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Softing launches a mobile multi-protocol interface for commissioning and maintaining field devices.
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read more...Siemens takes over Enlighted
The Siemens Building Technologies Division has announced the acquisition of Enlighted, a Silicon Valley-based provider of intelligent IoT solutions for buildings, with the aim of further advancing the digitalization of building technology.
read more...Safe shutdown via IO-Link Safety
Version 1.0 of the technical specification 'IO-Link Safety - System Extensions' was published around a year ago. More than 20 companies from the field of functional safety were involved in its development. What has happened since then?
read more...Production stop avoided
A manufacturer of biopharmaceutical active ingredients had to replace its existing systems for producing water for injection and pure steam - in a confined space and without stopping production. This was also a challenge for level measurement.
read more...Winner of the Hermes Award 2018 chosen
This year, Endress+Hauser Messtechnik - a specialist in process measurement technology - won the Hermes Award 2018. The industry prize, endowed with 100,000 euros, was presented by Anja Karliczek, Federal Minister of Education and Research, during the opening ceremony of the trade fair.
read more...Half a billion in sight
21.4% increase in turnover - the Balluff Group recorded record growth in 2017. And has set itself the goal of breaking the 500 million euro barrier in 2019.
read more...Communication via radio
Harting offers the edge computing system 'Mica (Modular Industrial Computing Architecture)' to know the status of machines and process data further.
read more...Capture up to 4096 revolutions
For the SES/SEM70 motor feedback systems for direct drives, Sick has implemented a multiturn version with mechanical gearing, which eliminates the need for additional components such as external buffer batteries.
read more...Guide for Sensor Technology 4.0
The "Sensors for Industry 4.0" guideline from the VDMA is intended to support users and manufacturers of sensor systems with a structured process for defining requirements and developing cost-effective sensor systems.
read more...With a view to the digital world
This year's Sensor+Test will take place from June 26 to 28, 2018. Included for the first time: the "Digital Transformation" theme park.
read more...Generation change completed
The shareholder structure at Lenord + Bauer changed with effect from January 1, 2018: The company founders and shareholders Hans Look (80) and Dieter Westerhoff (75) have transferred their shares in the company to the Lenord family.
read more...Sensor communication of the future
What does Industry 4.0 mean for sensor manufacturer Sick? Dr. Robert Bauer, CEO of Sick, comments on the need for openness and problems with standardization.
read more...Cooling system manufacturers under pressure to act
An EU regulation is intended to help reduce harmful emissions in the industrial sector by 2030. However, the requirement to replace fluorinated greenhouse gases and carry out leakage checks is putting cooling system manufacturers under pressure. Gas sensors can help.
read more...Concepts for Industry 4.0
Information generated by measuring devices is indispensable for the control and regulation of processes - but also for the development of new concepts for Industry 4.0. However, it is not about digitalization at any price.
read more...The challenge of the Internet of Things
Operatorless, i.e. unattended, remote facilities and systems are technically controllable thanks to the Internet of Things (IoT). But be careful: an IoT system does not necessarily include the external environment.
read more...The smart diagnosis
Intelligent production processes, in which everything is networked with everything else, can significantly increase the productivity of machines and systems. A modular diagnostics solution contributes to the smart factory.
read more...Customized hydraulics
Linear position sensors are indispensable in hydraulic applications. Magnetostrictive measuring systems are particularly suitable for detecting the piston rod position in fluid cylinders.
read more...Healthy skepticism
In the digital transformation, the search for new, disruptive business models has given way to a stronger focus on benefits: instead of categorically questioning the old, the aim is to digitize existing business models.
read more...Operating temperature between -40 and +130 °C
The mechanical sensors of the MP600 series from Microprecision have been developed to detect two positions using just one device. The distance between the two positions can be adjusted to the user's application between 0.3 and 1.5 mm.
read more...Sparking sensor networks
Point-to-point connections for wireless sensors are the status quo on moving or inaccessible machine and system parts. New are wireless networks that connect hundreds of sensors to higher-level IT systems via access points.
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