The EU cybersecurity strategy defines the requirements in terms of resilience and attack defense for component and system manufacturers and manufacturing companies. The IEC 62443 series of standards aims to implement security-by-design in products and systems.
Automation solutions from Turck support the profitability, efficiency and sustainability of machines and systems. In this way, they not only increase competitiveness, but also contribute to more environmentally friendly production and intralogistics.
"Solutions for your industry - We create value together" - this is the motto under which SICK will be presenting innovations from the world of smart sensors, integrated safety and automation solutions and digital services at SPS 2023 (November 14-16, Hall 7A, Stand 340).
Comprehensive monitoring in industry is made possible by PRTG and, in combination with the new Paessler PRTG OPC UA Server product extension, offers you a holistic overview of IT and OT components in your OPC UA-enabled system, such as SCADA, MES or DCS.
Bihl+Wiedemann is a medium-sized, owner-managed company - founded in 1992 by Jochen Bihl and Bernhard Wiedemann in Mannheim. It develops and manufactures complete solutions for functional safety and data communication in machines and systems.
Big data is not a panacea: the right data minimizes the waste of energy, time and material over the entire life cycle of a machine - from efficient design and safe operation to simple recycling.
AT - Automation Technology launches the 'MetrologyPackage' on the market. It enables the process of 'install sensor, scan object, visualize and evaluate measurement data' out of the box within ten minutes.
With the Maintenance App, PIA Automation offers users of its assembly and testing systems a software solution for managing maintenance.
The Japanese company Rion offers vibration measuring devices, including the VA-12 portable vibration analyzer, the VM-82A vibration meter and the VM-56 triaxial ground vibration meter.
Extend3D has been acquired by Atlas Copco. Extend3D's headquarters and the Munich team are now part of the Motor Vehicle Industry Tools & Assembly Systems division within the Industrial Technique business area.
Embedded systems provider Neousys Technology announces the Nuvo-9160GC, a wide temperature range edge AI platform with high CPU and GPU performance utilizing the Intel 12th Gen platform and a 130W NVIDIA RTX GPU card.
The Hima Group closed 2022 with an 18% increase in incoming orders. The provider of safety-related automation solutions expects further growth in 2023 thanks to digitalization, internationalization and the expansion of partnerships.
The innovative spirit of the automation industry produces many good, but not always easy-to-implement solutions - for example, safe mobile operating devices. But how can machine safety functions be mapped with wireless operating devices?
PTC has added a component to the augmented reality solution 'Vuforia' that simplifies visual inspection in production: 'Step Check' guides employees step by step through the inspection tasks with context-sensitive work instructions.
The new digital displays presented by Siebert can be controlled via Profinet. The product range extends from compact devices in a built-in housing to large displays for indoor and outdoor use and reading distances of up to 100 m.
Rockwell Automation complements its visualization portfolio with 'FactoryTalk Optix'.
Chatbots have been on everyone's lips since ChatGPT at the latest. Beckhoff also uses the technology in its TwinCAT XAE engineering environment.
Hima has opened a Security Lab at the Customer Solutions Center in Brühl. The provider of safety-oriented automation solutions intends to develop and test holistic OT security solutions for the digitalization of functional safety there in the future.
On July 1, Claudia Plattner will take over the management of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).
Simple automation with robotics and artificial intelligence: with this concept, the Jarvis research team won the Kuka Innovation Award 2023, which was endowed with 20,000 euros and focused on the simple operation and maximum flexibility of robots.
