With the AI platform NRU-120S with integrated Jetson AGX Xavier module from Nvidia, Acceed offers a cost-effective solution for future edge computing applications of AI. The compact device has a robust, fanless design suitable for industrial use and has the same GPU performance as a mainstream GPU PC with 120 W with just 30 W energy consumption.
The new measuring unit MU-Thermocouple1 CAN FD from PEAK-System transmits its temperature measurement data with the modern CAN FD standard. Eight mini-connections for thermocouples of types J, K or T are available for temperature measurement, depending on the product version.
Sieb & Meyer has developed a special function for the use of the SD3 in servo hoists: the servo amplifier now enables you to switch between torque and speed operation "on the fly". This control technology challenge is primarily found in lifting systems for material handling, such as those used in the automotive industry.
As a manufacturer of cycloid gears, Nabtesco offers a broad portfolio of hollow and solid shaft gears and supplies powerful, flexible and future-proof drive solutions for general mechanical engineering and robotics.
Findling Wälzlager offers a comprehensive range of solutions - from the robust housing bearings of the Xforce series to the innovative SRU units from the manufacturer FYH to the application-specific optimized standard roller bearings.
If your application requires not only high power transmission but also protection against touching the connector contacts, the modular MIXO connector CX 02 7 in combination with contact-protected pin contacts CX7MA… P offers reliable protection.
The new industrial box PC SEMIL-1300GC, which has now been announced by Acceed, impresses with a clever expansion concept. The basic model SEMIL-1300 is expanded to the full rack width and then has a high-performance GPU Tesla T4 or Quadro P2200 from Nvidia in addition to the integrated Intel UHD graphics card.
With the dome-shaped signal light SBP-RGB, di-soric provides users with a new generation of all-round and widely visible status indicators for a wide range of applications. The compact signal light that can be used in the smallest of spaces can be found among other things. Used in classic industrial sectors, in laboratory automation and at assembly workstations.
With the PH12CMI, ICP Germany brings another mainboard in the Thin Mini-ITX form factor to the market in addition to the PH11CMI, which supports the 10th generation of Intel Core processors. The flat mainboard has a size of 170 x 170 mm and comes to a height of only / only 20 mm.
Contactless energy transfer, fast data transfer and condition monitoring in one: the new BIC M30 inductive couplers from Balluff are particularly suitable for production lines where flexibility is required.
Quadrant transitions (“overshoots”) are a known problem when machine tools perform circular machining operations. An innovation from NSK now makes it possible to reduce the effects of overshoots.
Read the international Version of the Automation magazine here for free. The Cover Story "Industrial Robot Protection - Alternatives to the Safety Fence" is written by Tobias Thiesmann, System and Solutions Manager at Schmersal.
In order to easily integrate ASi participants of all generations in the field into ASi networks, Bihl + Wiedemann has developed a modern ASi-5 / ASi-3 manual addressing device. As with its ASi-5 / ASi-3 gateways, the company relies on full compatibility, which means that the addressing device can be used for all ASi-5 modules as well as for all modules of earlier ASi generations - and that with the same standard Workflow.
Buildings become intelligent. Sensors, controls and actuators for very different applications are now standard equipment for everything that has four walls and a roof. Of course, these systems also need power supplies for this - in the same variety as the applications themselves.
Compmall has presented its new embedded PC GP-3000. The GP-3000 can be used on the one hand as a scalable embedded PC and on the other hand, with attachable GPU expansion boxes, as a GPU computer for demanding AI applications. The GP-3000 can be equipped with up to two full-length graphics accelerator cards.
With the new Balluff engineering tool, software is available for cross-manufacturer commissioning and configuration of IO-Link devices according to the IO-Link standard for sensors and actuators. The software provides an overview of the status of all IO-Link devices in the network and automatically sends notifications in the event of errors. The user can easily document the current status of the network and - without a programmable controller (PLC) - test inputs and outputs.
B&R has added the CANopen safety protocol to its safe X90 controllers. With CANopen Safety, data is transmitted in a safety-related manner in accordance with SIL2. The secure protocol thus makes a significant contribution to the compliance with guidelines with regard to machine safety.
The transmission manufacturer Nidec Graessner supplies drive solutions for driverless transport systems (AGV). AGVs do the monotonous, arduous and injury-prone warehouse work faster and more precisely - 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Torsten Nolting took over as head of ABB's Electrification business area in Germany on August 1, 2021. He succeeds Uwe Laudenklos, who became Lead Business Area Manager Northern and Central Europe for the same business area on April 1 of this year.
VDMA raises real production forecast for 2021 from previously plus 7 percent in real terms to now plus 10 percent. Furthermore, new technologies are contributing to the achievement of the Paris climate targets.
Profinet is the market leading Industrial Ethernet system in Factory and Process Automation. With Industrie 4.0 and IIoT, new requirements arise that needs to be fullfilled by these systems. Opening up the Shopfloor and connect it to IT systems raise new questions regarding Safety and Security of Industrial Ethernet solutions.
A few years ago it was still science fiction, today technology is science fact. What inspires children and adults alike as a gimmick on the mobile phone and the pad, but also has great advantages in production and logistics. In this lecture you will find out what these are, how they can be implemented and what is already being used in practice. The Webinar is in German language.
Datalogic buys the Italian sensor manufacturer Micro Detectors for 37 million euros. With its 200 employees, it becomes part of the subsidiary Datalogic S.r.l. The previous owner was the industrial holding Finmasi Group.
Andreas Strobel joins the management team of Dr. Heinrich Schneider Messtechnik GmbH on January 1, 2021. The 42-year-old has since been responsible for sales, marketing and service. He now forms a dual leadership with Dr. Wolfram Kleuver.
In February, the Dr.-Ing. Siegfried Werth Foundation awarded a prize to a scientific paper in the field of non-contact dimensional metrology at a ceremony held on the premises of Werth Messtechnik in Giessen.
B&R presented the Acopos 6D system. It is based on the principle of magnetic levitation technology: shuttles with integrated permanent magnets move without contact on a surface made up of motor segments.
