Secure cross-communication for Codesys
3S-Smart Software Solutions has announced an extension of its Codesys Safety solution for the distribution of safety functions on various controllers.
read more...read more...Where does human-robot cooperation stand?
Cooperation or collaboration between humans and robots - HRC for short - is currently a hype topic. But how can it be implemented economically? The first 'Human Robot Forum' in Stuttgart provided answers to this question.
read more...Significantly more safe exits
With a combined solution consisting of the modular Cube67 fieldbus system and the safe MVK Metal Safety fieldbus module, the number of safe outputs directly on the machine can be significantly increased in a simple way.
read more...Review of the 'Forum Safety & Security'
The new name says it all: because security is also becoming crucial for functional safety in view of increasing networking, WEKA Fachmedien has developed its successful 'Forum Functional Safety' into the 'Forum Safety & Security'.
read more...Monitor and evaluate analog process values
With the AS-i safety analog input module BWU2692, Bihl+Wiedemann has developed a control cabinet module in IP20 with which it is possible to safely monitor and evaluate analog process values such as temperature, pressure and flow.
read more...5G technologies in the context of security
Industry 4.0 goes hand in hand with the strong networking of systems, machines, devices and product components. This raises the question of how the proven principles of functional safety can be combined with the cooperative concepts of Industrial IIoT.
read more...What is behind the VDMA standard sheet 66416
At the beginning of the year, the VDMA published standard sheet 66416. Dr. Oliver Frager, Director R&D Mechatronics at Teamtechnik Maschinen und Anlagen, explains what is behind it.
read more...The new products from Pilz
Pilz hosted its annual press conference on April 6: In addition to the figures for the past financial year 2015, the provider of safe automation solutions from Ostfildern also announced the first information on the Hannover Messe innovations.
read more...Staggered protective field heights
With the Detec4 Prime safety light curtain, Sick is rounding off the 'Detec4 Core' family at the top. The light curtain combines features of existing variants in one device and adds new functionalities.
read more...Security-oriented communication
Profisafe becomes national standard in China
Following the successful standardization of Profibus and Profinet in China, Profisafe has now also been elevated to the status of a national Chinese standard as a communication-based safety standard.
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