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3D printing with iglidur polymers in medical technology

Maria Burkanova | 25. March 2020

Medical technology is an important driver of 3D printing technologies: highly customisable products offer unprecedented opportunities for a wide range of medical solutions. Components from 3D printers are used in the production of individually manufactured components for patients, such as hearing aids. Hospitals are acquiring their own 3D printers so that they can quickly create […]

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The revolution in energy chains for machine tools reduces assembly time by 40%

Lukas Czaja | 25. March 2020

The great demand means that machine tools are often mass-produced. It is especially important that each machine – whether it is a milling, turning, grinding or drilling machine – is identical with respect to quality and precision.

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Edge load in practice – why recommended surface pressure is often misleading

Lars Butenschön | 24. March 2020

It is not infrequent that plain bearings in various applications abruptly transform into piles of debris. There is the dumper whose bearings give up the ghost with a dramatic crunch and the doors that first squeak and then settle. And when that happens, users, sales consultants, and designers stand there and wonder what made it […]

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Optimised solution for vertical energy supply

Christian Strauch | 24. March 2020

Guidelite ECO: Part 1 For vertical energy supply in intralogistics such as storage and retrieval units, lifters and other lifts, the energy chain is still preferred to the busbar system. The travel or stroke lengths are generally less than 50 metres – usually much less. The question is this: which costs less? Busbar system or […]

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Why are there Ethernet cables with 600V UL?

Jan Arnoldy | 24. March 2020

Before we turn to Ethernet cables with 600V UL, let’s take a look at Ethernet cables generally. Ethernet is the most widely used standard for local area network (LAN) cabling. Although transmission rates of up to 400 Gbps are currently specified, a maximum speed of 40 Gbps is possible according to the current state of […]

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