The remobilization of finger joints that have been damaged by illness or injury is an emerging market in the field of demand-driven patient care. The FingerKIt consortium, which brings together five Fraunhofer institutes, uses AI to develop personalized 3D-printed joint implants so that these delicate finger parts can be replaced when necessary.
Desktop Metal, a leader in mass production additive manufacturing (AM) solutions, today announced the company has installed more than 1,100 3D printing systems for metal components worldwide.
Photonics focuses on the use of light with all its possibilities. From light control to laser technologies and data transmission, photonics is used in many fields such as medicine, industry, astronomy, microscopy or traffic safety. One of the leading research institutes in this field is the Dresden Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS.
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that it has developed the ZR802S explosion- proof converter and will be releasing it for sale as part of its OpreX Analyzers lineup in all markets on December 12.
The new LS25CI throughbeam photoelectric sensor from Leuze is powerful and flexible and can transilluminate even metalised and dark films - meets the stringent requirements of the packaging industry.
Smart pharmaceutical manufacturing can do more than drive up productivity. It can transform the lives of patients by providing access to high-quality medicines while also improving the sustainability of operations and contributing to net zero policies. As a result, pharmaceutical companies can help to protect both people and the environment.
Endress+Hauser is pursuing the goal of using energy efficiently and economically at all of its buildings and plants. In view of the current challenges with gas and electricity supplies, over recent weeks the company has initiated a wide range of measures aimed at further reducing energy consumption. Nevertheless, a Christmas tree will shine once again in front of the company headquarters in Reinach, Switzerland.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) states that leveraging the digital twin to support Industry 4.0 business models could increase operational efficiency by ten per cent, to simulate the behaviour of real machines for operational gains.