A new process approaches for laser welding
Numerous trends characterise the use of lasers in the automotive area. The use of high-strength steels, weight-saving aluminium alloy, innovative joining technologies and unusual material mixtures leads to the superior target of making…
Sophisticated 3D measurement technology permits gesture-based human-machine interaction in real time
As gesture control represents a seamless interface between humans and machines, more and more machines, robots and devices are able to respond to gestural cues. Researchers at Fraunhofer IOF in Jena are raising…
Standard interface for machine tool industry
Umati, Universal Machine Tool Interface, has chalked up further major successes on its way to becoming an internationally recognised standard interface for machine tool communication with higher-level IT systems. “Our newly founded OPC…
