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We are Körber

Körber is a leading international technology group that has more than 12,000 employees at over 100 locations worldwide. We are the home for entrepreneurs — we turn entrepreneurial thinking into customers success. Körber AG manages the Group and its four Business Areas: Digital, Pharma, Supply Chain and Technologies.

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The Körber Insights shows the entire spectrum of the Körber world: We give our view of exciting developments and trends, as well as innovations and technologies. We also highlight personalities who drive Körber forward every day with their entrepreneurial spirit and new ideas.

Sustainability

Sustainability

We develop innovative products, solutions and services for a more sustainable tomorrow and introduce the people who make them possible. Find out more in our Sustainability Report 2023.

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Körber pursues ambitious climate targets

In October 2023, we had the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) verify our commitment to achieving net-zero CO₂e emissions throughout the entire value chain by 2040. We would like to introduce you to some of the measures that will help us achieve this ambitious goal.

Group-wide standards for Ecodesign

We were able to advance our Ecodesign initiative decisively in 2023 after creating a group-wide standard for life cycle assessments (LCAs). Find out more about the first LCAs we implemented and the challenges we overcame.

Data and infrastructure protection

We aim to transform information security into a strategic objective and make it a shared concern for all employees. We provide an overview of the corresponding measures and projects in 2023.

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Wanted: team players. The know-how, creativity, and dedication of our employees have made us a successful technology company in Germany and worldwide. Now we want to shape the future — with you! We offer exciting positions for experts, young professionals, university students, and high school students.

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"Modern leadership culture has a performance-enhancing effect"

A working climate that promotes innovation, diversity, and the courage to tell uncomfortable truths is more central than ever to a company's success today. In an interview, Gabriele Fanta, Head of Group Human Resources, explains how the new leadership principles at Körber specifically strengthen fruitful collaboration in everyday working life.

What comes after traineeship, Max?

Experience report: After graduating in mechatronics and mechanical engineering, Max Döring became a trainee at Körber. Today, he is Technical Product Manager at our Körber Business Area Pharma.

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Procurement and Supply Chain Management

Joint future-proof activities are the foundation of sustainable procurement. Körber, as a globally leading technology group, therefore places great value on the optimal purchasing of materials and services.

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Acoustic camera in front of a machine

Technologies

A camera that listens with its eyes

Searching for the noise: Adam Budde, project lead of the acoustic camera project at Hauni

Machines that are too loud are annoying. Hauni uses an acoustic camera to identify the sources of irritating noises by means of digital technology. In this way, it helps to find and eliminate unexpected sources of noise when plants are still under development.

As many businesses can testify, machines can sometimes produce irritating noises because they weren’t optimally adjusted during assembly. This not only puts a strain on the employees but is also a potential health hazard. It’s also a business risk, because the noise emitted by production machines has to stay within strict legal limits. That’s why companies increasingly want to have less noisy machinery, as a quiet machine is a clear competitive edge. 

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Adam Budde, head of the Acoustic Camera project at Hauni

Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to determine where noise actually comes from. However, Hauni from Körber’s Business Area Tobacco has found a solution for this problem. Known as the “acoustic camera,” this system enables the sources of irritating noises to be made visible in photos or videos so that they can be precisely localized. Like a normal film camera, the acoustic camera is set up in front of the machine in question. However, the camera doesn’t film the machine. Instead, it uses sensors to measure the soundwaves that it emits. “Wherever we detect unusual sources of noise, it either means that the machine isn’t running properly or the sound insulation is insufficient,” explains Adam Budde, who is responsible for the acoustic camera at Hauni’s development department.

Sound detectives on the job: The acoustic camera makes it possible to localize the noise source more quickly and to visualize it in real time.

Real-time measurement using thirty microphones

Digital technology enables the camera to pinpoint the noise source with surprising accuracy — much more accurately, in fact, than the human ear could. To make this possible, thirty directional microphones are arranged in an array. “We take advantage of the fact that the sound takes different amounts of time to travel from its source to each of these thirty microphones,” says Budde. “These delays enable us to calculate the angle from which the soundwave comes, and thus to determine the location of the source of the noise.” Using this information, the camera’s software then makes the location of the loudest noise visible in a video. In short, the camera combines sound and images. It’s a simple principle that is complicated to implement but produces excellent results.

The method’s biggest advantage is that conventionally pinpointing noise sources by means of sound field mapping requires individual measurements to be made at different times. The acoustic camera, by contrast, makes it possible to localize the noise source more quickly and to visualize it in real time. The resulting videos also enable processes that change over time, such as a machine’s run-up phases or blow-out processes, to be examined easily and quickly

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Adam Budde, head of the Acoustic Camera project at Hauni

The new method saves time and money

The new method with the “listening camera” is also used to examine newly developed and enhanced machines, such as those at Hauni. As a result, formerly expensive and time-consuming process examinations can now be conducted comparatively easily and cost-efficiently. This makes it possible to test new casing concepts for machines at an early stage, for example, in order to determine and evaluate irritating noise sources. 

Another advantage of the acoustic camera is that it can be easily transported in a suitcase and quickly set up for use. This makes the camera very versatile so that it can be employed at Hauni, in other Körber Business Areas, or directly at customers’ facilities. 

A close-up of the camera: Digital technology enables the camera to pinpoint the noise source with surprising accuracy - much more accurately than the human ear could.

Background information: How is sound generated?

We refer to irritating sounds as “noise.” Sounds are created by vibrations that spread through the air as soundwaves. It’s possible to measure the strength of the sound, which influences the intensity of the noise. The parameter measured is the sound pressure. The measured value is the sound pressure level, which is given in decibels (dB). The perception of volume is fundamentally determined by this sound pressure as well as by the sound’s frequency. The frequency (number of vibrations per second) defines the sound’s pitch. The higher the frequency, the higher the pitch of the sound.

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