Faced with dwindling product and innovation cycles, the manufacturing industry requires more flexibility. To ease automating modular production equipment, User Association of Automation Technology in Process Industries (NAMUR) has created a manufacturer-independent standard called Module Type Package (MTP), which has now been adopted by COPA-DATA’s zenon software platform. Here, Johannes Petrowisch, Managing Director of COPA-DATA CEE/ME explains how this standard will revolutionize entire industries but especially the process industry.
SICK has expanded its portfolio of solutions for automotive manufacturing with a purpose-designed machine vision system for inspecting high-voltage batteries during assembly of electric vehicles.
In December 2021, KEBA acquired the Stuttgart / Germany-based software company drag and bot. The start-up develops an innovative operating system for robots. As a 100% subsidiary, drag and bot GmbH is part of KEBA Industrial Automation GmbH, one of the three business areas of KEBA Group AG. With this new acquisition, KEBA strengthens its position in industrial automation and strategically expands its product portfolio with flexible automation software.
Leveraging years of experience and exceptional insight in the entire mobile industry, Rohde & Schwarz is ready to present its comprehensive, leading-edge portfolio of mobile and wireless communications testing solutions at Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona.
Intelligent sensors are the fundamental building blocks of modern smart factories. Their essential role is to provide precise and reliable data to configure, control and optimize production lines. As the leader in intelligent sensor technology.
Contrinex fork light-barrier sensors offer a powerful combination of simplicity, multi-mode operation and compactness, with high-resolution and high-speed sensing as standard.
Same footprint with more power: while RECOM's RAC05E-K series is compatible with existing 3 W devices, the RAC05E-KT series is ideal for replacing EI30 transformers with additional rectification and smoothing circuitry with a single high-efficiency module. Both series achieve 5 W in the same footprint as other 3W devices on the market.
At this year’s Drives & Controls Exhibition, Mitsubishi Electric will showcase how Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) connectivity enables the creation of future-oriented Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. Outlining the advantages of this network technology, visitors to stand F100 will be invited to see how the company’s range of automation solutions can drive up productivity by enabling data convergence using CC-Link IE TSN.
E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH, founded in 1948 with 1,300 employees and five production sites, sells 28 million products every year in over 60 countries.