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High-voltage direct current transmission is increasingly being used to transmit large amounts of energy over long distances. An application example from Siemens Energy shows what such a solution has to do with model-based engineering and PC-based control.
read more...They've earned it: all 96 nominated products from 12 categories in their own e-paper. Browse through the individual areas and make your personal selection. You can also find out more about the companies and their solutions in the accompanying video news.
read more...Beckhoff on planar transport systems
Beckhoff was the first company to present the new planar transport system in 2018. Product Manager Felix Schulte takes stock after five years.
read more...In 1986, Beckhoff delivered the first PC-based machine controller. What has happened since then in the evolution of the PC and where do we go from here? A review and outlook from the perspective of one of the IPC pioneers.
read more...For 25 years, Computer&Automation has accompanied the growing influence of IT in automation technology. Ultimately, IT and automation can no longer be clearly separated. In this anniversary issue, you can read about the importance that automation could have in the future.
read more..."Computer" - with this element in our magazine name in 1998, we wanted to take account of the IT influence in automation technology that was already emerging at the time. However, the expected IT influence took much longer than we expected at the time.
read more...How can digitalization and artificial intelligence help to make production processes sustainable? How can cobots and automated guided vehicles bring variety to everyday working life and how can they support people? Starting points in this issue.
read more...Chatbots have been on everyone's lips since ChatGPT at the latest. Beckhoff also uses the technology in its TwinCAT XAE engineering environment.
read more...umati enables networked machines to communicate with each other across manufacturers. The special show "Connected Machines - umati@automatica" shows how this works.
read more...A month full of innovations - a month full of awards. These were the dominant themes of our most-read articles in April. However, there was no shortage of overarching topics that affect the industry: These include, for example, the question of the threat to jobs posed by AI.
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