By measuring the weight of freight trains, loads on the infrastructure can be determined and predictive maintenance measures can be taken on wagons and rails. A special dynamic weighing system is now also on the rails in Germany.
read more...Weidmüller relies on in-house developments to monitor its own ventilation systems for electroplating: The performance parameters are analyzed by the 'u-sense vibration' and 'energy direkt' sensors and with the 'Industrial AutoML' AI software.
read more...Rockwell Automation has appointed Cyril Perducat as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As of July 1, 2021, he will report directly to President and CEO Blake Moret.
read more...From August 1, trade fairs in Bavaria will once again be permitted in compliance with the 3-G concept. At the moment, nothing stands in the way of the SPS in November.
read more...Internet of Things" conference
The virtual conference "Internet of Things" will take place on October 20 and 21. The program covers the area of conflict between cloud and edge and addresses the integration of artificial intelligence in IoT devices.
read more...The automation division of ProCom will be managed as an independent company in future. This is a consequence of the takeover of ProCom's energy division by the investor Volue ASA, which makes it obligatory to separate the 'Energy' and 'Automation' divisions.
read more...Softing is adding the edgeConnector Modbus to its edgeConnector product family, which is based on Docker technology.
read more...Lively and open: The future Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung is the antithesis of outgoing CEO Volkmar Denner, who is considered to be more reserved and sober.
read more...Volkmar Denner has been at the helm of the Bosch Group, a company with 400,000 employees and sales of over 70 billion euros, for nine years. At the end of the year, he hands over the reins to Stefan Hartung - something that had been expected. But there is a surprise.
read more...Biontech and Siemens are further expanding their strategic collaboration for global vaccine production. A Biontech production facility modeled on the Marburg plant in Singapore is now to be built.
read more...The future-oriented Industry 4.0 project was officially launched at Hannover Messe 2011. The Industry 4.0 platform's research advisory board has now met for a top-level dialog and drafted a twelve-point communiqué on the work still to be done.
read more...Softing expands the 'dataFeed edgeConnector' product family based on Docker technology with the container edgeConnector 840D.
read more...Fraunhofer, Sabic, Procter & Gamble
What to do with all the disposable face masks to protect against the coronavirus? A pilot project on the circular economy shows how the masks can be kept in the recycling loop, reducing plastic waste and the extraction of fossil raw materials.
read more...Companies in the automation sector believe they are well positioned for the incipient economic recovery. From January to April 2021, factory automation in Germany recorded an 8% increase in sales compared to the same period of the previous year.
read more...Companies in the automation industry believe they are well positioned for the incipient economic recovery. From January to April 2021, factory automation in Germany recorded a year-on-year increase in sales of 8%.
read more...In the software tool PNOZmulti Configurator of the configurable small controller 'PNOZmulti 2' from Pilz, new function blocks are available from software version 10.13 for easy configuration of safe user programs.
read more...On September 1, Dr. Dirk Didascalou will become the new Chief Technology Officer of Siemens Digital Industries. He is moving from Amazon Web Services in Seattle.
read more...In January and February, factory automation recorded a significant increase in orders from Germany and abroad. Holger Schulte, the new Chairman of the ZVEI Switchgear, Controlgear and Industrial Controls Division, comments on this development.
read more...As a presence trade fair with an additional digital offering - this is how the SPS is to be held this year in November.
read more...Wittenstein as part of the ctrlX World
Wittenstein is now offering apps for smart gearboxes via ctrlX World, the ecosystem around the automation platform ctrlX Automation from Bosch Rexroth.
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