Machine Industries

AVL and Rohde & Schwarz collaborate to automate and speed up EMC tests under real driving conditions  Electric vehicles contain many electronic components that emit radio-frequency interference which may have a negative impact on the vehicle performance and driving experience. To ease and speed up the development process, AVL and Rohde & Schwarz, two of the world’s leading providers of automotive test systems, present an innovative solution for automated electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) data analysis of an electric drivetrain under real driving conditions.  AVL and Rohde & Schwarz have developed a solution that supports automated testing with simulation of real driving...

“Investing in a VICIVISION machine comes from the company's decision to combine quantity and quality..."  Trenton is a premier manufacturing facility that focuses mainly on manufacturing parts for machines and tractors used for agriculture. Giordano Cecchini explains the benefit of having VICIVISION measuring machine involved in the process of producing parts at their facility.  Cecchini says, “A company like Trenton, with its good reputation, is a real landmark in this area. Most of the manufacturing is done in-house [and] we take care of many different client requests.” Using VICIVISON Measuring Machines enables them to be one step ahead in a...

Rohde & Schwarz and Löhnert present a robot-based solution for end-of-line measurement of automotive radomes and bumpers Together with its partner Löhnert Elektronik, Rohde & Schwarz has introduced a fully automated turnkey solution for bumper production radar transparency testing based on the successful R&S QAR50. The lightweight and compact setup of the R&S QAR50-R facilitates precise positioning of the measurement antennas, allowing faster, more accurate and convenient testing. This leads to higher throughput and yeilds as well as more flexiblity to adapt to different DUTs, for End-of-line (EOL) measurements of bumpers and other exterior parts.  Caption: Highly integrated measurement solution...

Graphene is a proven supermaterial, but manufacturing the versatile form of carbon at usable scales remains a challenge Author Kevin Wyss PhD Student in Chemistry, Rice University Disclosure statement Kevin Wyss receives funding through the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, as well as the Rice University Stauffer-Rothrock Fellowship. He has worked in collaboration with Ford Motor Company and Universal Matter, but is not an employee. “Future chips may be 10 times faster, all thanks to graphene”; “Graphene may be used in COVID-19 detection”; and “Graphene allows batteries to charge 5x faster” – those are just a handful of recent dramatic headlines lauding...

  Seco Tool Reconditioning Service Grows by Over 30% And Continues to Increase As one of the fastest growing end mill and drill areas in the Seco Tools portfolio, the company’s solid-round tool reconditioning service experienced an increase in use by over 30% in 2022.  In addition to significant cost savings for customers, a Seco reconditioned tool regains 85% to 95% of its original performance compared to tools that are reground or resharpened. Without having to readjust parameters or sacrifice performance, the reconditioned tool performance lives up to today’s advanced machining strategies, for example, in dynamic milling where only a small...