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Speed sensor optimizes main spindle on milling/turning machines

March 25, 2022 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

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The new WMK 3010S rotational speed sensor from AMO is now available, and provides users of milling and turning machines a better option for operation of their main spindle. Besides providing speed data, the WMK 3010S also supports the capturing of operating status data of that spindle, thus optimizing many costs related to the operation […]

Filed Under: Encoders, Sensors + Vision Tagged With: HEIDENHAIN

What is Machine as a Service (MaaS) and what are its benefits?

March 11, 2022 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

machine as a service

Most of us are familiar with the software as a service (SaaS) business model, in which users pay a fee to access software over the internet, without requiring an application or download to a local machine. The software as a service model made complex software, such as CRM (customer relationship management) systems, more accessible to […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Industrial Automation, Integrated Motion Systems, Networking + IoT

What are digital twins and how are they used in industrial manufacturing?

March 2, 2022 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

digital twins

Manufacturing even the simplest product requires expertise in materials, equipment, operations, and process flow. And the interdependencies of these elements make it extremely difficult — if not impossible — to “get it right the first time” when setting up a new manufacturing line or modifying an existing process. Every element, from the product design to the […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Industrial Automation, Networking + IoT

What are latency and jitter and why are they important to industrial networks?

February 21, 2022 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

jitter graphic

Applications that use closed-loop control often require communication networks that provide deterministic, real-time control of data transmission. This means the network guarantees that a message will be transmitted, or an event will be responded to, in a specified, predictable period of time — not faster or slower (deterministic) — and that the message will be transmitted […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, Networking + IoT

Five ways to drive ROI from personnel and cobot investments

February 16, 2022 By Lisa Eitel Leave a Comment

In this article, we detail how assembly, packaging, and machine-tool OEMs can keep senior plant personnel in charge of the most demanding and intricate tasks — and relegate everything else to pre-programmed work routines and automated workcells. Such approaches make copious use of cobots and augmented reality (AR) tools. By Tim LeCrone • Director of […]

Filed Under: Actuators, Controls, Industrial Automation, Industry News, Integrated Motion Systems, Linear Motion, Networking + IoT, Software Tagged With: pbclinear

KEB America adds Modbus TCP/IP communication to S6 and F6 drives

February 3, 2022 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

drives

KEB America, Inc. announces that the KEB F6 VFD and S6 Servo Drive now supports Modbus TCP/IP communication protocol. In addition to Modbus TCP/IP, the other supported Ethernet-based network communication protocols include EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, ProfiNet, and Powerlink. “The variety of supported communication protocols in our drives give machine builders a lot of flexibility,” said Jonathan […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, Fieldbuses, Industrial Automation Tagged With: KEB America

NORD’s PROFIsafe module adds functional safety to drive systems

December 10, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

Functional safety is a fundamental component in drive systems. The SK TU4-PNS, known as the PROFIsafe module, provides comprehensive safety for the reliable operation of NORD drive systems. This PROFIsafe module is a drive-integrated solution for decentralized variable frequency drives that implements functional safety within the system to stop operation and avoid potential injuries or […]

Filed Under: Drives + Supplies, I/O, Networking + IoT Tagged With: NORD

What is cyclic synchronous control (position, velocity, and torque)?

December 9, 2021 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

Cyclic Synchronous Position Mode

Cyclic synchronous control modes — cyclic synchronous position, cyclic synchronous velocity, and cyclic synchronous torque — are standardized operation modes of drives, defined in the CiA 402 profile specification, CANopen device profile for drives and motion control and included in the IEC 61800-7 standard, Adjustable speed electrical power drive systems — Part 7: Generic interface and use of […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, Servo Drives

New compact stepper motor I/O terminal from Beckhoff

December 7, 2021 By Miles Budimir Leave a Comment

I/O terminal

The new EL7062 dual-channel EtherCAT Terminal from Beckhoff enables the direct connection of two stepper motors in the medium power range of up to 3 A and for a voltage range of 8 to 48 V. With flexible parameterization and minimized channel costs, the flexible motion interface is ideal as a low-cost drive for a […]

Filed Under: I/O, Industrial Automation, Networking + IoT Tagged With: Beckhoff

What is the CANopen over EtherCAT (CoE) protocol?

December 2, 2021 By Danielle Collins Leave a Comment

CANopen over EtherCAT

The CANopen over EtherCAT (CoE) protocol allows devices equipped with CANopen to be used on EtherCAT-based Industrial Ethernet networks. CANopen: Simple and low-cost CANopen is a communication protocol based on the CAN (Controller Area Network) physical communication standard. In the OSI communication model, CAN specifies the physical and data link layers, while CANopen addresses the […]

Filed Under: FAQs + basics, Featured, Fieldbuses, Networking + IoT

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