All About Industries Article | Mar 21, 2024 Fraunhofer researchers cool quartz glass with laser by 67 Kelvin
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/40/c5/40c5051cebdb10fdee9a283303434d9d/0129881741v1.jpeg "3D-printed tools and other components contribute to energy-saving, precise processes. (Image:Gerhard Schubert GmbH)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/e5/fa/e5fa9fa2e3b44ee1894fdf95bbe828fe/0129904146v1.jpeg "Airports and other critical infrastructure in Europe are to be better protected against drones. (Picture: ©assetseller - stock.adobe.com)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/ae/bd/aebda515c684825e97579175874ea6bd/0129920231v1.jpeg "Hensoldt, a sensor specialist for critical defense applications among other things, now has a strategic milestone ahead of it. The company is planning to acquire Nedinsco, an optronics company from Venlo in the Netherlands. Here's what's to come ... (Image:Hensoldt)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/c3/6f/c36f031df46d22615d941d077d32313c/0129800025v1.jpeg "The laser-assisted process is intended to make wafer cutting significantly more productive. (Image:Trumpf)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/e8/dc/e8dc27a8d9fba8fbd081987400bf6848/0127426198v1.jpeg "3D FEM models are detailed, large and computationally intensive. Thanks to ROM and the support of Cadfem, Wago has succeeded in setting up an e-shop for thermal simulation. (Image:WAGO)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/9c/ac/9cac6246660e746c5a3989399ac4d250/0128561645v1.jpeg "Artificial intelligence can drive efficiency in smart factories through centralized data management and predictive maintenance. (Picture: ©Fardived - stock.adobe.com)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/6b/e2/6be235b5ad8a442ccd9d164b0b300d8b/0129763992v1.jpeg "As early as 2020, the Zimmer Group announced that it would convert its production to be sustainably CO2-neutral. (Image:Zimmer Group)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/d4/ba/d4bab9481e66f8570f40eb8ef2a90198/0129795613v1.jpeg "A camera inspection during removal ensures that the components are placed correctly in the KLTs. (Image:Yaskawa Europe)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/76/81/7681b6450512b2cce1e453cd3d732543/0129479309v1.jpeg "Symbolic image: Model-based design combines virtual system models with real machines and systems in order to simulate, validate and coordinate functions, control and software early on in the development process. (Image:Dall-E / AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/5c/0f/5c0fee074c4b6c8e8c0993f3217c2f5a/0129773718v1.jpeg "The General Fusion demonstration reactor. (Image:General Fusion)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/b5/5e/b55ed9355e0395ec0caf111d6af6b494/adobestock-495980372--c2-a9-20natali-mis-20-e2-80-93-20stock-adobe-com-6720x3778v1v1.jpeg "Which engineering skills will be in vogue in 2026? (Image:natali_mis - stock.adobe.com)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/bf/a5/bfa5d882e93f159ce93e933742272b00/nord-vibn-cmyk-2196x1235v1v1.jpeg "With digital twins for virtual commissioning, Nord supports customers in ensuring that systems are available more quickly, even with complex drive systems. (Image:Nord Drivesystems)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/e4/01/e40186c9a7d04cbecb20fab20ff79094/0129886097v1.jpeg "Skoda has inaugurated a new battery plant in Mlada Boleslav to meet rising demand, but also to reduce battery costs by 30 percent. (Image:Skoda)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/74/7b/747b6bc4d758c5dd4b5c24a763ae493d/0129897614v1.jpeg "Huawei Intelligent Automotive Solutions has presented a lidar with a resolution of 896 lines. (Image:HIMA via ChinaEVHome)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/ba/b7/bab7bfd052f35da3c39388508faa350e/0129851977v1.jpeg "The third generation of the Mazda CX-5 scores above all with its inner values. (Image:Mauritz - VCG)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/81/24/8124e33f53ec73fa99374f407cc11b61/0129727992-541x304v1v1.jpeg "The development of control elements and HMI systems for commercial vehicles can lead to interactions. (Image:Preh / AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/8b/46/8b46730ba87a86f16d696f043cf0e3d1/0129887022v1.jpeg "Linyi Yunchuan's S2000 platform has risen to a height of two kilometers and fed the energy generated into the grid. (Image:Linyi Yunchuan)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/92/f8/92f8bf81914500bcda78f63dab8da720/0129926751v1.jpeg "Only recently, the US government allowed high-end chips for AI such as Nvidia's H200 series (pictured) to be exported to China under certain conditions. But now the tax is being pulled back all the harder: An eDraft envisages tighter controls on the export of hardware for AI technologies worldwide. Even allies would be affected. (Image:Nvidia)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/84/cc/84cc506003388ecffaab464677c7afa6/0129843694v1.jpeg "Launched last year, ASML's TWINSCAN XT:260 is an i-line scanner with a throughput of 270 wafers per hour. With a focus on the increased demands of AI chips, ASML wants to shift its focus away from pure front-end tools for chip production in the next ten to fifteen years with packaging and bonding technologies. (Image:ASML)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/8f/48/8f48b0ed0d6c5c4f299b1310a7b577e9/0129830738v1.jpeg "Data centers in orbit are indeed dreams of the future, while data centers under water are already being tested. (Image:Dall-E / AI-generated)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/09/d1/09d115b7dddd3448fc2f56b8c235d33a/0125007313v1.jpeg?v= "For the optics of robotic systems, the surfaces of some objects are hardly detectable, and therefore, the objects themselves are not either. However, with AI and special projections, researchers have managed to make the \"ghost objects\" identifiable... (Image:Fraunhofer-IOF)")
:quality(80)/p7i.vogel.de/wcms/47/58/47588b0a3899942446bc96bd08e3ced0/0117371906.jpeg?v= "Here, one looks at a quartz glass rod that is doped with Ytterbium and excited by a laser. Now, there is an effect that cools the glass in the process. So far, this has worked by less than one degree Kelvin. Now, researchers have managed to cool the whole thing by 67 Kelvin. (Image:Fraunhofer IOF)")