
Trade fair draws a positive conclusion
On June 30, 2021, Achema Pulse came to an end after one month. 960 exhibitors from 38 countries used the interactive platform to get in touch with a total of 15,000 participants.
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On June 30, 2021, Achema Pulse came to an end after one month. 960 exhibitors from 38 countries used the interactive platform to get in touch with a total of 15,000 participants.

Biontech and Siemens are further expanding their strategic collaboration for global vaccine production. A Biontech production facility modeled on the Marburg plant in Singapore is now to be built.

With the drive controllers PMC SC6 and PMC SI6, Pilz is adding space-saving, scalable systems for either single or multi-axis applications to its portfolio of servo amplifiers. Both can be flexibly combined and quickly put into operation.
Whether performed regularly, prophylactically or sporadically as required: If you examine the runtime of your IEC 61131-3 project with a profiler as an additional tool, the effort involved is minimal, but the benefits are considerable. A plea for this category of software tools.
Digitized process optimization
Hahn Digital and Erium are pooling their expertise and driving digital process optimization with AI and data analytics.

A year ago, Bosch Rexroth launched the ctrlX automation platform on the market. What has happened since then? What are the next steps?

A virtual journey can help to efficiently define the appropriate level, interface and pressure solutions for refining and petrochemicals in a refinery in advance. Vega demonstrates this using a 3D animation.

The motor controllers from Pewatron fulfill the safety function Safe Torque Off according to SIL 3.

The APROL process control system from B&R helps to protect production and automation environments from cyber threats. This is made possible by a further development of user management.
What are the advantages of using an integrated, centralized control architecture on an edge server instead of a large number of individual controllers with their own electronics? Only used in isolated cases today, such an architecture could become increasingly important.