The Hamburg-based Joachim Herz Foundation acquires a stake in Weidmüller as part of a capital increase and thus holds around 20% of the shares in the family-owned company. The commitment is aimed at long-term corporate development and accelerated growth.
For holistic digitalization on the store floor, machines and control systems must be seamlessly networked with IT systems. This requires a strategic approach that goes beyond the traditional automation pyramid.
It is currently a major vision: the virtualization of control systems. This and the next article in this series will address this topic. The decisive prerequisite and content of this article is the connectivity of the control system right down to field level.
Baumer is expanding its product portfolio for positioning tasks with the fieldbus encoder 'EN580C'. The EN580C optical multiturn encoder is backwards compatible.
The direct-imaging 'OLCI' (Open-Loop Coreless Integral) sensors from LEM measure direct currents from 2 to 42 kA without surge current limitation and have a large opening for measuring high currents on large busbars with a bandwidth of up to 1 MHz.
With 'OndoSense reach WA' (Wide Angle), Ondosense has developed a compact radar sensor for collision avoidance, vehicle detection and object positioning.
Single Pair Ethernet is a technological extension of the Ethernet standard with a lightweight two-wire connection solution. But where can its use actually be expected for economic reasons? What hurdles still need to be overcome?
'Digitization and Verification of Marine Live Emission Data' is the name of a research project launched by a consortium led by Sick. The aim is to develop a solution with which emission data from ships can be digitally collected and verified in real time.
The Fraba Group, supplier of sensors for industrial motion control and safety systems, established a business unit in China in March 2024. Fraba Industrial Automation (Shanghai) Company will serve the Chinese industrial automation market.
Intelligent power distribution systems are valuable helpers when it comes to digitalization in the IT rack. Monitoring the IT racks using sensors is a particularly effective measure for increasing system availability.
The trend towards hyper-convergent infrastructures is not stopping at the manufacturing and automation industry. Siemens has now launched the first edge rack server in robust industrial PC quality. How is the inner workings of the server designed?
Roboverse Reply demonstrated at the European Land Robot Trial (ELROB) 2024 how autonomous mobile robots enable remote reconnaissance work and received the 'Best Performance' award in the Recon Challenge.
Continental Mobile Robots relies on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to develop new software solutions for autonomous mobile robots (AMR). The focus is on managing the hybrid use of Continental's scalable software stack for AMR navigation.
The demands on industrial employees are changing. Technological and digital skills will become more important by 2030. This is shown by a study - which should now also help with further training.
If you want to remain competitive in automation and control technology, you should take the first steps towards AI. It is important to avoid dead ends, reduce task complexity and keep an eye on the issue of fleet observability.
China is positioning itself on the global market with higher quality and technologically advanced products at lower prices. A recent VDMA study shows how China's mechanical and plant engineering industry is proceeding and how companies and politicians in this country should act.
With the 'Pad-Ex 01 P12', Pepperl+Fuchs is launching a new tablet for professional use in potentially explosive atmospheres in Zone 2/22, Division 2.
KEB Automation has launched the 'Web HMI C6 X1'. The panel can be flexibly attached anywhere on the machine thanks to various mounting options.
Cosel launches the 'HFA3500TF', a flat, three-phase, three-wire, closed 3500 W AC/DC power supply optimized for industrial equipment such as semiconductor manufacturing, laser processing machines and robotics.
The high order intake in April proved to be a flash in the pan for the German mechanical engineering industry. Disillusionment set in the following month.
