Sky high and deep underground: While the borehole reaches down over 1000–meters (3280–foot), the place on the wellhead is small and hazardous. (Picture: Bartec)
Space–Saving Ex Remote I/O

Cleverly Stowed: Automation in Confined Space for Deep Drill Operations

While deep drill operations reach far down underground, the space at the well –head is confined and costly. A huge problem for control systems in the operator cabin. So why not integrate them into the only piece of furniture that has to be there anyway — the operator’s chair? This is exactly what a cooperation of a drill specialist and an automation supplier for Ex areas came up with.

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Visitors viewing innovative solution provided by multinational companies at the trade fair (Picture: Vogel Business Media India)
Fairs and Exhibitions

India's Exhibition Market Booms

The Indo-German bilateral relations have strengthened over the years and what boosts these trade relations further are, trade fairs. These trade fairs support German companies foraying into the Indian market and vice-versa by offering them a platform to network and present themselves to a wider audience. Here’s a look at how trade exhibitions help businesses to expand their international base...

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“We’re currently 
focusing on areas such 
as resource efficiency, 
the transition to 
renewable energies, 
climate protection, 
and digitization.” (Thyssenkrupp)
Interview: Engineering Trends

“EPC Responsibility is a Key Driver” – Future Challenges in Engineering

Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions about the trends, opportunities and challenges facing Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions — Asked Helmut Knauthe, Head of Technology, Innovation and Sustainability, sees the business unit’s customer proximity and concerted efforts to boost its competitiveness, develop products and services tailored to customers’ needs, and research into areas such as resource efficiency, renewable energies, climate protection and digitization as key to delivering better technological solutions.

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With the viewpoint paper on Industry Workplace 2025, researchers at the WGP have used a new model to assess current and anticipated technological developments in industrial automation and deduce necessary responses on the part of firms and society. (IWF Berlin)
Industrial workplace 2025

Industry 4.0 – What Happens to the Humans?

Prof. Peter Groche, leader of the Institute for Production Technology and Forming Machines (PtU) at Darmstadt TU, is certain that “the move towards autonomous production is a holistic challenge for society”. The Institute is a member of the Scientific Society for Production Technology (WGP), which this summer will publish its viewpoint paper on Industry Workplace 2025.

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