Atlanta, Ga. – Siemens Industry, Inc. has announced an extension of the upper performance range of its popular Simotion D motion controllers. The new generation of Simotion D445-2 multi-axis controllers has new features such as onboard Profinet interfaces, high-speed I/O, and with three times the performance, a single controller can support up to 128 axes of […]
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Novatec’s PLC system suitable for centralized conveying systems
Novatec (www.novatec.com) has launched its latest Novatec FXS (FlexXpand) programmable logic controls (PLC), which helps processors monitor plant-wide operations. Featuring color touch screen control panels, this Siemens-based PLC can support polymer-conveying systems with up to 120 stations and 20 pumps. Its base panel can control up to 25 purge valves, 32 material receivers with proportioning […]
Siemens expands SIMATIC ET 200iSP I/O system
Siemens Industry, Inc. (www.siemens.com) has broadened its SIMATIC ET 200iSP I/O system with the addition of three new modules to conform to safety standards ISO 13849-1 up to PLe e or IEC 61508 up to SIL 3. A modular I/O system suitable for hazardous areas, the ET 200iSP features actuators and sensors directly connected to […]
Rotary table wheel-blast system features a streamlined HMI
Guyson Corporation (www.guyson.com) has introduced a rotary table wheel-blast system with a streamlined human-machine interface (HMI) that effectively replaces a collection of separate switches, indicators and push buttons with a sleek panel that simplifies use of the controls, while allowing users to view the status of the system functions — the GWB-702T. Graphically representing touch-and-select […]
SEL-2240 Axion seamlessly combines PLCs and RTUs
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (www.selinc.com) has announced that the SEL-2240 Axion is now available for sale. With integrated security and flexible system architecture, the Axion extends SEL’s control and automation product family by delivering high density, highly configurable programmable logic controller (PLC) and modular RTU system. It has also been specifically designed to meet the […]
Multicore CompactRIO With Intel® Core™ i7 Processor from National Instruments
Austin, Tex. – National Instruments announces an expansion to its growing NI reconfigurable I/O (RIO) platform with the addition of the highest performance and first multicore NI CompactRIO systems and smallest NI Single-Board RIO devices. The new NI cRIO-908x systems feature an Intel® Core™ i7 dual-core processor for increased processing power, Xilinx Spartan-6 field-programmable gate […]
New CANopen Brushless DC Motor Control from Dunkermotoren USA
Elgin, Ill. – A new, compact 4-quadrant positioning motion controller with integral output stage is now available from Dunkermotoren USA to control brushless and brushed DC motors as a slave in widely used CANopen networks or in stand-alone operation with digital or analog IO. Two versions of the new control are available in the same […]
Microchip unveils 16-bit dsPIC DSCs and PIC24 MCUs
Microchip Technology Inc. (www.microchip.com) has announced its support to 16-bit processors with the unveiling of 60 MIPS 16-bit dsPIC Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) and PIC24 microcontrollers (MCUs). Based on the next generation dsPIC DSC/PIC24 MCU core, the new dsPIC33 and PIC24 “E” devices provide larger Flash memory (536 KB), a USB 2.0 OTG interface, greater […]
WAGO “ETHERNET 2.0” Controller comes with SD Card
Wago Corporation (www.wago.com) has announced that its 750-880 “ETHERNET 2.0” Programmable Fieldbus Controller now features one MB data memory as well as SD port for up to eight GB of additional memory. Aside from increasing the intelligence of industrial Ethernet applications, the 750-880 — which is the third from the “ETHERNET 2.0” platform of WAGO […]
New Catalog from Quicksilver Controls Highlights Servo Motion
Covina, Cal. – Quicksilver Controls’ new 48-page catalog provides a review of the full range of QuickSilver’s motors, drives and controls that feature their high pole count, 2-phase permanent magnet motors when operated in a vector control mode as a full 4 quadrant servo motor system. QuickSilver’s electronic drives and controls use size 17, 23, […]