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Ausg.Nr. 10/2012 Assembly & Handling Techn.
An Industry Going After a Record
Assembly and Handling Technology at AUTOMATICA 2012
VDMA Robotik + Automation
already predicted
at the end of
last year that turnover of assembly
and handling technology
was going to surpass six
billion euros in Germany in
2011.
This signifies an enormous increase
of 42 percent compared
to the previous year. The increase
ensured it the pole position
within the overall robotic
+ automation industry, which
grew by 37 percent. The increases
are the rewards in the end for
the practical solutions, which
companies have developed
over the past years. Visitors to
AUTOMATICA 2012, which will
take place on the grounds of the
New Munich Trade Fair Centre
from 22 to 25 May, will obtain
a comprehensive overview of
state-of-the-art assembly and
handling technology.
VDMA Robotik + Automation
expects another record turnover
of 10.3 billion euros for the
past year 2011 in the industry
that it represents. Companies
in assembly and handling technology
contributed the major
share to this of six billion euros.
The growth engine is the
automobile industry as is often
the case, which is investing increasingly
in new technology
and materials. Daniela Dietz,
spokesperson for assembly
and handling technology in
the trade association VDMA
Robotik + Automation, provided
one example: "Lightweight
construction materials such as
reinforced carbon composite
materials are being used increasingly
in series production.
This can only be accomplished
using automated processes.
Automobile manufacturers
and their component supplies
have to convert and optimise
their production processes for
this, which fits in well with of-
fers from suppliers of assembly
and handling technology.
In addition, it promotes global
competition among large manufacturing
companies to use
innovative automation technology."
AUTOMATICA 2012 provides
useful information about dealing
with reinforced carbon
composite materials. It has declared
"Automated Composite
Production" as one of its main
topics and is going to present
a special exhibition on it. The
International Trade Fair for Automation
and Mechatronics is
going to contribute to mastering
the challenge of automated
production of lightweight construction
components made of
reinforced carbon composite
materials.
Numerous growth drivers
In addition to the automobile
industry, there are numerous
other fields driving the
growth of assembly and handling
technology. The electronics
industry, metal industry
and mechanical engineering,
flat-screen display production,
medical engineering and
all industries dealing with renewable
energy sources are
betting increasingly on automated
assembly. In turn, these
contribute to rationalisation
with a high degree of quality,
increasing productivity, shortening
throughput times and
increasing cycle times. People
in modern industrial countries
also increasingly need more
medicine, processed foods and
packaging. This growing need
provides manufacturers of assembly
and handling technology
with the chance to increase
their turnover further over the
coming years.
A new and especially interesting
application field is battery
production. This is less a
matter of conventional house-
19
hold batteries for laptops and
mobile phones, but instead
high-energy storage devices
for electric cars or renewable
energy sources. These batteries
are advancing to other dimensions
with their performance
and size, but above all thanks
to their reliability and operating
life. They also ensure that
there is less dissipation power
as well as more handling reliability
and safety – exposed to
heat and cold equally. Higher
volumic energy and crash-resistance
are additional features
for mobile use.
And – they are taking a key role
when it is a matter of the costeffectiveness
and acceptance of
electric mobility and alternative
generation of energy. These already
much-praised technologies
will only actually become
accepted on a widespread scale
when such high-energy storage
devices can be produced
in large series and at moderate
costs.
Focal Topic at AUTOMATICA:
Automated Battery Production
and Special Exhibition
This requires enormous progress
in the production of highperformance
batteries, which
can only be achieved with close
collaboration between manufacturers,
component suppliers,
mechanical engineers and
researchers. The automation
of assembly processes is especially
needed in assembling
individual cells, battery back
assembly and final assembly in
ground modules, a new market
segment that numerous automation
specialists are dealing
with.
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