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The tide of ever smaller, ever lighter electronics cannot be stopped. Whether a mobile phone on your wrist or an electronic controller for the petrol saving start-stop-system in vehicles, the demand on engineers is always the same: Maximised potential in electronics for minimum weight and size. In all areas of industry the answer is miniaturisation. This creates another challenging task for automation experts, since every day in industrial production millions of screws are assembled and of course even the tiniest of screws must be analysed for the utmost processing reliability.

Screw joints are again in vogue and screwdriving technology is currently experiencing a striking upturn. In times of shortage of resources and environmentalism, system designers must stay abreast of new demands: devices should be repairable and recyclable. Although reworking is almost impossible with other joining technologies such as gluing and laser welding, this is just one of the advantages of screw joints. A screw can be removed without damaging the joined parts. Therefore screwdriving technology is becoming ever more significant in assembly applications.

At the AUTOMATICA 2010 trade fair which takes place in Munich, Germany in June, the screwdriving and automation specialists DEPRAG SCHULZ GMBH & CO. are presenting their new generation of screw feeding machines: the series 6. The machine fulfils all requirements of a precise and reliable feeding cycle and separation of screws, even mini-screws.