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Around 1000 customized and pre-packaged roller shutters leave the ConDoor factory in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, every week - in countless variations. Behind this is an extremely complex manufacturing process that cannot function without sophisticated full automation.
read more...Akytec has added an additional Ethernet interface to the SPK107E and SPK110E control panel series. The devices in the SPK1XX family essentially consist of a freely programmable PLC with a resistive TFT touchscreen in 5, 7 and 10 inch sizes.
read more...Siemens has added new modules and functions to the 'Simatic S7-1200' basic controller: The 45 mm wide SM1238 energy meter module allows energy flows to be recorded precisely directly on the machine, processed directly in the CPU and visualized with an HMI system.
read more...More exhibitors than ever before, a 10% increase in exhibition space and a new hall layout: the conditions for the 31st edition of the Control trade fair for quality assurance are excellent.
read more...The PFC100 and PFC200 controllers from Wago encode data in the controller using SSL/TLS 1.2 and transfer it securely to higher-level systems via a VPN tunnel.
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...Edge computing - also known as fog computing - is seen by many as the technical concept for control and data communication in Industry 4.0. Edge controllers take over the tasks of the classic PLC and bring the cloud to the machine.
read more...With RS Pro, RS Components has added logic controllers to its range of own-brand products. The process modules act as basic controllers for applications such as packaging machines, lighting control systems, home automation and filling systems.
read more...What products are available on the growing mobile automation market? Computer&AUTOMATION presents a selection of new products in a series of pictures.
read more...Security specialist Kaspersky has analyzed which industrial control systems are accessible via the Internet worldwide. Critical vulnerabilities were identified - at Siemens, Schneider Electric and other automation technology providers.
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