The future of control technology
What do users expect from the control technology of the future? What are the trends in programming and engineering? A current market study, conducted on behalf of WEKA Fachmedien, provides answers.
read more...read more...Siemens and Singapore open digitization center
Siemens is establishing a digitalization hub in Singapore to tap into new business opportunities arising from urbanization and digitalization. Innovations for the IoT and Industry 4.0 are to be developed together with customers in Southeast Asia.
read more...Takeover of B&R completed
B&R now acts as ABB's global center for machine and factory automation: The sale of B&R to ABB is legally effective following the approval of the competition authorities on July 6, 2017.
read more...Cloud-based control - but how?
Two concepts dominate research into cloud-based control systems: Virtualization of PLCs and structuring a PLC according to the service principle. Industrial implementation depends primarily on engineering tools and suitable business models.
read more...Innovations from the Control & Drives division
Control & Drives - i.e. controllers and intelligent drives - are the core components of automation technology. Computer&AUTOMATION shows an excerpt of current products from these areas in a picture gallery.
read more...Young researchers selected
The winners of the 2017 national final of Jugend forscht have been announced: at the end of May, Federal Education Minister Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka presented awards to the best young researchers. Computer&AUTOMATION presents the national winners in computer science and technology, including special prize winners.
read more...Control, operate and monitor
The TX500 HMI controllers from Turck have been designed for use in small to medium-sized machines whose processes need to be controlled, operated and monitored on site.
read more...The new possibilities with Grafcet
Grafcet is a standard that has so far been used to describe the control function of a machine or represent a sequence control. New software now makes it possible to transfer the created Grafcet directly to any PLC platform.
read more...Simplified variant management
With the HTML5 application 'mapp CodeBox', B&R makes it easier for machine and system manufacturers to manage machine variants. The tool can be used to program options in ladder diagrams without changing the original machine software.
read more...Hannover Messe 2017 / Closing figures
Hanover - "the" hotspot for Industry 4.0
The 70th Hannover Messe ended on April 28 with a significant increase in visitors compared to 2015. The organizer was particularly impressed by the internationality of the visitors and the variety of application examples for Industry 4.0.
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