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Heidenhain used SPS 2019 to present EnDat 3. Herbert Reiter, Product Manager Encoders and Electronics at Heidenhain, explains what the enhanced interface for rotary encoders, angle encoders and linear encoders can do.
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Heidenhain used SPS 2019 to present EnDat 3. Herbert Reiter, Product Manager Encoders and Electronics at Heidenhain, explains what the enhanced interface for rotary encoders, angle encoders and linear encoders can do.

At the beginning of this year, ISH and logi.cals entered into a strategic partnership. As part of a joint trade fair appearance, they presented the first results of their still young cooperation at SPS 2019.

At Endress+Hauser, visitors will experience live how they can use data from the field efficiently with intelligent measuring devices and an IIoT cloud - including a new solution for level measurement, as Dietmar Haag, Head of Level Measurement, explains.

Syslogic is presenting a range of AI-capable embedded computers at the trade fair. These include the 'AI Rugged Computer', which complies with protection class IP67. Florian Egger, Sales Manager at Syslogic, explains the background and highlights the possibilities.

Safety and security are essential requirements for smart production. The Pilz stand will therefore focus on concepts that can be used to secure access to the machine - physically and virtually.

Lenze is convinced that condition monitoring is efficient if it does not require costly additional sensors. At SPS 2019, the Hamelin-based company used a real-life showcase to demonstrate how this can be implemented in practice.

R3 Reliable Realtime Radio Communications is presenting its first series products 'Echoring Ethernet Bridge' (EREB) and 'Echoring System on Module' (SoM) at the SPS. They are designed to supplement wired industrial Ethernet networks with equally powerful wireless connections.

Maxon Motor presents its new branding for the Maxon brand at SPS 2019. The company also presented new products at the press conference. These include a compact drive with integrated frequency inverter and a positioning controller.

The benefits of 5G for automation technology will materialize, but it will take longer than many expected or hoped - this is the assessment of Thomas Schildknecht, Managing Director of the Murr-based company of the same name.
Sigmatek is playing it safe. With the new hot-swap feature from the Austrian automation technology provider, modular machines and system units with an emergency stop function can be flexibly grouped or converted.