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In the third week of September it was that time again: time for the 2023 EMO trade fair, the biennial high mass for the machining industry, to open in Hanover. What follows is a short report of what we could spot for you.

Predicting future sales figures has an important role in production planning, determining stock levels and making decisions about new investments. Numerous forecasting methods have been developed over the years, ranging from very simple ones to advanced methods based on artificial intelligence. The ...

Friction and wear play a major role in modern society. The operation of many mechanical systems, including vehicles, machines and consumer goods directly depends on appropriate friction and wear properties. Energy and raw material use can also often be directly linked to the losses that occur due to ...

In the circular economy, products are sometimes offered ‘as a service’, instead of sold to the clients. But isn’t this circular business model very similar to leasing? How can targeted services to extend the lifespan of products be beneficial to companies?

Today, operators are often dealing with machine sensors and event logs in a rather passive way: reading failure notifications, performing post-mortem analyses, etc. A more active way could enable them to better understand the behaviour of the machines, recommend adjustments or predict failures ...

Providing a product with a digital user interface is one of the common smart product strategies that product companies are able to pursue thanks to digital technology. In this blog you will learn about the key drivers and benefits of adding digital user interfaces to your products, illustrated with ...

While recent technological advancements have created a high demand for parts and components of increased precision with tighter tolerances and functionalities, the complex nature of machine tool performance makes it difficult to see what causes deviations or errors in final part quality. To produce ...

The Belgian Hydrogen Council (BHC) has recently been established to represent the Belgian hydrogen industry on national and international level. It unites the two regional clusters - Waterstof Industrie Cluster in Flanders and H2Hub in Wallonia - and represents the entire Belgian hydrogen value ...

Great promise lies in digital transformation, but in practice most digital projects run out of time, go way over budget or fail to deliver lasting value. Somewhere along the way between the ambitious plan and its actual realisation, you’ll come across a spanner in the works and the real impact ...

To reduce the impact of products, circularity focuses on lifespan extension and reduced material footprint. This, however, often comes with an additional cost, impacting the return on investment (ROI). What approach do Circular Economy front-runners use to change their companies' KPIs to move to ...