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Commentary on SPS IPC Drives 2017
SPS IPC Drives is "the" mirror of the industry: It strikingly presented the Industry 4.0 strategies of Siemens, Beckhoff, B&R and Co., but also revealed how difficult it is for the industry to agree on a communication backbone for the factory of tomorrow.
read more...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...The Automation PC 910 from B&R is now also optionally available with the quad-core Xeon processor. According to the manufacturer, the new microarchitecture enables a 50% leap in performance compared to the previous Core i processors.
read more...B&R presented a shuttle-based transport system called 'SuperTrak' at the Hannover Messe 2016. At SPS IPC Drives 2017, the successor 'ACOPOStrak', which was developed entirely in-house, had its premiere.
read more...Two years ago, Beckhoff added a self-developed visualization solution to its Twincat control technology. The next step follows at SPS IPC Drives 2017: the integration of image processing.
read more...What new products will exhibitors be presenting at SPS IPC Drives 2017? Computer&AUTOMATION provides an overview of what can be seen in the Nuremberg exhibition halls this year.
read more...B&R has developed a fully integrated, flexible embedded vision system with intelligent cameras at its core. The 'Smart Light' lighting is either integrated into the cameras or available as an external device; combinations are also possible.
read more...How quickly and with what consistency will the real-time Ethernet standard TSN be introduced? The TSN/A Conference on September 20 and 21 explored this question. Over 400 experts gathered to find out about the status quo.
read more...Is the real-time Ethernet variant TSN 'the' communication standard for Industry 4.0 production, the automobile of the future and the consumer world of tomorrow? More than 400 participants at the TSN/A Conference on September 20 and 21 in Stuttgart got to the bottom of this question.
read more...B&R is expanding its portfolio with a new series of Box PCs (Automation PC 3100) and Panel PCs (Panel PC 3100). Various interface cards for serial interfaces, Ethernet, CAN and Powerlink can be operated in two slots on the devices.
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