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State-of-the-art technology in electrical automation - this can be seen again at SPS IPC Drives over the next three days. Despite the down-to-earth nature of the trade fair, the thematic emphasis on Industry 4.0 is increasing.
read more...For the 41st time, the 'Plagiarius' campaign is calling on entrepreneurs, designers and inventors to submit their original products and alleged counterfeits. The aim is to expose counterfeiters of products and brands.
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...Siemens has announced its figures for the third quarter of 2016. On the positive side, earnings in the industrial business increased by 20% compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The negative: Things are anything but going well in the Process Industries & Drives business unit.
read more...The regional trade fair for industrial automation 'All About Automation' is taking place in Leipzig for the second time - this year with more exhibitors than at the first edition and with accompanying workshops, as the organizer Untitled Exhibitions has now announced.
read more...According to a study by McKinsey and VDMA, new business models based on data will account for over 10% of turnover in the European mechanical engineering sector in 2020. So far, the figure is 3%. The study lists the success factors and trends in the industry.
read more...Industry 4.0 calls for automation concepts in which the control intelligence can be distributed across many components. IEC 61499 opens up interesting possibilities here that are not obvious at first glance - for example, single line engineering.
read more...Cyber-Physical Systems - CPS for short - play an important role in the context of Industry 4.0 and IoT. But how can the proven formal design patterns of automation be combined with the underlying cooperative control concept?
read more...When programming real-time applications, developers still fall back on their usual, albeit often complex, languages such as C and C++ or traditional PLC programming. Scripting languages such as Lua are an interesting alternative.
read more...Today, industrial control systems are often programmed in accordance with the international standard IEC 61131-3. What are the latest developments in this area? And what do future specifications look like with regard to the realization of Industry 4.0 architectures?
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