Safety to Cloud
Safety and the cloud - what may initially sound like a contradiction in terms was a key trade fair topic for Schmersal at SPS IPC Drives 2017. What exactly is behind it?
read more...read more...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...Munich under the sign of security
The 'Forum Safety & Security' will once again take place in Munich on July 5 and 6. Experts from both disciplines will discuss current issues and solutions in the field of safe automation at the congress and accompanying trade exhibition.
read more...The principle of 'Areas of Responsibility'
Automation projects are becoming increasingly complex and costly. Efficient collaboration between programmers from different disciplines will therefore be of central importance in the future.
read more...Generational change at Pilz
Pilz exceeded the 300 million euro sales mark for the first time in 2016. 2017 is characterized by a generational change: At the end of the year, Renate Pilz will hand over the operational business completely into the hands of her children Susanne Kunschert and Thomas Pilz.
read more...New approaches to operating mode selection
An operating mode selector switch is present on almost all machines - usually in the form of a key switch. In future, a safety-related assessment of the operating mode selection will be increasingly required. What does this mean in practice?
read more...Cooperating on Internet of Things
At the show Eaton announced its cooperation with T-Systems on Internet of Things (IoT). The shared objective is to present builders of machinery and plant with safe and secure solutions to networking their systems in the cloud.
read more...IO-Link becomes safe
The IO-Link community has published the IO-Link safety specification for international review on its website (www.io-link.com).
read more...Portfolio expanded allround
Leuze electronic presented a portfolio of safety relays and safety controllers grown by more than 20 items.
read more...Erlkönige discovered
For the first time this year, Pilz gave all visitors to the SPS IPC Drives trade fair in Nuremberg a glimpse of the innovations of the coming years - we also took a look around!
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