Today the general meeting of Aluminium Deutschland (AD) took place in Berlin. For the last time after seven years in office, Dr. Hinrich Mählmann, Chairman of the Advisory Boards of OTTO FUCHS KG and Schüco International KG, addressed the members as President. Accordingly, the event focused in particular on the election of a new association president. The choice fell unanimously on Rob van Gils, CEO of…

Robert Buttenhauser will be the new Board Member for Powertrain Production at Audi Hungaria Zrt. from January 1, 2021. The graduate production engineer started his career at AUDI AG in 1995 and has been working in different positions within the Audi Group for 25 years. He takes over the Board of Management position from Thoralf Hanschel, who changes after two successful years to Volkswagen AG and takes over…

ROBOTEC Engineering GmbH from Bad Säckingen presents a robot-based gravity die casting system at GIFA. From the very beginning, the specifications for the proposed innovation included reduced plant engineering together with increased productivity and greater flexibility for higher quality. ROBOTEC Engineering GmbH, the development company and plant engineer based in south-west Germany, has named its plant…

In a sweltering factory in southern India, Royal Enfield motorcycles are being painted and lacquered by giant robotic arms that move at twice the maximum speed of a human limb, day in, day out, never making a mistake. Only a few workers are still needed on the paint line at Royal Enfield Motors Ltd.’s plant in Oragadam, doing touch-ups on the iconic two-wheelers coveted for their classic design. Four robots…

also avaible in Robot use is becoming increasingly easier – the trade fair AUTOMATICA presents the world's large range of robots and current trends. Munich. Production companies have been subject to continually increasing cost pressures for many years. In addition, many markets demand a great deal of product variety, which results in increasingly small batch sizes that have to be produced profitably.…

DONGHEE relies on robot-based friction stir welding from KUKA in the area of e-mobility. The technology is being used at different Hyundai plants for the production of battery carriers – finding use, among other places, in the KONA electric vehicle model. Here, automation specialist KUKA supplies robotic equipment for the process-reliable joining of components made of different aluminum alloys. Together,…

Binder jet 3D printing is widely regarded as the fastest additive manufacturing method for production-volume output. In addition to its speed, binder jetting is a flexible technology allowing for a variety of materials to be processed and scaled for mass output as well as large-format applications. Sand binder jetting has been used in foundries for more than two decades to create tooling for metalcastings.…