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ZF Wind Power is a world leader in the development and manufacture of high-tech gearboxes for wind turbines. The manufacturer adheres to the trend of increasingly larger, heavier systems and integrated assemblies for the on- and offshore wind energy market.

To increase production efficiency, Vandemoortele decided to automate, having already gained experience with industrial robots. Cobots were still unknown territory and the company wanted to change that. It therefore took part in the user group of the ColRobFood project, which investigates the use of ...

To follow the first offshore wind farm in the North Sea just off the north-eastern Belgian coast, the second wind farm is currently being deployed further west and further out to sea. The second park has been named the ‘Princess Elisabeth Offshore Energy Zone’, ‘Princess Elisabeth zone’ for short ...

V&V Engineering is a specialist in the rapid development of injection and thermoplastic moulding of prototypes and small series, but can also produce medium-sized and larger series. This Ypres-based SME also performs maintenance work on external moulds.

East Flanders-based Spiromatic specialises in total solutions for artisanal and industrial bakeries. The company relies on their in-house knowledge for the design and implementation of custom-made processes and automatic dosing of raw materials for bakery products. The company was seeking in-depth ...

Surface treatment of materials has been LGTB Metal Finishing N.V.'s field of expertise for over 50 years. To maintain the quality of the services and total solutions it offers, the company has decided to digitise their production process.

Considered one of the key technologies of Industry 4.0, digital twins are the ultimate step in digitisation, creating a virtual representation of a real entity and organising an iterative exchange loop between the digital and the real world. There is, however, a knowledge gap in terms of teaching ...

A lot of data is collected in modern machines and installations in the production process. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on IO-Link simplifies data collection and processing while creating transparency from sensor-actuator to cloud.

Most SMEs today use digital business applications such as ERP, CRM, MES and Microsoft Office applications, but that does not mean they communicate seamlessly with each other. Only through integration, however, can we exploit their full potential. Here is a brief introduction to this fascinating ...

Production of smaller series and custom products makes manufacturing more complex and that, in turn, adds complexity to not only the production process but also to the way that operators need to work. Today, a range of digital tools are available to help operators deal with their rapidly changing ...