As machines become more complex, designers are looking for more integrated solutions to simplify overall machine design. So engineers are becoming more savvy about their automation choices, and are seeking solutions that offer better precision and performance all in one package. And controls manufacturers have heard the message. For instance, Lenze just recently introduced a […]
Industrial Automation
Kuebler Sendix S36 motor-feedback encoders win first place SPS IPC Drives Automation Award
Kuebler recently won the first place Automation Award for its new Sendix S36 motor feedback encoders — getting 31.9% of all SPS IPC Drives show-visitor votes. The Automation Award is a leading prize in the international automation industry and is presented annually at the SPS IPC Drives trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany. Five products are […]
NORD Gear brings integrated material handling solutions to MODEX 2018
NORD delivers integrated power technologies to help the world’s largest consumer goods manufacturers, online retailers, warehouses and airports produce and move products faster, with less energy and more control. NORD will be showing its integrated material handling solutions at MODEX 2018 Booth B930, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga., April 9-12, 2018. […]
Five conveyor trends — including new materials, drives, and pallet-carrying variations
By Kate Nadeau | mk North America With all of the recent talk about automation and the factory of the future, it’s easy to forget the workhorse of nearly every processing or manufacturing plant — the conveyor. As technologies develop and factories get leaner and smarter, so does the conveyor. Big, bulky conveyors with oversized […]
New connectivity from cables and connectors for motion designs
Easy connections to sensors, field devices, and other automation solutions are becoming the norm in motion control — that’s according to Brian O’Connor, director of product and market development at Aerotech. In fact, increasing affordability of electronics (and subsequent rise of IIoT) have spurred all branches of industrial automation to more networking. But even basic […]
Connectivity and IoT expand control design functionality (a Motion Trends report)
A recent survey of industry experts had many underscore that connectivity in manufacturing is nothing new … bu there are significant new developments in IIoT. MEET THE CONNECTIVITY and IoT EXPERTS … O’Connor • Aerotech: Connectivity in manufacturing is not a new idea — it’s been around for decades — but what is new in […]
IDEC releases iOS and Android apps for PLC access
IDEC Corporation announces the release of its WindEDIT Lite app for iOS and Android devices, providing two-way access to its family of MicroSmart FC6A PLCs. The app provides much quicker, simpler and easier connection as compared to browser-based access. With the WindEDIT Lite app, users can monitor any PLC parameter, and change set points and […]
New EL3783 EtherCAT I/O provides monitoring, diagnostics of alternating voltages to 690 V AC
Beckhoff has announced the release of the EL3783 oversampling EtherCAT Terminal for power monitoring for standard control systems. Conventional automation and power measurement technology are increasingly converging, and with the integration of the EL3783 I/O terminal, high-precision grid analysis becomes available for a range of power-generating systems. Most importantly, three-phase AC voltage systems up to […]
New warehouse automation and logistics reliant on conveyors: Catino of Interroll explains the trend
One trend in the area of logistics is tighter integration of warehousing and assembly — a trend that’s especially evident in the automotive industry but on the rise elsewhere too. That’s according to Maurizio Catino, industry sales manager at Interroll, a material-handling technology supplier. “Traditional facilities have a warehouse (from which parts originate) and an […]
Connect with Bosch Rexroth’s latest automation innovations at ATX West 2018
Rexroth will demonstrate the Active Mover transfer system in booth 4201 at ATX West. Bosch Rexroth will showcase its most recent technology for connected automation in booth 4201 at ATX West 2018 in Anaheim, Calif., February 6 to 8. Featured demos show the benefits of connectivity throughout the factory, from manual to fully automated assembly. […]