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20  '17
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Norelem

The way to greater efficiency throughout the value chain? Standard components.

Design engineers are playing a more active role throughout the value engineering process than ever before. No longer do they simply oversee the conceptual aesthetic and ergonomic aspects of a new product design, they are increasingly accountable for the cost of producing a product in the most effective and efficient way possible. As a result, there is an industry-wide drive to engineer more functional products and systems at a lower cost, while continuing to deliver on quality. In this article, Marcus Schneck, CEO at leading standard component manufacturer norelem, explores some of the simple, yet often overlooked, strategies that design engineers can adopt to realise time and cost savings, ensure predictive availability of components, and manufacture more effective products.

19  '17
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NORD Drivesystems

Installed on the fly

Standardized, plug-in IE4 drives for baggage handling systems

15  '17
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Kneron

Kneron to Accelerate Edge AI Development with more than 10 Million USD Series A Financing

Taipei, November 15, 2017 — Kneron, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup company, today announced the completion of series A financing at over ten million US dollars. Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund and CDIB Capital Group are the lead investors, and Himax Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIMX), Qualcomm, Thundersoft, Sequoia Capital, and CY ZONE are co-investors. As a technology leader of edge AI solutions, Kneron will increase its internal resource to accelerate the integration and development of its solutions, while cooperating with its strategic partners to promote the edge AI technologies and speed up the popularity of AI applications.

13  '17
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Delta Electronics

Delta Shares its Ample Experience in Facilitating Sustainable Cities at the COP23  UN Climate Change Conference 2017  in Bonn

Delta, a global leader in power and thermal management solutions and a long-term advocate for climate change action, was invited by ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) for a speech in its side event during the COP23 UN Climate Change Conference. As the only corporation invited to the side event, Delta exchanged constructive views and practices with the cities of Toyama City, Ulan Bator, Shenzhen and New Taipei City, as well as the Asian Development Bank. During the event, which was overflowed with dozens of decision makers and climate experts, Ms. Shan-Shan Guo, executive director of the Delta Electronics Foundation, offered effective ways for the private sector to contribute in the development of sustainable cities while elaborating on Delta’s concrete achievements in enabling low-carbon buildings, transportation and energy infrastructure.

10  '17
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HMS Industrial Networks AB

Anybus® CompactCom™ from HMS to support the IoT technologies OPC UA and MQTT

HMS Industrial Networks now announces support for the IoT protocols OPC UA and MQTT within the Anybus CompactCom range of embedded networking solutions. With OPC UA and MQTT in the portfolio, device and machine manufacturers who use CompactCom are offered a straight-forward path to providing secure data to the IIoT factories of tomorrow - already today.

10  '17
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Leroy-Somer Electric Power Generation

Energy from waste plant chooses Leroy Somer for alternator overhaul Generator restored to ‘as-new’ performance levels in flawless overhaul

When a major integrated waste management facility (IWMF) based in Lincolnshire, UK, discovered that the alternator mounted on the rear of its main steam turbine was becoming increasingly contaminated with dirt and dust, the plant’s technical team took the decision to commission a total overhaul of the system. Leroy Somer, the manufacturer of the alternator, won the tender for the overhaul based on its OEM status and level of expertise. The work took place at Leroy Somer’s Orléans facility, France, and was completed successfully within a strict three-week window, working first time upon reinstallation and now operating at ‘as-new’ performance levels.

08  '17
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Eichenberger Gewinde

Ball screw drive supports a completely new gearchange strategy for heavy vehicles

When spindle, nut, ball bearings and lubrication work perfectly together. | Flexibility and adaptability as well as reliability and safety are not just the guiding principles of Eichenberger Gewinde AG, they are also the most important demands placed on a component of the new generation of gearchange systems for heavy vehicles: the electromechanical clutch. As a thread-rolling specialist, the main activity of Eichenberger Gewinde AG is the rolling or cold forming of threads and the manufacture of ball screws and lead screws (spindles and nuts). The objective pursued daily by the Swiss company, applying its substantial know-how and the latest production methods, is to support customers in the creation of innovative, bespoke solutions. Nowadays, it is highly important for industry and society to find ways to conserve limited raw materials. Key to this is improved efficiency in the use of resources and energy. But how to aggregate resources and energy, systematize workflows and optimize processes when customer requirements are constantly growing and operating costs are simultaneously being reduced? In many cases, new technologies can provide answers.

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