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AkzoNobel's Paint Defect Identifier app enables painters to quickly and easily identify the cause of a paint defect. A camera image is compared with a digital image database of the most common paint defects.

According to the associations, the enormous costs are putting medium-sized companies in the automotive supply industry in particular at risk. Their demand: Politics must take greater account of medium-sized industry.

Instruments for measuring the hardness, elasticity or depth profile of PVD and CVD hard coatings are available from Anton Paar for large or small budgets. With the Hit 300 and MCT3 instruments, these measurements can be performed particularly quickly.

As part of the Master's program in Electrochemistry and Electroplating at the Ilmenau University of Technology, the hybrid block course "Applied Electroplating" was held in July.

The question of optimal pressure application occupies a central role in the design, commissioning and setup of robotic assembly and handling systems. Prescale multilayer films from Kager can replace complicated equipment technology efficiently.

The steel and metal processing industry is currently in a tangible crisis. The government's relief package urgently needs to be improved.

Residues from deburring can influence the cleaning result in many negative ways. A brochure from fairXperts helps in selecting the suitable deburring process.

Ayhan and Dr.-Ing. Karl Busch were awarded the highest honor of the district of Lörrach for their life's work, their social and cultural commitment and their dedication to society: the Medal of Honor in Gold.

At Achema 2022, Dräger showed cloud-based solutions for greater occupational safety and sustainability. These include the intelligent management of gas detection devices, live monitoring of gases, long-term monitoring of air quality and the digitization of outdoor measurements.

The contents of the "Fachlexikon Plaster und Beschichtungen" (Technical Lexicon for Plasters and Coatings) published by the Association of the German Paint and Printing Ink Industry are now also available digitally as an app for smartphones. More than 500 technical terms are thus available to…

The turnkey systems for tubes and profiles are based on laser triangulation. Welding defects as small as 15 micrometers can thus be detected in real time.

The Supervisory Board of technotrans SE appoints Robin Schaede to the Board of Management. Schaede takes up his post as Chief Financial Officer in December and thus fills the one-year vacancy on the three-member Board of Management.

Under the brand name Cetol, Sikkens offers high-performance wood protection products and attractive color collections. The new wood color fan Cetol Colours contains 60 trendy color shades.

LPW is introducing its new Application Engineering division at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS). It is the largest manufacturing technology show in North America.

DeFelsko has revised its PosiTector 6000. The coating thickness gauge for metal substrates has been given a 2.8-inch color touchscreen. The rotatable display also makes it easier to work overhead.

BMW will produce fuel cell systems for the small series of the BMW iX5 Hydrogen at its hydrogen competence center in Munich in future. The vehicle is to be used worldwide for testing and demonstration purposes from the end of this year.

Der ZVO hat einen Brandbrief an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz adressiert, in dem er die existenzbedrohende Situation mittelständischer Unternehmen angesichts der steigenden Energiekosten darlegt.

Mafac will present solutions for resource-saving, process-safe parts cleaning in Stuttgart. Included: the Mafac Continuo automatic transfer system and a new vacuum cleaning technology.

Benseler has gone into series production with coatings for thread locking devices at its headquarters in Markgröningen. Here, the threads of screws and nuts are coated with adhesive thread lockers on modern special equipment.

The profitability of operations is largely dependent on the development of energy costs. At Automechanika 2022, Sehon will show how the costs of paint shops can be efficiently reduced.