Serving next-generation, AI-driven applications requires a dramatic rethink of traditional data center design. Data center infrastructure must evolve rapidly – becoming not only larger, but smarter, faster, and greener. Every connection system and square foot now counts in the race to keep up with exponential demand.

HARTING and Vertiv have teamed up to introduce a new rack power solution designed to simplify and accelerate data center deployment. The Vertiv PDB solution was launched at OCP Summit in San Jose, California

In order to minimise the amount of material used and achieve cost savings, machines and other means of production are becoming increasingly compact. This is a trend that can be observed globally. But just how far can the condensation of individual functions and, along with it, miniaturization proceed in a sensible way? From experience and close cooperation with customers from a wide range of industrial sectors, HARTING as a manufacturer of industrial interfaces can share practical recommendations and experience. This enables manufacturers and users of production systems to discover and exploit the enormous potential of miniaturisation.

One of the most significant challenges in production technology today is the question: how do I meet the "unusual" wishes of end users?

When embarking on their digitalization / IIoT (industrial internet of things) journey, machine and plant manufacturers are often unsure how to approach things – which steps come first, which can wait and which may be entirely superfluous. This article sums up the current experiences of mechanical engineering customers of the HARTING Technology Group and shows how this important but also tremendously multifaceted topic can be mastered.

Mechanical and plant engineers who pursue a consistent modular approach are often particularly successful. Interfaces play a special role in the design of modularity. This article draws conclusions from the experiences of mechanical engineering companies that have efficiently modularised their products – and now manufacture them at significantly lower cost and in less time.