control level safely and untouched and only there are
they unpacked. The final programming is done using drag-anddrop
from the programming interface of the controller.
Automation and safety technology in one results in more economical
and more productive system concepts. “The entire pallet of
virtues that IO-Link brings with it, the simple integration of safety in
the same system, provided the impetus for relying on the integrated
Balluff Safety over IO-Link concept in the new MCC series. We give
our customers high-performance machining centers at an outstanding
price-performance ratio that sets new standards when it
comes to configuration, flexibility and service and which are Industry
4.0 ready in every respect,” summarizes Benjamin Rother.
Photos: 01 Burckhardt + Weber, 02-03 Balluff
www.balluff.com
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01
02
03
04
01 The main task of the further processing
systems from AB Graphic is to cut the incoming
webs and to rewind them onto individual rolls
02 FleyeVision systems can also be adapted for
the inspection of films and it can be equipped with
UV lighting
03 Among other things, the gaps between lines
or dots as well as between web or label edges
can be measured with fleyeVision gapControl
04 The assistance given in the development of the
fleyeVision systems by Stemmer Imaging and the
sales contact there, Georg Schelle (l.), is considered
very positive by Ralf Wirtz (r.)
Label inspection at the highest level
AUTOMATION
Systems with an extremely high performance are
required in order to inspect labels or other printed
web goods and detect faults with 100 % reliability at
speeds of up to 350 metres per minute. AB Graphic
produces such machines and in doing so uses image
processing from Stemmer Imaging.
Five label webs run in parallel on the Omega SRI, a further processing
machine for labels that Ralf Wirtz is currently preparing
for delivery to a customer and on which he is performing the last
tests. “The main task of our machine is to cut the incoming strands
and to rewind them onto individual rolls, because the further processing
companies generally require single-web labels”, says the
sales manager of AB Graphic International GmbH.
The machine that Wirtz is just finalising is designed for tape
widths of 430 mm, but AB Graphic covers widths from 210 to
1 200 mm as standard. The dimensioning of the label rolls is just one
of many possible options, however: “Depending on customers
requirements we can extend the basic functionality of rewinding
the label rolls with the addition of various optional functions”, says
Wirtz. A frequently used variant here is the integration of printers,
which add sequential batch numbers or individual details to
pre-printed labels, for example. AB Graphic also offers its customers
Author: Peter Stiefenhöfer, PS Marcom Services, for Stemmer Imaging, Germany
options for the inspection of labels by adding image processing
modules from the fleyeVision family to the systems.
Image processing – a very special field
These image processing modules are the speciality of the German
branch of AB Graphic: within the British group they are also developed
and manufactured at the Baesweiler location near Aachen
under the designation fleyeVision. “An estimated 80 percent of the
label machines manufactured by us here are equipped at the customer’s
request with one or even two image processing modules.
For machines produced in Great Britain that are ordered with a
vision system, we prepare the image processing modules here and
send them to our British colleagues for installation and for the
finalisation of the machines.”
In order to secure the quality of every single label, various features
of the labels are checked with the fleyeVision modules in the processing
chain. For instance, they detect missing labels, splice points,
matrix residues, label damage, ink residues and dirt spots amongst
other things. Such faults must be identified 100 % if possible, because
in certain cases the label manufacturer may face extremely
high demands for compensation if, for example, faulty labels have
been affixed to end products and are therefore returned to the manufacturer.
It can also be very expensive if production processes, for
example in bottling plants, come to a standstill due to faulty labels.
In the case of pharmaceutical products the consequences may be
even graver, with danger to patients being conceivable.
In order to rule out this kind of risk, AB Graphic offers its customers
a large number of modular extension options for the fleyeVision
system, which allow the inexpensive, tailor-made configuration of
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inspection systems in accordance with the customer’s requirements.
“Regardless of whether the customer wishes to ensure the
quality of graphics, texts, barcodes or colours, or to check the correctness
of variable data: with fleyeVision we have the right solution
for every task – and that means for every material, every language
and every typeset font”, Ralf Wirtz stresses.
Reliable detection without sensors
Since 2004 AB Graphic has placed its trust in Stemmer Imaging as the
supplier of the majority of the image processing hardware used in the
systems manufactured in Baesweiler. “We have been procuring the
majority of our cameras, image capture cards/frame grabbers, lenses,
lighting and cables for our systems from this partner for many years
and we’ve had nothing but good experiences”, Wirtz reports. “Over
the years our requirements have continuously developed and Stemmer
Imaging has always recommended suitable components to us.”
He describes the cooperation that has now led to over 1000 implemented
image processing systems as trusting, reliable and strong.
The sensorless detection was developed in close cooperation
between the image processing experts at AB Graphic and the
Development Department at Stemmer Imaging on the basis of the
Visual Applets FPGA development tool from Silicon Software. The
solution thereby created processes the images from the line scan
cameras that are employed in all systems from AB Graphic that
feature image processing functionality. “The requirements for
speed, resolution and thus data throughput are very high in label
inspection. With line scan cameras we can cover all variants, which
we offer our customers as options”, stresses Wirtz.
The selection thereby ranges from line scan cameras with a 1k
resolution through 2k variants up to models with an 8k resolution in
monochrome or colour. Depending on the width of the tape to be
inspected, speeds of up to 350 m per minute and the detection of
faults down to a size of 0.02 mm² are thus possible. The smallest
detectable distance between two lines or the smallest resolvable
line width is decisive for the reliable recognition of barcodes. The
limit that can currently still be reliably recognised, for example with
a web width of 210 mm with 8k line scan cameras, is 0.08 mm.
The image processing system is completed by suitable line lighting,
which can also be implemented as UV lighting for the inspection
of films, as well as the matching lenses and cables, which Ralf Wirtz
and his image processing colleagues also procure through Stemmer
Imaging. The operating software, which enables the fast automatic
or, if necessary, manual setup of new labels and displays the results
of the image processing, was developed by AB Graphic itself.
Mirror system and two-camera solutions
The fleyeVision image processing systems are integrated into compact
housings in the systems. Due to the tight installation space, the
AB Graphic developers have cleverly extended the optical axis by
means of a mirror system in order to achieve the required working
distance for the cameras. One further special feature is important to
Ralf Wirtz: “Two camera systems can optionally be used in the
fleyeVision systems in order either to check the front and rear sides of
label tapes or to increase the resolution with large tape widths. Even
with such variants, the incoming data from both cameras is captured
and processed by a single Silicon Software frame grabber. This illustrates
the performance of our solution, which was only possible
through the use of high-quality image processing components, the
ideal configuration and the joint development by Silicon Software
and Stemmer Imaging according to AB Graphic’s specifications.”
Photos: 01 + 02 + 03 AB Graphic, 04 Stemmer Imaging
www.stemmer-imaging.com
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A healthy batch
of safety
LOGISTICS
The finished, high quality organic products of Davert
GmbH like rice, legumes and cereal products like sugar,
dried fruit, nuts, oilseeds and sprouting seeds must be
protected from dust and pests during storage and then
transported without damage to drug and health food
stores. The system supplier provided the Beumer
stretch hood A for this task. It covers the mixed pallets
of bags, cartons and buckets with a highly elastic
stretch film, protecting them against external
influences, keeping the merchandise secured during
transport, even through sudden braking.
Davert GmbH is a trading and manufacturing company for
high-quality organic products. The company with its 150 employees
is based in Ascheberg, in the southern Münster region,
right next to the eponymous nature reserve Davert. “With our
guarantee of origin, we are committed to fair trade and long-term
business relationships world-wide,” says Erwin Tenbrink, Technical
Director at Davert. The company acts as a consultant for its
partners when it comes to product selection and cultivation and
coordinates infrastructure projects. For its customers, Davert follows
a multi-channel strategy: the merchandise is sold via their
own online shop and in in selected drugstores and health food
retailers.
Cleanliness has the highest priority
“We are ensuring the highest degree of cleanliness to meet our strict
quality standards,” explains Tenbrink. Before being shipped out, the
legumes, rice etc. have undergone special quality controls. The employees
examine the incoming raw products and set up the required
cleaning steps. “One of the preventive measure is the pressure treatment
that we use to prevent any pest infestation from the start,”
reports Tenbrink. “The sudden pressure release kills off any pests
like bugs, moths or mites and their larvae and eggs, without compromising
the quality of the product in any way.”
In compliance with the quality assurance process, employees
pack the merchandise in a variety of ways, depending on the product:
rice, flour, linseed and grains are packed into bags, larger
storage quantities into big bags. Packaged legumes, nuts, dried
fruit and muesli is filled into boxes, honey into buckets. Depending
on the store order, the team stacks the various unit loads onto
mixed pallets. “Up to this point in the process, we assign the highest
priority to cleanliness,” explains Tenbrink: “And now it is just as
important to keep this level of cleanliness and protect the products
from dust and pests during storage in our high-rack warehouse.”
The units also have to be loaded safely onto the back of the trucks
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01 The machine is easy and safe to operate.
No platform is required
02 The merchandise remains clearly visible through the
smooth film surface. It protects against atmospheric influences
and humidity, and ensures an aesthetic appearance on
the shop floors
03 The pallets are packaged in short cycle times. The machine
covers the products with a highly elastic stretch hood
01
02 03
LOGISTICS
and reach the distributor without any damage. This is where the
packaging comes into play.
Reliable and powerful packaging system
The managers were looking for a solution that could meet all these
requirements, ensuring fast and reliable operation, high levels of
availability, easy maintenance, and a small footprint. They found
Beumer Group. The single-source provider for filling, palletizing
and packaging technology delivered the Beumer stretch hood A
high-capacity packaging system. “The machine is very easy and safe
to operate,” describes Volker Feldmeyer, sales engineer at Beumer
Group and responsible for the project at Davert. “In order to make
work easier for the maintenance personnel, which also means
higher levels of availability, the machine does not require any
platform.” Maintenance work, such as changing the blades or the
sealing bars, is handled at floor level. The operator simply opens a
drawer, providing free access. Additional benefits include the
compact design and the resulting low height and small footprint.
A film transport system, which is particularly gentle on the material,
introduces the previously cut and sealed film hood into the system.
On its way to the crimping and stretching unit, the sealing
seam on the film hood cools down so that it can be crimped without
losing time. Energy-consuming cooling units and delayed cooling
times become obsolete. This means that the pallets can be packed
in a shorter cycle time. Economical engines and a lower demand in
compressed air optimize the energy balance. In order to save resources
and produce minimum waste, the company opted for this
type of film wrapping. The palletized goods are also clearly visible
through the smooth surface of the transparent, highly flexible film.
The wrapping protects the merchandise against atmospheric influences
and humidity, and ensures an aesthetic appearance on the
shop floors. “The elastic film also increases the safety during transport
considerably,” describes Feldmeyer. At Davert, the Beumer
stretch hood A packages the pallets for high-bay storage systems:
the pallet base remains unwrapped, so that the forks of the fork-lift
truck won’t damage the film. This prevents any remaining film from
interfering during the contour check before the pallet is stored in
the high-rack system.
Easily operated
The system supplier has introduced the Beumer Group Human Machine
Interface (HMI). This newly-developed operator panel with
an optimized user interface and graphical navigation for operating
the system offers an even more ergonomic workflow to the user.
“The soft-touch panel uses pictograms to guide the user through
the menu of the Siemens Simatic S7 machine control,” explains
Feldmeyer. “The panel also gives the operator access to all required
training programs and content.”
“We implemented this project in close cooperation with Beumer
Group,” Erwin Tenbrink is happy to report. He is entirely convinced
of the great technical cooperation. One important aspect for him is
reliable customer support, as even this high-quality machine needs
maintenance and service. “If necessary, we send our service personnel
to the plant to check the system and perform any required
adjustments,” Feldmeyer promises. “This way we can ensure highlevels
of availability at any time.”
Photographs: Beumer Group
www.beumergroup.com
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Global industry:
past and future
In this series, we will ask industry
leaders what their thoughts are
regarding the past ten years of the
global industry and what their
prognosis for the upcoming years
looks like. We start the series with
Jürgen Prochno, CEO of the
German branch of The
Lee Company,
manufacturer of
miniature fluid
control products.
Mr. Prochno, how do you evaluate the development of the global
industry markets in the past ten years?
The international markets have continued to grow together in recent years and
progressed to merge technologically . The low-wage countries of the past are partly
developing into the business partners in charge.
Unfortunately, this leads to damaging reactions of major market participants, such as
the US, who are now trying to foreclose their market more and more to strengthen the
domestic economy and / or protect it from external influences. Given the prevailing
global network of economic processes, I consider this to be the wrong way.
After recovering from the financial crisis, markets are now unnecessarily
discouraged from further merging and have to deal with issues such as punitive
tariffs and countermeasures. Here, a few lose sight of the right measures and
thus complicate the lives of many.
What is your forecast for the next ten years?
In which direction will the industry and your business move?
At the moment, it is extremely difficult to make a serious prognosis for the
next 10 or even just 5 years. There are just too many political, technological
and environmental challenges and options. One of these challenges may
come with the Brexit in a few weeks and no one can estimate the consequences
for Europe and the world. You can try to prepare yourself for some scenarios, others
you have to let them come to you to find a solution in a timely manner.
As a global company, LEE will continue to strive to develop other markets in addition
to its core aerospace industry. Even electrification opens up new applications for us.
Certainly some classic hydraulic functions will be eliminated and replaced by purely
electric ones. But if the hype of electrification has reduced to a reasonable level, it will
strike a balance with the established markets.
www.theleeco.com
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