Transmission manufacturer ZF Getriebe GmbH, Saarbruecken, Germany, turns out approximately one million gears per year in 13 basic types and 120 variations. This demands highly automated production processes and perfect quality management. more

High data speed rates, a high level of reliability and the characteristic high degree of flexibility prompted a well-known manufacturer of diesel engines for agricultural and building construction machinery to rely on Industrial Wireless LAN. more

When customers demand 100 % traceable quality inspection, suppliers need a reliable, easy-to-implement solution. An innovative height profile sensor offers proof of the fact that quality and cost-efficient inspection can indeed be combined. more

In the cylinder head production section at DaimlerChrysler, Germany's largest automobile manufacturer, robust and reliable vision sensors from Siemens are used to identify the fitted parts using a data matrix code. more

With the Moby U identification system, Audi in Neckarsulm is optimizing its data input for quality assurance for the A6 production. The new system is faster and more reliable than scanning in the barcode manually. more

At Pininfarina's Grugliasco facility, the assembly line automation for the production of the new Alfa Romeo Brera and Spider, installed by Comau Engineering, utilizes the Lasso software library, which was adapted to the specific application. more

BMW Munich utilizes the non-contact Moby E identification system in its just-in-sequence production for the axle assembly of its 3 Series models. The automaker is particularly pleased with the flexible application capabilities of the system in the production line. more

For testing quality-relevant properties of steering wheels in vehicles, a task which previously required considerable efforts in sensors and mechanics, Takata-Petri now uses a color image processing camera from the Simatic sensor product range. more

The ZF Getriebe GmbH uses a new class of compact and very low-cost color surface sensors for checking colored sealing stoppers. more

At the Bochum factory of Johnson Controls a non-contact operating identification system picks up and saves all the relevant production data. more