
NC programming systems extensively expanded
Quadro NC is a 2½-D system for external NC programming of all common CNC controls for lathes, milling machines and machining centers.
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Quadro NC is a 2½-D system for external NC programming of all common CNC controls for lathes, milling machines and machining centers.

Siemens is suspending its forecast for 2020. The reason is the current situation. Nevertheless, the company "delivered a robust quarter despite complicated environmental conditions".

The Codesys Group is now making its "Codesys Automation Server" available to Codesys users free of charge throughout the year due to the coronavirus crisis. In addition, the cloud-based Industry 4.0 platform for managing globally distributed control systems offers new functions.

The Platform Support Package (PSP) for Service Pack 16 of 'Codesys V3.5' accelerates implementation.

On January 1, 2020, the Phoenix Contact Group bundled its digital service portfolio in the subsidiary Phoenix Contact Smart Business in Berlin. This includes all activities relating to cloud technology and data analytics as well as software services.

A new software tool from Sick is designed to simplify the control integration of IO-Link devices: 'FieldEcho' automatically detects all IO-Link components in a machine and integrates them - manufacturer-independent and open system.

A new software tool from Sick is designed to simplify the control integration of IO-Link devices: 'FieldEcho' automatically recognizes all IO-Link components in a machine and integrates them - across manufacturers and systems.

Software & IT is also becoming increasingly essential for manufacturing. As a result, numerous products with this focus are coming onto the market - as the following series of images shows.

Insys icom, manufacturer of industrial data communication and networking, and Bechtle IT system house Regensburg are now working closely together. The companies are entering into a partnership to jointly drive forward industrial IoT projects.

With 'TIA Portal in the cloud', Siemens is expanding the options for using the engineering framework more flexibly in the various phases from planning to engineering and commissioning.