Dr. Florian Jurecka has been 'Vice President Global Sales and Marketing' at Aucotec since 1 June 2024 and reports directly to the Management Board in this newly created position.

Kontron expands its Management Board with Philipp Schulz and Dr. Johannes Fues. As COO, Schulz will be responsible for the Aerospace and North America business units, while Dr. Fues will assume the position of COO for the GreenTec business unit.

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According to the manufacturer, the new incremental encoder from Oriental Motor is particularly suitable for use in predictive maintenance thanks to its precision in measuring speed, position and direction of rotation.

With the 'U18T' ultrasonic sensors, Wenglor offers a series in the standard M18 design in a stainless steel housing that is suitable for detecting shiny, transparent and dark objects and, according to the supplier, also reliably detects reflective surfaces.

The 'Acuro AM34' absolute encoder from Hengstler has an installation depth of less than 20 mm and therefore enables the design of servomotors with very small dimensions.

A new facility for AI is to be a point of contact for small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups in particular. The Digital Minister speaks of AI "Made in Germany".

What to do when production facilities are 'getting on in years' and their retrofitting needs to meet both digitalization and sustainability requirements? A long-term project for temperature monitoring of control cabinets helped an automotive manufacturer with this.

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Many faults in industrial networks and systems are caused by electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). However, it is often not known exactly what these are - such as interference currents due to asymmetrical supply lines.

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The Schmersal Group has founded a new subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh City, Schmersal Vietnam Co. Ltd.

Computer problems are disrupting air traffic in many places around the world. Here is an overview of what is known so far and the aspects that are still unclear.

The German electrical and digital industry is once again feeling the effects of weaker demand from abroad. Germany's most important trading partner is also holding back.

TQ is expanding its RoboDrive division. The focus is on series production and the development of complete drive systems. The aim is to leverage potential in the growth markets of humanoid and collaborative robotics as well as industrial automation.

Analysts report: ABB is operating more profitably than ever before, but is disappointing in terms of order development. The weak quarterly balance sheet is also weighing on Siemens, according to dpa-AFX Broker.

The Hamburg-based Joachim Herz Foundation acquires a stake in Weidmüller as part of a capital increase and thus holds around 20% of the shares in the family-owned company. The commitment is aimed at long-term corporate development and accelerated growth.

For holistic digitalization on the store floor, machines and control systems must be seamlessly networked with IT systems. This requires a strategic approach that goes beyond the traditional automation pyramid.

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It is currently a major vision: the virtualization of control systems. This and the next article in this series will address this topic. The decisive prerequisite and content of this article is the connectivity of the control system right down to field level.

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Baumer is expanding its product portfolio for positioning tasks with the fieldbus encoder 'EN580C'. The EN580C optical multiturn encoder is backwards compatible.

The direct-imaging 'OLCI' (Open-Loop Coreless Integral) sensors from LEM measure direct currents from 2 to 42 kA without surge current limitation and have a large opening for measuring high currents on large busbars with a bandwidth of up to 1 MHz.

With 'OndoSense reach WA' (Wide Angle), Ondosense has developed a compact radar sensor for collision avoidance, vehicle detection and object positioning.

Single Pair Ethernet is a technological extension of the Ethernet standard with a lightweight two-wire connection solution. But where can its use actually be expected for economic reasons? What hurdles still need to be overcome?

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