Despite initial easing in public life and falling case numbers, the corona pandemic continues to dominate our private and business lives. How does your company experience this time?

Due to the influences of the "Internet of Things", more and more intelligence is being shifted from the control level to end devices. Process logic and analytics are moving further and further into higher levels up to the cloud. This insidious diffusion of the control level opens up completely new approaches for decentralized control concepts.

For our customer magazine "mo, the three IIoT experts from Dunkermotoren answer the questions of the editorial staff. We are happy to introduce them to you: Markus Weishaar, Product Manager IoT, Vitas Kling and Lucas Mülhaupt, both software engineers at our headquarter in Bonndorf.

The extreme dynamics of the automotive industry requires a high degree of flexibility from the car manufacturers. Smart production plants and flexible logistics systems are necessary to meet the constantly increasing global competition. These systems must be adapted quickly and flexibly in order to economically meet the increasing demand for diversity.

The Asset Administration Shell in the Industry 4.0 platform as a reference framework is specifically supplemented by the intralogistics group with automatable device features:

• The alliance strives for manufacturer-neutral automation that is highly agile for the user without much IT effort

• The "open source" principle with ready-made software code allows cost-effective digitisation even for medium-sized companies

With the BL 42 blower, MAE presents a new solution for medical applications. Medical applications such as the ventilation of patients require the highest standards in dynamics, smooth operation, reliability, low noise and compactness.

From now on, we offer HeDu online career guidance for interested students. This will involve a virtual meeting with trainees, students and young entrants to the profession, where they will be able to obtain information about the various training professions and courses of study.

With the BGE 5510 dPro, Dunkermotoren continues the roll-out of its new Motor Control Platform. In addition to the successful brushless motors with integrated electronics, it is now also available as a compact control cabinet version. With this version, you can control brushed and brushless motors from the Dunkermotoren portfolio up to a continuous output of ~250 W. In addition to the drive, incremental encoders and a brake can also be connected.