From a simple standard work table to a (partially) automated high-tech workstation with robotic support and optical assistance systems - with the right components, the optimum task-specific assembly workstation can be configured ready for use for almost any requirement.
As a result of the standardization activities of the Industrial Automation Profile IEC/IEEE 60802, the convergent TSN network will be able to be used by further industrial applications in addition to Profinet via TSN. A new Ethernet switch supports all required TSN mechanisms of this Industrial Automation Profile on the hardware side. Therefore, based on an extended configuration, convergent use with OPC UA and further protocols is given in the future.
The constantly increasing demand for bandwidth is leading to ever shorter communication technology cycles. The service life of capital goods in plant engineering thus sometimes significantly exceeds the availability of the selected data connection. The circuit-switched data service CSD is an example of this development. By the end of 2022, the existing communication solution must be replaced. A CSD over IP gateway allows plants communicating via CSD to continue using them with little effort instead of replacing them.
Digitalization has long since arrived in the packaging industry as well: Powerful control systems have taken the place of relay-based hardware and modern safety concepts are being implemented which, while providing the best possible protection, neither hinder processes nor encourage operators to tamper with them.
In the PXI Express housing, it's all about making the right use of the limited space. Together with an IPC partner, a housing manufacturer has now developed controller cards that are particularly narrow.
Machine tools still set the tone in terms of precision. But robots could soon challenge them for this top position in some areas of application. How? Answers are provided by the cooperation between the cycloidal gearbox specialist Nabtesco and the robot control expert Keba.
The eSIM (embedded SIM) is more than just a miniature version of the classic SIM card: with eUICC technology, it is possible to change network providers and tariffs at the click of a mouse. A closer look shows that networked companies cannot get around eSIMs.
The Econo-Pak closing machines process filled folding boxes made of cardboard or corrugated board. The folding boxes are filled with food and non-food products beforehand and then closed with hot glue or air. The stable and uninterrupted throughput of the folding boxes is ensured by several upper rotors driven by AC housing motors.
13.05.2022 - High-speed converters for stationary applications represent a very special niche that Sieb & Meyer covers with its product range.
13.05.2022 - Servotecnica's SVTS A series of encapsulated slip rings without a hollow shaft ensure trouble-free electrical connection of up to 30 individual lines in the smallest of spaces.
13.05.2022 - The series of the 100% corrosion-resistant single-tube linear unit E-II stainless steel from RK Rose+Krieger is growing: Thanks to a special material mix, the new high-temperature variants of the stainless steel axis are suitable for use at temperatures of up to 150 °C.
13.05.2022 - With the VDA 5050 communication interface, driverless transport vehicles from different manufacturers can be networked with one another.
13.05.2022 - Steinmeyer Mechatronik has developed an innovative rotary lifting actuator especially for the high-precision, automated assembly of miniaturized components.
13.05.2022 - Automatica will take place in Munich from June 21 to 24, 2022. At this leading trade fair for intelligent automation and robotics, Cognex will be presenting its range of machine vision products in Hall B5, Stand 401.
13.05.2022 - At the Automatica in Munich, Rollon will show how automation concepts can be implemented reliably, flexibly and economically through a combination of linear movements.
13.05.2022 - At this year's Automatica, ABB will be presenting robotics and digitization solutions at its booth, with which users can improve their flexible production, logistics and other processes with robot-supported automation solutions.
13.05.2022 - Machine developers can now determine with just a few clicks where they should plan power supply modules for the I/O system.
17.05.22 - Casio is upgrading a number of mobile data collection (MDE) devices to Android 11. The IT-G600, IT-G650 and ET-L10 models are now being delivered with the new operating system.
13.05.2022 - As part of the Predictive Services for Drive Systems, Siemens is expanding its range with an edge application. The Predictive Service Analyzer indicates defects in the drive system at an early stage before they affect the entire production.
13.05.2022 - Portwell has introduced new network security appliances. The ANS-9A44F/9A42F are ideal for SD-WAN (Software-Defined WAN) applications supporting 5G and Wi-Fi 6.
13.05.2022 - The I/O DIN rail device PCAN-MicroMod FD DR CANopen Digital 1 from PEAK-System has passed the official CiA (CAN in Automation) conformity tests for both CANopen and CANopen FD.
13.05.2022 - Energy storage with maximum capacity and compact dimensions can be implemented with the angled version of the MIXO CX 01 YA modules.
13.05.2022 - With the firmware update FW 1.6.0 for the Ethernet gateways GEN-3G and GEN-N of the I/O system Excom, Turck is improving the IIoT capabilities and simplifying maintenance and commissioning of the system.
17.05.2022 - Delphin Technology has revised the complete software of its Delphin Data Center for measurement data acquisition and central measurement data management and also supports business models such as "Condition Monitoring as a service".
12.05.2022 - The displacement sensor RC13 from Megatron is suitable for a variety of applications with its mounting options in measuring lengths from 25 mm to 250 mm.
17.05.2022 - Siglent Technologies introduces its two new X-Series handheld oscilloscopes.
17.05.2022 - Based on the in-house capacitive Capatec technology, EBE has developed a rotary encoder without any mechanical parts.
TWK completes its range of electronic cam controllers NOC.
17.05.2022 - The new PI1xxx pressure sensors are mainly used in the food industry and therefore meet all common hygiene requirements.
Acceleration sensors must be calibrated regularly in order to be able to deliver highly accurate, error-free measurement results.
Gefran's non-contact magnetostrictive displacement transducers from the Hyperwave series with a Profinet interface are particularly easy to integrate into customer-specific designs.
Leuze developed the new LS25CI through-beam photoelectric sensor specifically for use in the packaging industry: the model is very powerful and can x-ray any type of film.
The pressure sensor module type MTF-1 from WIKA is now also available in a version with ATEX and IECEx approval.
12.05.2022 - Hiwin is now also offering all Techman Robots customers the opportunity to expand the radius of action of the smart cobots with the new "seventh-axis kit".
12.05.2022 - The Drive Controller Combivert F6 and Servo Drives Combivert S6 from KEB Automation are now certified in the PRO device variant for communication via the real-time Ethernet interface Profinet.
