
New format for connectors
Harting has developed a new format for the Han B standard: The Han L32 B increases flexibility when selecting the right rectangular connector for industrial applications.

Harting has developed a new format for the Han B standard: The Han L32 B increases flexibility when selecting the right rectangular connector for industrial applications.

Lean positioning systems from Leantechnik enable cost-efficient individualized mass production.

The ultra-compact and fanless DIN rail computer POC-400, now presented by the German distributor Acceed, offers more functional security.

Corning has launched a dicing technology that will allow the company’s laser technologies business to enter the semiconductor application space to further focus on microfabrication processes.

The programming language of modern robots is very different from the programming language G-Code, which is used for programming CNC controls.

Congatec introduces the 12th generation of Intel Core mobile and desktop processors (formerly codenamed Alder Lake) on 10 new COM HPC and COM Express Computer-on-Modules.

Lapp has developed a connector whose technical properties have been simulated using virtual models.

B&R has presented a new update of its mapp Safety software.

More and more powerful data interfaces in ever smaller spaces, a challenge for CAD design and the construction of modern systems and machines.

The new, two-piece cable entry strip KEL-FA from Icotek is a compact system for inserting and sealing cables with and without connectors, as well as hoses and pneumatic lines.

Sensirion presents the SGP41 VOC+NOx sensor for indoor air quality monitoring applications. The sensor was designed as an intelligent digital switching and control unit for air treatment devices such as air purifiers.

True power-on multiturn based on energy harvesting with excellent precision and multiturn properties: Megatron's NYS35K kit absolute encoder offers encoder technologies that were previously reserved for high-end applications.

The SM40 series, which is sold exclusively by a.b.jödden in the DACH region along with many other products such as inclination sensors and angle sensors and encoders, can provide high-resolution measurement data even under extreme environmental conditions at no extra cost.

Ondosense has implemented an ultra-precise radar sensor for distance measurement, which measures reliably at all times, even in the most difficult industrial environments with dirt, smoke, oil mist or adverse light.

The SM 34 model series from Schreiber Messtechnik offers the possibility of measuring distances of up to 20 mm precisely.

The new WeldSight Remote Connect app for the OmniScan X3 phased array flaw detector streamlines the weld inspection workflow. It allows inspectors to perform each step through the WeldSight software on a PC or laptop.

IfTA's GIA-IEPE (Galvanically Isolated Amplifier) is an isolation amplifier with adjustable IEPE supply (4 mA, 8 mA and 12 mA) and galvanic isolation (500 VDC).

Rohde & Schwarz has added a new option for small cell tests to the R&S CMP200 radio communication tester.

With the measuring platform series MPF, GTM offers customer-specific, high-precision multi-component measuring platforms for use in demanding multi-axial test benches, for example for functional tests, component and structural tests in industry.

Emtron is expanding its range of high-quality and innovative power supplies with the new intelligent and programmable iLS laboratory power supply series from the manufacturer Advanced Energy.

With an extended inner radius, Autovimation's Megalodon series protective housings provide reliable all-around IP66/67 protection even for those camera types that are a bit too large for Orca series protective housings with the same outer diameter.

Affordable entry into 10 GigE, that's what Teledyne Flir's package of an Oryx Series 10GigE camera and a Myricom host adapter card provides.

Interference-free acquisition of 3D profile data on highly reflective surfaces is now made possible by the CX4090HS 3D scanners of the C6 series from Automation Technology. Multipeak is the name of this new function.

As a leading component manufacturer, Hamamatsu is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages offered by various systems, and the main differences will be explained in the new issue of PhotonicsViews, 1/2022.

Optometron has expanded its Vis-Vision software with the Deep Learning module. This module identifies and assesses objects that are also randomly present without structure, i.e. independent of the position, angle, size or lighting of the objects.

Schneider Messtechnik expands the performance of its product range and thus opens up additional application possibilities with regard to Industry 4.0.

In order to give developers of microlens arrays (MLAs) the opportunity to sound-out the potential of this technology, Ingeneric presents an MLA demonstrator in a new technical article in PhotonicsViews issue 1/2022.

The new Edge Gateway from ifm is a link between the sensor level of the system automation and the IT.

Avnet Embedded is expanding the COM Express product portfolio in the upper performance sector with the high-performance COM Express Type 6 module family MSC C6B-ALP.

The new control cabinet industrial PC C6675 with ATX motherboard as well as the housing and power supply unit of the industrial server C6670 now also enables the use of large, powerful graphics cards for particularly demanding machine learning and vision applications.

Trioptics has further developed the electronic autocollimators of the TriAngle series with a view to the specific requirements in mechanical engineering: A computer-aided straightness measurement of guide rails is carried out with an accuracy of up to 1 μm / m.

With VC picoSmart, Vision Components presents an embedded vision system the size of a conventional image sensor module, which considerably simplifies and shortens the development of vision sensors. Image acquisition and processing are fully implemented on the board, which is only 22 x 23.5 mm in size.

For rooms with limited workshop space, Vision Engineering's Deltron is a robust and accurate workshop CMM, combined with a space-saving footprint and compact design to ensure measurement stability. This unique combination is made possible by the modern design of the Delta mechanism with carbon fiber rod construction and intuitive software control.

Vision Tools Image Analysis Systems introduces the next generation of the VoE product line. Vision over Ethernet is a camera system with a decentralized hardware platform based on module components. The heart of the platform is the VoE-SlyBox evaluation unit with 10 Gbit Ethernet interface and integrated image analysis software VisionTools V60.

Ximea has prepared a particularly small industrial USB3 imager with the highest resolution to date for production. It is a miniature camera with an On Semiconductor CMOS sensor for 18 Mpix with more than 20 fps. The newcomer named MU181 is part of the xiMU series of industrial USB3 cameras that are equipped with the popular USB 3.1 Gen1 interface.