The delivery of parcels with drones was only science fiction a few years ago. But it seems to become more and more concrete. Gradually all possible problems are solved, but some still exist here and there. Example: The sending of the packet directly at the receiver. The risk of collision with other objects or even persons is too […]

It was clear that even the 3D printing would someday be an “old hat”. A process developed by researchers at ETH Zurich now allows 4D printing – “printing in four dimensions”. The point is that the 3D-printed objects can change in time depending on their shape. For example, they fold from a flat kit to […]

On 5 April 2017, the European Parliament and the European Council adopted the new EU Medical Devices Regulation EU 2017/745. The directive, which is also known as the “Medical Device Regulation” (MDR), was published in the EU Official Gazette on 5th of May 2017 and entered force 20 days later – on 26/05/2017. Since it is a […]

The right set-up seminars are offered about set-up time optimization. Here, specialists and executives from production, production planning, production control and logistics methods are to become acquainted with employee qualification and strategies for set-up time minimization. De facto, however, the set-up time always depends on the design of the machine. Because when the machine must be manually […]

Hot espresso and fresh laundry have at least two similarities: Both not only smell good, but have also been created by pressure. For espresso machines press water with high pressure through powder, while washing machines regulate their water levels with the help of pressure. So- called pressure monitors control compliance with the corresponding pressure. Beck […]