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Technology supplier Synapticon concentrates on embedded motion controllers for collaborative and mobile robots. In this tone the company was outlining its appearance at the show, and had presented new products. CEO Nikolai Ensslen explains what is at the back of it.
read more...Wireless has not played much of a role to date in safety applications. Berlin startup R3 Communications wants to change this, with EchoRing, a deterministic and hi-rel realtime wireless system.
read more...The plug-in concept is a central feature of VisiWin HMI software. It makes it possible to reflect modularity in machine and plant engineering in visualization too, as Stefan Niermann explains, responsible for sales and marketing at Inosoft.
read more...The red case alone makes it obvious - Schneider Electric has featured its M580 process controller with functional safety, and also hardened it against cyber attacks.
read more...Final figures for SPS IPC Drives 2017
The 28th edition of SPS IPC Drives was "the biggest SPS IPC Drives of all time", is how trade fair organizer Mesago sums up the automation trade fair that ended on 30 November. With over 70,000 trade visitors, the trade fair even took the cake from last year.
read more...From November 28 to 30, 2017, the Nuremberg exhibition grounds were once again all about electric automation. Our photographer captured everything there was to see on site with his camera.
read more...Renesas offers Linux support with long-term support for its RZ/G processors. The chips have powerful graphics and are aimed at operating panels, control and communication devices.
read more...OPC UA forms a universal application interface thanks to its address space, whereas TSN supplements standard Ethernet with real-time properties and allows data transfer rates in the gigabit range. It therefore makes sense to combine the two technologies.
read more...LPWAN technologies such as LoRaWAN, Sigfox or NarrowBand IoT have specific advantages and disadvantages compared to other data transmission technologies. But which ones? And to what extent are they really suitable for industrial applications? Five experts from the industry give their views.
read more...How can even less intelligent sensors be connected to the cloud? Ingo Baumgardt, Head of Sensor Communication at Leuze electronic, explains the possibilities.
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