Ethercat communication simplified
Renesas comes to the show with a dedicated low-cost Ethercat communication SoC, intended to improve production efficiency in industrial installations.
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Renesas comes to the show with a dedicated low-cost Ethercat communication SoC, intended to improve production efficiency in industrial installations.

Dassault Systèmes showcases its new Solidworks 2017 version. This software offers possibilities aimed at paperless production, supported by model-based definition (MBD) and circuit board design (PCB).

Use of the Ethercat interface with an absolute encoder of the series Industrial 600 or Premium 900 from Leine & Linde can produce cycle times as fast as 31.25 µs.

Innovasic is marketing a TSN evaluation kit based on fido5000 REM switch technology. This kit is made up of all tools needed to evaluate features of the future IEEE 802.1 time-sensitive networking (TSN) standard.

Elmeko launches the next generation of their compact Peltier cooler units. To improve air circulation in a control cabinet and properly direct cold air flow, the solution here sets up on radial-flow fans, high-performance heatsinks and optimized air routing.

In the Allen-Bradley Kinetix 5700 Rockwell Automation enters the market with a new servo drive. This comes with dual servo axes, a 1.6 to 60 kW power range and ready technology for tuning.

The MR-J4-TM servo controller can tie Mitsubishi Electric servo technology to open networks.