At the recent EMO 2025 exhibition in Hanover, work-holding equipment manufacturer Roemheld presented its suite of digitalised work-holding solutions, which allow manufacturers to integrate their clamping processes into an Industry 4.0 factory environment.
The focus was on innovations like STARK.intelligence and the Hilma AS-E electromechanical machine vice series, which can transform traditional workholding into a vital source of real-time data, enhancing process reliability, efficiency and predictive maintenance.
In today’s rapidly evolving manufacturing landscape, companies face unprecedented pressures: the demand for higher precision, increasing product variants and the need for ongoing cost optimisation. While many metalworking companies still harbour doubts about the value of digitalised workpiece clamping, Roemheld, through its Stark division, demonstrates that these advanced solutions are not just an advantage, but a necessity for future-proofing production.
Martin Greif, Stark’s managing director, said: “We’re committed to making companies fit for the future of smart metalworking by providing solutions that integrate seamlessly, provide invaluable data and dramatically improve process control.While basic pneumatic or sensory monitoring of clamped and unclamped states has been available for years, our latest developments unlock a new dimension of process control and self-diagnosis.Advanced digitalisation of workholding is no longer a concept, but a tangible reality that delivers significant returns on investment, often within a few months.”
STARK.intelligence is a system with modular sensors designed to make hydraulically, pneumatically or mechanically operated zero-point clamping systems digital-ready. Each clamp is equipped with its own multi-sensor unit that continuously collects critical information, such as travel (position), temperature and pressure. The data is aggregated by a master unit and transmitted to various end devices via an IO-Link interface, available in both inductive and wired versions.
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