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TwinCAT/BSD offers alternative operating system for Beckhoff Industrial PCs

February 4, 2021 By Kelsey Zebrowski Leave a Comment

TwinCAT/BSD provides an alternative operating system for all of the latest Beckhoff Industrial PC (IPC) platforms. TwinCAT/BSD combines the TwinCAT runtime with FreeBSD, an industrial-proven and reliable open-source operating system. FreeBSD is Unix-compatible and is continually being further developed, improved and optimized as an open-source project by a large group of developers. The FreeBSD system […]

Filed Under: PC-Based Controllers Tagged With: Beckhoff

Maple Systems Inc. now offers new line of PC2300B Series industrial panel PCs

November 30, 2020 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Maple Systems Inc. now offers new line of PC2300B Series industrial panel PCs — controllers with a built-in HMI screen. The industrial PCs are designed to resolve the toughest automation challenges in manufacturing, processing, and fabrication environments … … including those in automobile assembly plants as well as the food-processing industry. All Maple Systems PCs […]

Filed Under: Controls, PC-Based Controllers Tagged With: maplesystems

Kollmorgen adds new controller to QMP-SynqNet controller series

November 6, 2020 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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Kollmorgen’s QMP-SynqNet Series is an ultra-high-performance multi-axis controller for precision applications. It incorporates a 64-bit 1.2-GHz processor for maximum axis count, with servo update rates up to 48 kHz supporting up to 64 axes and 64 SynqNet nodes. Kollmorgen recently introduced the QMP-LT (Lite), an economical version that offers the same features and functionality as […]

Filed Under: Controls, PC-Based Controllers, Stand-Alone Controllers Tagged With: Kollmorgen

BMW to source industrial PCs and control panels from Beckhoff

November 19, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Beckhoff Automation will supply the BMW Group with Industrial PC (IPC) technology for use in car manufacturing through 2030. According to the terms of the business agreement, Beckhoff will supply to BMW production facilities worldwide. This means that Beckhoff IPC technology will become a global standard for the BMW Group. The Industrial PCs and multi-touch […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, HMIs, PC-Based Controllers Tagged With: Beckhoff

Embedded motion and frameless motors in collaborative robots

June 3, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Collaborative robots use frameless brushless dc motors from BEI Kimco DIP26-08 and DIP30-11 and DIP38-13

Collaborative robots are seeing exponential rise in use. “This trend is a perfect example of the so-called fourth industrial revolution or Industry 4.0 … a term defined by chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab. It’s blurring lines between digital, physical, and biological spheres,” said Jonas Proeger of Trinamic Motion Control. Some of these […]

Filed Under: Controls, Drives + Supplies, Featured, PC-Based Controllers, Servo Drives, Stand-Alone Controllers Tagged With: beikimco, elmomotioncontrol, TRINAMIC

Beckhoff expands compact industrial PC line with C6032

April 25, 2019 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

To boost connectivity options in ultra-compact PC Control hardware, Beckhoff Automation has introduced the new C6032 Industrial PC (IPC). With dimensions of only 129 x 133 x 104 mm, the C6032 IPC enhances the scalability of the PC-based controller portfolio from Beckhoff. A high-performance device in a modular design, the C6032 adds two slots for […]

Filed Under: Featured, Industrial Automation, Industry News, PC-Based Controllers Tagged With: Beckhoff

New entry-level PC-based controller from Beckhoff

December 6, 2018 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The new CX7000 Embedded PC from Beckhoff opens up the convenience and efficiency of the TwinCAT 3 software environment to highly compact, DIN rail-mounted controllers. This further enhances the scalability of PC-based control technology from Beckhoff – ranging from mini-PLCs to many-core Industrial PCs. An advanced 400 MHz processor and built-in configurable I/Os mean this […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, PC-Based Controllers, Stand-Alone Controllers Tagged With: Beckhoff

PC-based control on industrial sheet-metal presses — a Casebook example

November 11, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Sheet-metal workcells can deliver higher-quality parts in greater quantities than traditional builds when designed with centralized PC-based control and EtherCAT connectivity. That’s especially true of deep-drawing press applications (shown below) where modular hardware and software from Beckhoff maximize throughput and minimize tolerances. To review, deep drawing is the process by which sheet metal is placed […]

Filed Under: Controls, Featured, Motion Casebook, PC-Based Controllers

IoT with Beckhoff at IMTS: Hardware + software + networking for machine tool and metalworking

August 23, 2018 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

Beckhoff Automation will highlight smart-factory hardware, software, EtherCAT, and TSN networking solutions this September at the Integrated Automation, Motion & Drives (IAMD) USA show — Hannover Messe USA 2018 — in booth 134417. Visit them September 10 to 15, 2018 at McCormick Place in the convention center’s Lakeside Center — the east building. This IAMD […]

Filed Under: Controls, PC-Based Controllers, PLCs + PACs

What are PCI motion control cards?

November 3, 2017 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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PCI stands for peripheral component interconnect (PCI.) It is a computer bus for connecting together various hardware devices. A PCI motion control card is simply a card that is PCI compatible, that is, one that plugs into a PCI bus on a PC or industrial PC. In fact, for motion control cards, the most common […]

Filed Under: Controls, FAQs + basics, PC-Based Controllers

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