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Assembly and handling technique is gaining ground in the trade fair Automatica 2006
29/08/2005
on August 29, 2005
With a turnover of EUR 4,100 million, the technique of assembling and handling has become the segment from the Professional grouping of Robotics and automation of the VDMA. A year before opening the doors of Automatica 2006, sector runs a hopeful look towards the future and you feel technically prepared for the coming challenges. "Individual solutions based on a modular system" is the currency of the exhibitors who displayed their returns in Munich from 16 to 19 May 2006.
In the same way that many processes Assembly consist of numerous individual steps, assembling facilities are almost always complex composition of different modules, subsystems and components. It is expected that the difficult balance between standardisation and specific desire of customers from a range of mounting technique will be achieved. Since the integration of many functions has led to the components and modules become powerful subsystems and of great economic interest.
The components have been converted into functional units. Integrated guides, systems of measurement of the route and sensors which can be found in pneumatic cylinders or electrical axes, provide - from various perspectives - an additional functionality to the user. The different elements are ready to be mounted. The installation, replacement and maintenance can be made quickly and economically. By using these groups of mounting system, completely pre-assembled, system integrators can focus its attention on designing team.
The last annual balance sheet presented by the professional grouping of Robotics and automation of the VDMA, the manufacturers of components have been obtained, as the previous year, better results systems companies. However, Joaquim Rohwedder, Chairman of the Association and the Board of Rohwedder AG, is optimistic: "firms of systems have made progress". In his words, order intake and sales have experienced a sharp increase. The segment with the highest billing of the group, is the business of technique of mounting and handling, with an average of 5 per cent growth has moved a volume of EUR 4,100 million. With 35 percent, the largest recipient is automotive, but in much less significant than the robot percentages. However, he stressed that other sectors such as telecommunications and consumer electronics, pharmaceutical and electronic, will gain importance in the future for manufacturers of Assembly and handling technique.
