SIAF 2019 on course
From March 10 to 12, 2019, the 'SPS - Industrial Automation Fair Guangzhou' (SIAF) will take place at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou. The omens for the fair are good.
read more...Sensor Technology
read more...Handover to the next generation
The group of companies around the Kaufbeuren-based family business Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW) is facing up to future challenges with a new organization and the handover of the company to the next generation.
read more...Group continues to grow
A 6% increase in turnover and an interesting range of new products at Hannover Messe 2019 - the Jumo Group had a lot to report at its annual press conference.
read more...Change in management
Guido Frohnhaus, one of Turck's managing directors, is leaving the company at the end of February 2019. Joachim Göddertz will take over the management tasks on an interim basis.
read more...Detect even tiny defects
Micro-Epsilon is expanding its portfolio of solutions for 3D surface inspection with the Reflectcontrol and Surfacecontrol systems, which can be used to check the quality of glossy and matt surfaces using deflectometry and structured light projection respectively.
read more...Change in management
Turck's Austrian subsidiary has a new managing director in Herbert Salzgeber. He took over the management in January 2019.
read more...Secure in the cloud
Managing sensor apps securely and centrally and making them available for encrypted electronic exchange - this is the fundamental objective of a new cloud service.
read more...The fusion of sensor data
Inclination sensors in mobile applications are sometimes exposed to strong vibrations. In order to obtain correct, unadulterated measured values, it is advisable to combine the sensor with a gyroscope.
read more...IO-Link - but wireless!
IO-Link is used for simple wiring of intelligent, complex sensors and actuators using a standardized 3-wire sensor cable. In future, devices will also communicate wirelessly via IO-Link.
read more...Interview with Dr. Gunther Kegel
The sensor technology of the last 20 years
A lot has happened in the world of automation in the last 20 years. Dr. Gunther Kegel, CEO of Pepperl+Fuchs, President of the VDE and ZVEI Vice President, explains which changes are significant for sensor technology and which specific developments have taken place here.
read more...Safety in sensor technology
What do sensor manufacturers currently offer in terms of safety? At SPS IPC Drives, there were a number of clever concepts on show - including from Sick, Pepperl+Fuchs and Leuze electronic.
read more...Award-winning sensor platform
The Austrian start-up Endiio is presenting a retrofittable sensor technology for drive monitoring at the trade fair - recently awarded a prize by the VDMA.
read more...SIL3 / PLe with just one sensor
One of the product highlights presented by Pepperl+Fuchs at SPS IPC Drives 2018 is the 'safePxV' absolute positioning system. Armin Hornberger, Head of Product Management Industrial Vision Components, reveals what it can do.
read more...Focus on safety
A striking feature of the Leuze trade fair stand - otherwise traditionally kept in the corporate color red - is a yellow wall this year. The intention behind it: To draw attention to the sensor manufacturer's safety products and solutions.
read more...Endress+Hauser measurement technology
The IIoT strategy
The process industry is still in its infancy when it comes to Industry 4.0 and digitalization. Benedikt Schumann, Product Manager Industry 4.0, explains how Endress+Hauser is helping users here.
read more...From the sensor to any cloud
Connect industrial sensors and actuators to any cloud platform? Via plug & play? The company Cloudrail shows how this can be done.
read more...Digitalized throughout
The digitalization of production is one of the key topics at SPS IPC Drives 2018, and Max Dietrich, Product and Application Manager Smart Data Solutions, explains how Sick is positioning itself in this area.
read more...All water qualities covered
Digiline is a bus-compatible connection system for digital sensors in liquid analysis from Jumo. The program has been expanded to include sensors for conductive (CR) and inductive (Ci) measurement of electrolytic conductivity.
read more...The self-learning assistance system
Conventional sensor-based diagnostics provide information about production faults without drawing any conclusions about their causes. This is not the case with an adaptive diagnostic system that uses the machine operator's experience and offers situation-specific solutions.
read more...One 2D camera is enough
The PXV 2D absolute positioning system from Pepperl+Fuchs has a reading window measuring approximately 120 mm x 80 mm, which means that the data matrix code band always remains within the detection range.
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