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As a general contractor, Servus Intralogistics develops and supplies turnkey, automated intralogistics solutions worldwide.

As a general contractor, Servus Intralogistics develops and supplies turnkey, automated intralogistics solutions worldwide.

Conveying and lifting technology
Efficiency and safety in material flow are becoming increasingly important in industry. The combined use of safety light curtains and automation light grids, which are based on similar technology, provides answers to these two requirements, which often block each other in industrial practice.

Safety has the highest priority in hazardous areas or clean rooms, where the strictest legal requirements apply to operating equipment and means of transportation.

Vanderlande and airport operator Avinor have entered into an innovation partnership to explore ways to fully automate the last mile of the baggage handling process.

Drive technology for conveyor system
Rheinberg, around 60 kilometers from Düsseldorf, is home to the Borth rock salt mine and salt works. Between 7,000 and 8,000 tons of salt are mined and processed there every day.
Industrial engineer Carsten Schmidt works at SEH Engineering as Managing Director Conveyor Systems. During a visit to the Ostrhauderfehn site, he spoke to materialfluss editor-in-chief Daniel Schilling about the differences between overhead and floor conveyor technology, new perspectives and the advantages of East Frisia.
Conveying and lifting technology
SEW-Eurodrive has created efficient and flexible processes to implement the Industry 4.0 approach.

Conveying and lifting technology
The intelligent monorail and shuttle transport system Montrac supports Airbus in the assembly of the new A321 XLR long-haul aircraft in Hamburg-Finkenwerder.

The Stingray shuttle is the efficient all-rounder for transporting containers, cartons, trays and hanging goods. More than 20,000 shuttles are in use around the world, proving their reliability day after day.
Space and personnel are becoming increasingly scarce in logistics. Processes such as the separation of parcels must therefore be automated. However, there are hardly any suitable automation solutions for singulating in small and medium-sized logistics centers. A new robot cell system is now leading the way.

Stow Robotics becomes Movu Robotics. The broad-based portfolio ensures simpler automation in the warehouse. It includes automated storage, picking and transportation of pallets, containers and articles.

The demands on handling capacity in the logistics industry are constantly increasing. To meet these challenges, SEW-Eurodrive offers various scalable solutions for the sorter and its infeed.

ABB today announced an investment of 280 million US dollars for a European robotics campus in Sweden. The facility in Västerås will provide 65,000 square meters of space for automated manufacturing, R&D, customer experience and training centers from 2026.
At Tilo in Lohnsburg, Austria, HaRo has developed an automatic transport system that connects a ground-level hall with the basement.

Loading lifting unit, transport trolley and...
The Xetto is a loading and lifting unit, a transport trolley and a workbench - all in one. The machine manufacturer Willnecker from Germaringen sees this as a worthwhile investment due to the significant time savings in everyday assembly work.
Electrical components are sensitive to electrostatic discharges. Component damage can occur even at low voltages, which is why the effects of discharges usually remain undetected.

The Linde Energy Manager software from Linde Material Handling (MH) creates transparency about the entire energy supply situation in the company and enables forecasts for the future with the help of AI.

Knapp's Open Shuttles, autonomous mobile robots (AMR), enable the automation of in-house transportation without having to adapt the existing infrastructure. The built-in drive solutions from Dunkermotoren and gearbox manufacturer Framo Morat allow even bulky and heavy loads to be transported safely.

Dematic has completed an automated buffering and sequencing system for Vectura AS, the leading distributor and logistics service provider for alcoholic beverages in Norway.

Customized conveyor belts can now also be created in the Item Engineering tool. Based on predefined assemblies, users can design individual conveyor lines with just a few clicks.