News about controls
What's happening in the field of control systems? Computer&AUTOMATION has summarized current products from the field of control technology in a picture gallery.
read more...Industrial Controls
read more...Siemens - Changes in the Managing Board
Successor to Siegfried Russwurm appointed
As part of the implementation of 'Vision 2020', the Siemens Group is restructuring its Managing Board. Among other things, Roland Busch was appointed as the new CTO and successor to Siegfried Russwurm on December 1.
read more...A revolution with many question marks
The number in the term 'Industry 4.0' stands for nothing less than the fourth industrial revolution. However, in order to exploit the much-cited benefits of this new era of manufacturing technology, it is essential to get to grips with the risks involved!
read more...Final figures for SPS IPC Drives 2016
Industry 4.0 was "tangible"
SPS IPC Drives 2016 is history, with trade fair organizer Mesago praising the "clearly noticeable working atmosphere on the stands". With around 63,300 visitors, the automation trade fair exceeded the level of the comparable year 2014.
read more...Impressions from the trade fair
Our impressions from this year's SPS IPC Drives show you what there was to see in addition to all the new products and systems in the 14 exhibition halls!
read more...News from the Industry 4.0 platform
As part of the National IT Summit in Saarbrücken, the Industry 4.0 platform presented the results of its work: in addition to progress in standardization and a change in personnel, there is new support - especially for SMEs.
read more...Does the edge controller replace the PLC?
Edge computing - also known as fog computing - is seen by many as the technical concept for control and data communication in Industry 4.0. Edge controllers take over the tasks of the classic PLC and bring the cloud to the machine.
read more...The new PLC - IoT included!
Turck presented a robust compact controller for modular machine concepts without control cabinets. This device was on display at the 27th SPS IPC Drives as a prototype of an IP67 cloud solution. Oliver Merget, head of the Automation System business unit at Turck, explains the concept.
read more...3D objects thanks to WPF technology
Multi-touch technology is moving into production - which means new challenges for the design of SCADA/HMI systems. Progea meets these challenges with a graphics editor integrated into the Automation Platform.NExT, which is based on WPF technology.
read more...Raspberry Pi - detach from the hobbyist image
In the field of industrial automation, the Raspberry Pi is still often regarded as a hobbyist solution. The open source project 'Conmelon' has set itself the goal of changing this. Thomas Baier, Managing Director of qmd4, explains how this is to be achieved.
read more...The FDT path to Industry 4.0
On Wednesday, the FDT Group presented its vision for the further development of FDT towards Industry 4.0/IIoT. The highlights: A special IIoT server and the release of two FDT specifications.
read more...Be careful with licensing
Open source software is becoming increasingly important in the automation technology environment, especially in the context of IoT. However, the issue of licensing should not be underestimated. Carsten Emde from OSADL explains why.
read more...Control technology of tomorrow presented
With Industry 4.0, automation technology must become more adaptable and communicative - this is the conviction of Phoenix Contact. In Nuremberg, the Blomberg-based company lifted the curtain on PLCnext - its upcoming open control technology - for the first time.
read more...What managers earn in 2016
Managers in Germany earn an average of 3.2% more than in the previous year, and their average salary this year is 122,000 euros. This and the factors that influence salary levels are revealed in a recent study by HR and management consultants Kienbaum.
read more...High-precision timer
The timers of the ZX20 control unit from Zander Aachen are accurate to 1 µs, regardless of whether times of 30 minutes or 1 µs are to be used.
read more...2016 financial year a "historic success"
In the 2016 fiscal year, Siemens exceeded its forecast for the year, which had been raised several times, thanks to a strong industrial business. The company also expects a double-digit earnings margin in this area in 2017, despite a difficult environment.
read more...Flexibly expandable
The E°EXC 880 is a hardware platform for application-optimized all-in-one controllers with onboard I/Os from Eckelmann.
read more...New president elected
Dr. Gunther Kegel, CEO of Pepperl+Fuchs, will become the new VDE President on January 1, 2017. He will succeed Dr. Bruno Jacobfeuerborn in the rotation. There will also be other changes at the top of the VDE.
read more...40 timestamps per channel
The IP67-rated 'Slim Line' Allen-Bradley IO-Link master ArmorBlock from Rockwell Automation allows users to access detailed sensor diagnostics in harsh operating environments.
read more...Entry-level class with Intel processor
Beckhoff is expanding its entry-level IPC class with two devices: the C6905 control cabinet PC and the CP6706 Panel PC.
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