The situation in the mechanical engineering industry has worsened further due to the consequences of the Corona pandemic.
Bild: VDMA, Blitzumfragen zum Coronavirus, März/April 2020
Bild: VDMA, Blitzumfragen zum Coronavirus, März/April 2020
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Image: Optotune AG
Image: Optotune AG
12mm Liquid Lens for 1.1″ Sensors Solves Challenges in Logistics
Optotune and VS Technology present the first wide-angle liquid lens solution for high resolution 1.1″ sensors. With the ability to focus from 100mm to infinity in 20ms, the new 12mm lens is a very reliable and fast focusing solution for today’s logistics and robotics applications.
Bild: ADLINK Technology GmbH
Bild: ADLINK Technology GmbH
PPE Enforcement with Edge AI Vision
Systems leveraging AI with real-time object detection through image and video analysis can automate personal protective equipment (PPE) policy enforcement.
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Bild: Kuka AG
Bild: Kuka AG
Kuka Innovation Award 2021
Kuka invites researchers and developers as well as young entrepreneurs to apply for the Innovation Award 2021.
Bild: ©archipoch, ©scusi/adobe.stock.com
Bild: ©archipoch, ©scusi/adobe.stock.com
Virtual Industry Show from TeDo Verlag
TeDo Verlag will be organising a virtual trade fair from May 4 onwards, covering all aspects of automation, robotics and power distribution, control cabinet construction, industrial IT, IIoT etc.
Bild: Leuze electronic GmbH+Co.KG
Bild: Leuze electronic GmbH+Co.KG
New Vice President Americas at Leuze
Sergio Resendiz (picture) is the new Leuze Vice President Americas and reports directly to CEO Ulrich Balbach.
Bild: ©Kalyakan/AdobeStock.com
Bild: ©Kalyakan/AdobeStock.com
Incoming Orders in Mechanical Engineering
According to the VDMA, incoming orders in the German mechanical engineering industry in February fell short of the previous year’s level by 4% in real terms.
Bild: Grazper
Bild: Grazper
Yokogawa takes over AI Company
Yokogawa has completed its acquisition of the Danish company Grazper Technologies.
Bild: Kitov Systems
Bild: Kitov Systems
Sales Partnership Atecare and Kitov
Atecare Service is expanding its inspection portfolio for equipment inspection with the intelligent inspection system from Kitov in Israel.
Figure: Midwest Optical Systems
Figure: Midwest Optical Systems
A simple setup provides backlighting for tight spaces
The Backlight fluoreSheet is used to provide affordable, indirect illumination for machine vision applications. Unlike other technologies, it doesn´t require power input. A backlighting effect is created when an orange Backlight fluoreSheet is coupled with a blue LED light and an Orange Bandpass Filter.
Bild: Deutsche Messe AG
Bild: Deutsche Messe AG
Hannover Messe 2020 cancelled
The Hannover Messe cannot take place this year. The reason is the increasingly critical situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic and a prohibition order of the Hannover region.
Bild: ©Thomas Plettenberg/Messe München GmbH
Bild: ©Thomas Plettenberg/Messe München GmbH
Automatica postponed
Messe München has postponed Automatica from June to December due to the increasing spread of the corona virus.
Bild: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
Bild: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
World Market for Machinery Grows Slightly in 2019
According to estimates by VDMA economists, sales of machinery in 2019 will rise by a nominal 2% overall to almost €2.67tn.
Bild: Messe München GmbH
Bild: Messe München GmbH
Overview Current Trade Fair Dates
Due to the numerous cancellations and postponements of trade fairs and events caused by the corona virus, it is very easy to lose track of which trade fair is (still) taking place and when.
Bild: IFR International Federation of Robotics
Bild: IFR International Federation of Robotics
New IFR President
The Board of Directors of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) has elected Milton Guerry von Schunk USA (photo) as its new president.
Bild: 3dvisionlabs GmbH
Bild: 3dvisionlabs GmbH
Novel 3D camera with 180° opening angle
The 3D camera technology HemiStereo enables for the first time a hemispherical depth detection. The entire half space in front of the camera is measured three-dimensionally, which corresponds to an opening angle of 180×180° (HxV).
Autonomous Machine Vision as a self-experiment
Visual inspection in parts manufacturing is expensive, complicated and error-prone – this is the general consensus. Inspekto from Heilbronn has made it its business to change this and promises a plug&play system that delivers reliable results in the shortest time and with minimal installation effort. The inVISION has tested this in a self-experiment.
Bild: IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
Bild: IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH
Change in the IDS Management
Daniel Seiler, Managing Director of IDS, is leaving the company on February 29 to pursue new challenges.
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Decreased Demand from Photonics Companies
For 76 percent of the photonics companies in Germany, the business situation has deteriorated due to the corona crisis, 58 percent emphasize that demand has fallen significantly.
Safety First
For years, image processing has only marginally dealt with the subject of safety.
Vision from the App Store
Machine vision must be even more intuitive in the future.
inVISION at home
Special events require special reactions. To ensure that you always have access to the current issue even during the Corona pandemic and that you can read our trade journals in your home office (or any other place), TeDo Verlag provides you with the upcoming issues of its trade journals free of charge as an eMagazine.
Fingers Crossed
Probably none of us imagined March 2020 at the beginning of the year like this.
Who’s next?
Unfortunately, the coronavirus currently has the trade fair landscape firmly under its control.
Access to AI
Meanwhile more and more users have made their first experiences with AI.
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