Ausgabe zur MOTEK 2018

5 Ausg.Nr._20/2018 Motek + Bondexpo 2018 T he 37th Motek interna- tional trade fair for auto- mation in production and assembly and the 12th Bondexpo international trade fair for bond- ing technologies will take place at the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre from the 8th through the 11th of October, 2018. The world’s larg- est offerings for solutions in the field of assembly automation will be showcased here. Motek Presents the Market: Including Tomorrow’s Issues In 2017, the fields of robotics and automation achieved re- cord-breaking sales in Germany amounting to €14.5 billion – 13% more than in the previous year. The VDMA (German Mechanical Engineering Industry Associa- tion) is predicting 9% growth for the industry sector in 2018 for a total of €15.8 billion. Whether human-robot interaction, digital transformation in manufacturing or assembly with flexible variants and quantities is concerned, as a globally leading trade fair, Motek points out the direction in which the trends are moving in the field of automation in production and assembly! And this of course means more than just scratching the surface of future issues such as HRI and I 4.0, but rather think- ing them through to the end and presenting them tangibly in the form of practical solutions. Broad-Ranging Scope of Assembly Automation From traditional, semi-automated assembly right on up to fully au- tomated, robot-aided production or assembly systems – there’s a broad ranging scope of require- ments and applications and, since production in the future will be- come more and more closely net- worked with the virtual data world, handling equipment and robots will have to be equipped withmore and more new capabilities. Ma- chine learning is the key word in this respect. Easy-to-operate, flex- ible systems whose functions can be changed without time-consum- ing programming aren’t only inter- esting for established, large-scale users, but rather for small and mid-sized companies as well, for example who are thus able to take advantage of automation without specially qualified personnel. But how do machines, robots and sys- tems work and communicate with each other and the control system? The trade fair in Stuttgart will also present solutions for interface op- timisation, bus systems and all aspects of the OPC UA communi- cation standard to this end, which will provide smart factories with decisive thrust in the months and years to come. Supplementary Offerings: Bondexpo – Modern Joining Technologies for Lightweight Design Modern joining technologies must not be short changed as a supplement to the leading assem- bly trade fair. Where lightweight assembly is concerned, there’s no match for the concurrently held Bondexpo: How components and modules made of high-tech plastics and CFRP, as well as hy- brid and composite materials, are efficiently assembled with top quality results is explored in all of its facets at the complemen- tary event. “Bondexpo is the ideal supplement for Motek because it presents innovative bonding so- lutions for assembly tasks”, says project manager Rainer Bachert. And top specialists are required in the field of bonding technol- ogy in order to develop the right chemical formulation and appro- priate dosing for the respective application and the materials to be bonded. Practice-Oriented Supplemen- tary Program for Mid-Sized Companies As Well Human-robot interaction will support flexible production with small lot quantities and high lev- els of complexity in the future. The issue of safety at the interface be- tween people and machines won’t be neglected at Motek and Bond- expo: the expert forum on “Safety + Automation” will be held for the second time this year, which was launched with great success in 2017. It will be organised by col- laboration partner PILZ. Numer- ous highly practical presentations will deal with Safety Architecture 4.0, occupational safety legisla- tion, CE processes and safe hu- man-robot interaction.  Text & Image: P. E. Schall GmbH & Co. KG Gustav-Werner-Straße 6 D - 72636 Frickenhausen MotekandBondexpoSupplement EachOther Perfectly 08.–11.10.2018 Ihr Spezialist für Sonderlösungen Inzwischen brauchen immer mehr Kunden spezielle Maschinenlösungen für ihre Produktions- und Fertigungsprozesse oder ihre Logistik. Unsere innovativen Hebelösungen haben uns in den vergangenen 20 Jahren zu einem der marktführenden Hubtischhersteller in Deutschland und Europa gemacht. 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