The SPS/IPC/Drives automation trade fair will take place in Nuremberg this year from November 23 to 25. One focus of the trade fair will be drive technology. The three specialist media "elektrotechnik", "konstruktionspraxis" and "ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS" from Vogel Business Media will be providing information on current trends in drive technology in the run-up to the event with the current special edition of "motion & drives News".



Top topic: Electrical and mechanical components are increasingly merging to form highly efficient systems. With compact power electronics, innovative motor concepts, optimized mechanical components, new materials and high-performance communication technology, drives are constantly improving.



One example of this is the drive concept of a robot. The first motor-driven skeletons have now appeared in Japan and will be launched on the Western market in the near future. The "dressable" robots are designed to support people with limited mobility and enable the wearer to compensate for physical disabilities or transport heavy loads. This brings us a lot closer to the comic and movie hero "Ironman" thanks to modern drive technology.



The editorial teams of "elektrotechnik", "konstruktionspraxis" and "ELEKTRONIKPRAXIS" pool their expertise in this technology segment and report on the latest innovations and future developments in drive technology every year in the run-up to SPS/IPC/Drives. The joint special edition in newspaper format has just been published with a print run of 55,000 copies and is also available free of charge at the trade fair stand of the three specialist media (Hall 10, Stand 236) at SPS/IPC/Drives.



You can receive the special edition by e-mail: redaktionet@vogel.de. It is also available as an ePaper at www.elektrotechnik.de. You can find the special trade fair pages at: www.elektrotechnik.de/sps2010.



About Vogel Business Media: The specialist media company is one of the leading German specialist information providers with around 100 trade journals, 60 websites, congresses, seminars, services and numerous international activities. Its headquarters are in Würzburg. The print and online media primarily serve the industrial, automotive, information technology and legal/business/tax sectors. Over 250 specialist and industry experts prepare specialist journalistic topics for readers, users and event visitors and guarantee high-quality knowledge transfer and information. Vogel offers advertisers customized communication solutions ranging from reach and image building to lead generation. Multi-media via print, online, events and services.