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International

09.07.2024

Production in the manufacturing industry – reporting month May 2024

According to the Federal Statistical Office, production in the manufacturing industry fell by 2.5% in May compared to the previous month, after adjustment for price, calendar and seasonal effects.

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International

09.07.2024

Development of incoming orders in the manufacturing industry, reporting month May 2024

According to the Federal Statistical Office, new orders in the manufacturing industry fell by 1.6% in May compared with the previous month, after adjustment for price, calendar and seasonal effects.

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International

08.07.2024

EU AI law: "Engineers share responsibility for decisions made by AI systems"

The EU member states have adopted stricter rules for artificial intelligence (AI) in the European Union.

International

05.07.2024

Industry 4.0 research advisory board presents engineering roadmap

With its engineering roadmap and the thematic blocks it contains, the Industry 4.0 Research Advisory Council is presenting a framework for concrete research priorities for the next ten years.

International

04.07.2024

Joint project in Kiel optimises 3D printing with titanium

In order to produce small quantities or complex geometries economically, manufacturers are now increasingly printing titanium components using 3D printing.

International

Prof. Dr. Helmut Hachul, a metal construction expert at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund, explains how solar thermal energy can be integrated into the steel facades of industrial buildings.

03.07.2024

How industrial buildings become "power plants"

The "Virtual Energy Demonstrator" project shows how industrial buildings can be climate-positive

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International

(v.l.n.r.) Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing E.h. Erwin Flender, Dipl.-Ing. Lars Steinheider, Andreas Müller, Clemens Küpper.

30.04.2024

DGS Druckguss wins innovation award

This year, the Peter R. Sahm Innovation Award was presented at the ‘Große Gießereitechnische Tagung’ foundry evening in Salzburg.

International

29.04.2024

Location conditions remain a massive problem for SMEs

After a difficult year in 2023, the situation remains tense according to the ArGeZ. In order for investments in electromobility to pay off, production figures must develop much more dynamically.

International

29.04.2024

‘Salzburg has sworn us in’ - Major Foundry Technology Conference 2024

Salzburg 2024 - that was 25 specialist presentations in front of more than 600 participants, an attractive and well-booked specialist exhibition - and two keynote speeches plus a panel discussion, which formed the large framework. All in all, an extremely successful event.

International

25.04.2024

RPTU lays the foundations for future wireless machine control using 6G mobile communications

The researchers are using wireless networks-in-networks for their concept. The idea behind this is that specialised architectures that are tailored to the needs of industrial applications dock onto the overarching overall 6G architecture.

International

24.04.2024

Fraunhofer IESE presents new Industry 4.0 solution for low-threshold access to data rooms

IESE from Kaiserslautern is presenting an innovative solution that makes it easier for companies of all sizes to join data spaces and thus paves the way for them to enter digitalisation: the AAS Dataspace for Everybody.

International

ABP induction furnace melting plant in operation.

24.04.2024

How the induction furnace becomes an energy store

The metalworking industry is one of the biggest industrial producers of CO2 emissions worldwide. An alternative solution for reducing CO2 is induction for heating processes using green electricity. ABP Induction Systems GmbH is now going one step further and also using the technology to store energy.

International

23.04.2024

Gustav Eirich Award enters its 15th round

Eirich is once again organising the science award this year. Young academics have until 31 May to submit their work on refractory-based topics.

International

If metal shavings are pressed into briquettes, the volume of aluminium, for example, is reduced to a tenth.

23.04.2024

Comparison of briquetting vs. centrifuging

Before investing in a chip treatment system, it is important to thoroughly analyse the potential it offers.

International

Wolfgang Maaß (left) and his research assistants Hannah Stein and Ankit Agrawal (right) are working with partners from science and industry to harness the power of quanta for the metalworking industry.

22.04.2024

Quantum power for the economy - fast simulations for Industry 4.0

Metal components in perfect shape without rejects and faulty production: the computing power of quanta should optimise production in the metalworking industry in the near future.