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Not «breath-» but wireless
Bluepath Robotics, an internal innovation project at the Ford subsidiary Otosan, which was spun off at the end of 2023, develops and produces autonomous mobile robots for a wide range of intralogistics applications. Now, Wiferion enables the inductive power supply of the AMRs.
Electric monorail system for Quark & Co
NÖM produces a wide range of dairy products, yogurt, butter, and curd cheese from approximately 450 million kg of milk from 2,200 farmers in the region build a fully automated shipping warehouse with comprehensive conveyor technology for 26,000 pallet spaces.
The fire is left without air
The fire protection specialists of the Wagner Group have been honored with the "GIT Safety Award 2026" for their "OxyReduct F-Line." The system expands the OxyReduct process with H2- based fuel cell technology, which simultaneously ensures emission-free energy supply.
Temperature-controlled at the motorway junction
Movianto, a logistics service provider specializing in pharmaceuticals and healthcare, is setting up a new cold storage facility in Wiesloch-Walldorf this month. A photovoltaic system there produces approximately 3,100 MWh per year, more electricity than the site consumes.
Fusion reactor in creep mode
Despite all the political turmoil currently shaking the world, work on the ITER fusion reactor, in which countless nations are involved, continues – much like on the ISS. Recently, another of the 15-meter-high segments for the future plasma chamber was delivered by heavy-duty transport.
Nonstop strapping
Mosca offers a comprehensive portfolio of integrated end-of-line systems for transport packaging, strapping machines, stretch wrappers, and associated consumables. Strapping made from materials such as PP and PET is produced with increasing recycled content.
Dynamic open-plan area
Relocations often involve considerable effort. Furniture needs to be transported, boxes packed, and unwanted items disposed of. The company " Optimal Umzug " from Lachen, Canton of Schwyz, offers services tailored to the greater Zurich area.
Optio L-Series updated
Developed with the user in mind, the completely redesigned generation of low-level order pickers in the Optio L series from TMHE sets new standards. Increased platform lifting heights, low entry, and versatile model variants for loads up to 2.5 t make these devices highly sought-after helpers.
Cold chain in transition: Ambitious goals
Temperature-controlled logistics is facing an energy revolution: battery-electric trucks, long-range hydrogen vehicles, and cryogenic cooling with nitrogen are transforming the industry. Enough "material" for the SVTL to discuss future processes and alternatives at Galliker in Altishofen.
DLR expands drone defense
While Russian drones have long been surveying German bases and critical infrastructures as potential targets for their “ asymmetric warfare ” a project called CUSTODIAN (Counter-UAS Technologies for Detection, Interception and Neutralization) is now slowly gaining momentum at the DLR.
Heavyweights for SBB Cargo
Heavyweights for SBB Cargo
Twenty new multi-system locomotives of the more powerful Vectron type are intended to facilitate transalpine rail freight traffic between Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The usual pilot locomotive, it is said, will be dispensable in many cases.
The traction units are equipped with the European train control system ETCS BL3 as well as the respective national train control systems. The locomotives are leased by SBB Cargo International from SüdLeasing under a long-term rental concept with flexible terms. The contract also includes vehicle maintenance by the manufacturer Siemens Mobility. The "Vectron XLoad" type is an equipment package for improving friction coefficient utilization with the aim of handling . XLoad enables, among other things, operations on the north-south axis, which then require only one four-axle locomotive instead of two. The Vectron locomotives are designed for a maximum operating speed of 160 km/h. Delivery of the vehicles is to begin in 2024. ,
the vehicles achieve a level of tractive effort utilization that was previously not possible with four-axle locomotives. Our customer can therefore use the locomotives even more efficiently in the Alpine region,” says Albrecht Neumann, CEO Rolling Stock at Siemens Mobility.
Photos: Siemens / SBB Cargo
" The Vectron is interoperable between the ARA ports (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Antwerp) and Italy. With the additional XLoad feature, we are able to drive longer and heavier trains in single traction through the Alps." In many cases, this will for the otherwise mandatory pilot locomotive. " This eliminates the need for a more costly six-axle locomotive," says Sven Flore, CEO of SBB Cargo International.
Siemens Mobility has already sold more than 1,400 Vectrons to a total of 62 customers. Locomotives of this type have collectively covered more than 585 million fleet kilometers and have received approval in Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Hungary.
