Up to now, proportional valves have been the generally accepted standard in mechanical engineering. Now, Anger Machining and LCM have started a radical reappraisal in the field of hydraulics. They have replaced proportional valves with digital ones and managed to...
May 22, 2017 | General@en, Hydraulic Drives, Industry 4.0, Optimization
Fluid systems which are controlled solely by on-off valves are called digital, whereas analog fluid systems use continuously adjustable valves. Many digital fluid systems are in practical use since some decades. Steel industry relies on several fluid technologies....
Dec 13, 2016 | e-mobility, General@en, Industry 4.0
Linz, Purgstall, Altenfelden—About 15,000 CPU hours were needed to compute the permanent magnet synchronous generator for the hydroelectric power station “Marktwehr” in the municipality of Purgstall on the river Erlauf (in the district of Scheibbs). It is now...
Nov 23, 2016 | electrical drives, General@en, Industry 4.0
Future aspects around the interface of technology and management were analyzed by Bernhard Bergmair Linz Center of Mechatronics (LCM) in his keynote speech titled: “The end of the project? And what else might happen until 2030” at the pma focus 2016 in Vienna. The pma...
Oct 19, 2016 | General@en, Industry 4.0, lcm in business | business models, research
Ennsdorf, Linz, June 2016 – Batch 1 without any errors, large-scale production without waste: The new lean generation of Salvagnini bending machines has made an ambitious development goal a reality. Responsible for this breakthrough is a material recognition mechanism...
Aug 3, 2016 | autonomous systems, development and new product development, General@en, Industry 4.0, Simulation-EN, small lot sizes
On 09.06.2016, experts of the Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) presented current trends in image processing in the form of specialist presentations and hands-on stations. Together with guests from various companies, the opportunities emerging for the industry...
Jun 29, 2016 | General@en, image processing, Industry 4.0, research