AN emerging trend in machine con struction is the modularisation of machines and installations into mechatronic sub-systems to form a transparent overall system, with vir tual mapping, simulation and control of production on PC workstations.
Standardised "intelligent" handling devices meet the current market demand for greater flexibility and shorter engineering times.
"A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a
person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as
possible" - Freeman Dyson