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Commentary on SPS IPC Drives 2017
SPS IPC Drives is "the" mirror of the industry: It strikingly presented the Industry 4.0 strategies of Siemens, Beckhoff, B&R and Co., but also revealed how difficult it is for the industry to agree on a communication backbone for the factory of tomorrow.
read more...The SPS IPC Drives 2017 is already over. What technical highlights awaited the more than 70,000 visitors this year in the 16 exhibition halls? Look at this film by Computer&AUTOMATION to find out.
read more...Industry 4.0 requires flexible solutions for the material flow in machines and systems as well as in terms of changeover capability. Watch the video to see which concepts the suppliers B&R, Beckhoff and Mitsubishi presented at SPS IPC Drives 2017 in this regard.
read more...IoT and industrial communication
OPC UA plus TSN is demanded by many automation engineers as the communication backbone for the factory of the future? What was on show at SPS IPC Drives 2017 in terms of the technologies required for this? Which political threads are being pulled?
read more...SPS IPC Drives 2017 ended as a record-breaking trade fair. What were the technical highlights of the automation trade fair? How was the new Hall 6 "Software and IT" received? The Computer&AUTOMATION trade fair film provides a picture of the mood.
read more...As the IoT trend grows, so does the number of platforms available on the market. Several providers were also present at SPS IPC Drives 2017. Computer&AUTOMATION asked: Where do the individual solutions focus?
read more...Real-time control on a PC basis under Windows: this is the aim of the collaboration between Spectra and Sybera. Klaus Rottmayr, a member of Spectra's management board, talks about the reasons behind the collaboration and the specific benefits for users.
read more...At SPS IPC Drives 2017, Siemens made it clear that the time has come for Industry 4.0 implementation. The new Mindsphere version, which will be available from January 2018, is intended to help with this.
read more...B&R presented a shuttle-based transport system called 'SuperTrak' at the Hannover Messe 2016. At SPS IPC Drives 2017, the successor 'ACOPOStrak', which was developed entirely in-house, had its premiere.
read more...The successful continuing development of the Industry 4.0 concept depends among other things on smooth orchestration of very different devices. Meaning that central importance attaches to the communication interface between the building blocks.
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