
Wireless networks for information flow
How are moving components and load carriers to be integrated in the company information flow? A wireless-based automated material requisition system is available for just this task and monitors stock precisely anywhere within the (material) flow.
Source: INDUSTRIAL Production (5/2023)

SDC: Operate multiple medical devices using a single control - New tasks and new technologies for user interfaces
Wireless user interfaces are now standard in the OR – and enable multiple medical devices to be controlled by a single user interface.
Source: meditronic-journal (2/2023)

Remote supply replenishment - Integration of AGV, dollies and eKanban racks
Why is an automated requisition system necessary if you already have an ERP or WMS? A good question. It is necessary if stock levels are to be managed not approximately, but precisely.
Source: Technische Logistik (04/2023)

Closing the gap in the information flow - Live monitoring of material flow with wireless network
Farewell to the conveyor belt: under this motto, multiple forward-thinking companies have reorganised their material flow. Stationary conveyors have been replaced by mobile and thus flexible units, such as AGV, tugger trains or mobile eKanban racks. The prerequisite for such advances is a new approach to information flow – and the logical way to solve this is wireless technology.
Source: robotik UND PRODUKTION (02/2023)

The wireless backbone supporting communication
When automating intralogistics, the guiding principle has to be: information flow before material flow – the latter always being mobile. With a wireless network, processes are represented comprehensively and precisely at all times.
Source: konstruktionspraxis (04/2023)

Transparency down to the last metre
MATERIAL FLOW – At Volkswagen in Dresden, "transparent manufacturing" is completely real, as more and more production companies now realise the principle of complete transparency, at least at the level of material flow. A wireless automated material requisition system closes the (information) gap down to the last metre.
Source: GO>>ing (03/2023)

Sensors and antennas are best when integrated
In a project by the cluster of excellence it´s OWL, steute is currently testing the integration of sensors and antennas in the enclosures of control systems and user interfaces for industrial, as well as medical applications. A combination of laser-direct structuring and additive manufacturing is being used. The results are extremely promising.
Source: etz (11/2022)

Digitalisation of safety technologies
As digitalisation progresses, cybersecurity is a major topic of discussion, and rightly so. Safety technologies have also moved on considerably in the course of this development. Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Lumme, Product Manager Extreme at steute Technologies, explains the changes in an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer.
Source: INDUSTRIAL Production (10/2022)

Emergency pull-wire switch passes test in gravel plant
At a gravel plant in Vennebeck, gravel freshly extracted from the River Weser has to travel a considerable distance on conveyor belts from the floating-grab excavator to the processing and grading machinery. The responsible persons at the gravel plant are currently testing a new series of emergency pull-wire switches.
Source: GESTEINS Perspektiven (6/2022)

Stock monitoring: remote materials requisition for efficient intralogistics
Uninterrupted monitoring of stock within the in-house material flow is a prerequisite if replenishments are to be needs-based. The usual enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have some gaps which can be closed by opting for a remote automated materials requisition system.
Source: FUTURE MANUFACTURING (10/2022)

Remotely controlled transparency - Towards the digital shop floor
When optimising in-house processes, a remotely controlled shop floor information system can be the solution to improving inventory management, e.g. of assembly components. It enables the complete inventory within eKanban systems and the "supermarkets" supplying the factory to be digitally visualised. The system is very versatile, not least due to its wide variety of available wireless sensors.
Source: MY FACTORY (09/2022)

Explosion protection and plant safety: a two-fold challenge. Machine safety in special environments
Machine safety in explosive zones: switchgear required for this field must comply with two complex sets of regulations. Although this is a "niche within a niche", different options are still available when selecting safety switches and sensors. This is true for heavy-duty applications, but also for machines performing duties such as processing or packaging dust-explosive foodstuffs.
Source: Technische Sicherheit 12 (2022) Nr. 07-08