
Controls optimize milling process
Siemens is updating the Sinumerik 828D and 840D sI machine tool controls. The software update SW 4.8 SP3 with Panel Processing Unit (PPU) 4 is available for the 828D.
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Siemens is updating the Sinumerik 828D and 840D sI machine tool controls. The software update SW 4.8 SP3 with Panel Processing Unit (PPU) 4 is available for the 828D.

Volker Bibelhausen will become Chief Technology Officer of the Weidmüller Group in Detmold on September 1. He will be a member of the three-person Executive Board team alongside Jörg Timmermann and José Carlos Álvarez Tobar. Elke Eckstein is leaving the company at her own request.

With an office in Kokhav Ya'ir Tzur Yigal, around 35 kilometers from Tel Aviv, the ifm group of companies has established a branch in Israel.

Measurement, control and regulation technology
Meorga is organizing a regional trade fair for measurement and control technology, process control systems and automation technology at the RuhrCongress in Bochum on 10 October 2018.

The new analog input module PNOZ m EF 4AI from Pilz extends the product range of configurable, safe small controllers PNOZmulti 2. It can be used to record and monitor any process operations safely up to PL e or SIL CL 3.

The new safety relays in the KFD2-RSH series from Pepperl+Fuchs offer a diagnostic function, line fault transparency and double redundancy in a 1oo3 architecture (one out of three).

The new Allen-Bradley Micro870 PLC from Rockwell Automation can support intelligent micro applications requiring up to 304 I/O points, 280 KB of memory and 20,000 program instructions.

With the XC300, Eaton offers a powerful and flexible controller which, in combination with the XN300 I/O system and the XV300 touch panel, makes it possible to implement a lean automation concept.

The HE 5712 solenoid valve control from Hesch is now also available in a modular version. While the position of the valves determines the location of the control unit in the compact version of the HE 5712, the modular version allows the user to mount the control panel where it is most convenient for them.