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Resource-saving plastics processing
PC-based control, the PC- and Ethercat-based control and drive technology from Beckhoff, offers the potential to make machines and systems for the plastics processing industry work more sustainably.
read more...Hannover Messe 2023 will be held under the motto "Industrial Transformation - Making the Difference". As part of a joint roundtable with the VDMA, Dr. Jochen Köckler, Managing Director of Deutsche Messe, presented this year's focus topics at the end of January.
read more...The recent worldwide outage of Microsoft services illustrates the explosive nature of the dependence of companies and governments on Microsoft - according to Andreas E. Thyen, President of the Board of Directors of LizenzDirekt, in this guest commentary.
read more...In an interview with Andreas Mühlbauer, Thomas Rettig, Senior Management Control System and Communication Architecture at Beckhoff Automation, cites reliability, speed and compatibility as decisive factors for industrial communication.
read more...From the energy transition to digitalization, environmental and climate protection through to artificial intelligence - the tasks for the new year weigh heavily. We have summarized some of the technical trends and economic outlooks here.
read more...When applications were moved to the cloud, the issue of licensing was thought to have been resolved. But not everything is in good hands in the cloud, and now licensing has become even more important when operating containers due to the associated scaling.
read more...Edge computing is the better data processing option for many predictive maintenance or predictive quality applications. However, it requires close collaboration between IT and OT teams.
read more...Cyber attacks are now part of everyday life. The size and sector of the company hardly matter any more. However, how the attacks take place and whether they are successful depends on the company's own cyber security measures.
read more...ABB has added cloud-enabled functions to its programming and simulation software. With the new RobotStudio Cloud, individuals and teams can work together on robot cell designs in real time
read more...The year 2022 was characterized by supply bottlenecks, geopolitical uncertainties, fears of recession and increasing ransomware attacks. These developments continue to cause companies problems.
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