Beate Freyer, managing director of simulation company machineering, explains how digital twins ensure smooth operation and provide added value throughout the entire production process.

3D printers are showing great promise in building construction, printing prefabricated components that are then transported to the construction site. A research project at the Technical University of Liberec in the Czech Republic aims to create a mobile robot that can print buildings directly on site. The team is using B&R controls, drives, HMI and software solutions to control the ground-breaking robot's sophisticated print head.

In the interview, Luca Galluzzi explains how the challenges of flexible manufacturing are reshaping the automation industry – and how B&R feels about its leading role in that transformation.

For fødevarer og lægemidler, som er forseglet i lufttæt emballage, er lækagetest et vigtigt trin i produktionsprocessen. Oxipacks nye inspektionsenhed, The Rotary, registrerer mikroskopiske lækager uden at skade produktet. Gennem tæt samarbejde med maskinbyggeren Geurtsen, og kontroleksperterne hos B&R, er den hollandske specialists løsning effektiv nok til at teste hver enkelt vare, som passerer gennem linjen.

An economical approach to modernization is retrofitting. Twenty years ago, Dieter Burri went into business retrofitting machine tools. To automate his machines, he relies on B&R's portfolio of scalable hardware and software.

Nutidens anlæg og maskiner fylder fysisk stadig meget. Det er tid til løsrive sig fra gamle begrænsninger og sætte scenen for en ny æra med produktivitet.

In 1885, passengers and onlookers celebrated as the first tram traversed the Belgian coast from Ostend and Nieuwpoort. In 1912, the steam powered tram was upgraded to run on electricity. There was renewed cause for celebration when the tramway recently received another major upgrade after more than a century. The modernization project was completed in cooperation between Prague-based Elektroline and Austrian automation specialist B&R.