Stefanie Michel

In the last two years, it was clearly seen at the Hannover Messe: The Digital Factory has changed. On the one hand, it has grown; on the other hand, new companies are exhibited.

在2018年汉诺威工业博览会上，ABB将展示众多新产品，包括用于泵的新型ABB Ability智能传感器和“Sensy-Master”系列质量流量计。

At the Hannover Messe 2018, ABB will show with numerous new products how digitalisation makes products smart, including the new ABB Ability Smart Sensor for pumps and the mass flowmeters of the “Sensy-Master“ series.

As a framework for automation projects, ABB’s Automation Builder enables the configuration, programming and troubleshooting of machines and installations - first virtually and then in reality. In order to make data analyticsoptimization of real installations possible, ABB now cooperates with Copa-Data.

For difficult forming operations, Fütterer Werkzeugbau relies on Stampack. The simulation software convinces the specialist for transfer, deep-drawing and progressive dies especially in terms of flexibility, efficiency and optimisation potential.

As a framework for automation projects, ABB’s Automation Builder enables the configuration, programming and troubleshooting of machines and installations - first virtually and then in reality. In order to make data analyticsoptimization of real installations possible, ABB now cooperates with Copa-Data.

At the Hannover Messe 2018, ABB will show with numerous new products how digitalisation makes products smart, including the new ABB Ability Smart Sensor for pumps and the mass flowmeters of the “Sensy-Master“ series.

In the last two years, it was clearly seen at the Hannover Messe: The Digital Factory has changed. On the one hand, it has grown; on the other hand, new companies are exhibited.

Goodbye Solidworks World: The annual Event for 3D design has been renamed and from 2020 the 3D-Experience World will take over to address a wider range of potential users of 3D technology. CEO Gian Paolo Bassi explains the reasons why Dassault Systèmes took this decision.

在2018年汉诺威工业博览会上，ABB将展示众多新产品，包括用于泵的新型ABB Ability智能传感器和“Sensy-Master”系列质量流量计。

This year, too, digitalisation will dominate Siemens‘ presence on the Hannover Messe 2018, but this time concrete examples will be shown.

Researchers at TU Chemnitz use a self-developed 3D-print procedure to manufacture additively the first worldwide electric engine made of iron, copper and ceramics. This innovation is presented by the university at Hannover Messe.

With the extension of the Metav to model, tool and mould construction, the CAM area gains in importance. Correspondingly, almost all important CAM software providers are presenting their current versions at the fair. What they promise is clear: shorter processing times with new modules and more efficient component optimisation.

A smart factory needs start-to-finish process chains, from design to production and all the way through to logistics. Yet, for this, all processes must also be networked and able to communicate with each other. At the Metav, Siemens shows which solutions are available for this start-to-finish process chain, how they can be realised and how firms can profit from it.

At its Metav booth, Mastercam will present the latest version of its CAD/CAM software. The live demonstrations will be the highlight, because a 5-axis machining centre will produce a component on site.