
I/O and control system expanded
Yaskawa expands the decentralized I/O and control system 'Slio' with an I/O-Link module and the corresponding software 'Yaskawa IO-Link Manager'.
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Yaskawa expands the decentralized I/O and control system 'Slio' with an I/O-Link module and the corresponding software 'Yaskawa IO-Link Manager'.

Sensor and automation provider Balluff closed the 2022 financial year with a high order backlog and positive development in its three global regions - and once again recorded increased sales figures.

Lütze Transportation presents 'Lion-Safe AI', a safe expansion module with four analog inputs.

According to the manufacturer, machine builders can save development time and costs with the extended Allen-Bradley Micro850 and Micro870 controllers of the '2080-Lx0E' series and the latest Connected Components Workbench software from Rockwell Automation.
When developing isolated I/O systems for industrial applications, some key data such as power dissipation, data isolation and form factor must be taken into account. A software-configurable input/output module can help with this.

HMS Networks is launching a version of the 'Ixxat Safe T100' module that allows users to implement safe EAs for Functional Safety over Ethercat. This enables the module-based implementation of safe EAs in accordance with ETG 5100 V1.2.0.

The use of Profinet with 100 Mbit/s or Gigabit Ethernet does not have to be mutually exclusive when implementing industrial machine networks, as Helmholz demonstrates with the 'Flextra Profinet switch'.

R. Stahl and i.safe Mobile have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The cooperation extends to the mutual supplementation and exchange of product portfolios in the field of explosion protection.
The Wago Group achieved a new record result in 2022: The manufacturer of connection and automation technology posted a turnover of 1.34 billion euros.

Wago will be the first system and technology partner to use the real-time capable, Linux-based operating system 'ctrlX OS' from Bosch Rexroth on future controllers in the medium and high performance classes.