Safety through redundancy: double PLC

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Machine manufacturer Paro has developed a pick & place system that works with electric direct drives. It is more efficient and requires less assembly and maintenance than systems with pneumatic or cam drives.

Assembled products save time: when ordering, in warehousing and in the production process. With the Weidmüller Configurator, software and delivery service, customers receive a quote in just a few minutes and their individual product within five days.

Distributor RS Components (RS) has the Pushpull V4 series of connectors from Harting available from stock. Second generation offers more secure connections and increased reliability for Industry 4.0 environments.

The new PS ProtectLED tube light from Pfeifer and Seibel with IP67 protection ensures bright illumination of the working environment on the machine or system and is resistant to influences in harsh industrial environments.

Baumüller is expanding its portfolio of high-torque motors with a shaft height of 560 millimeters, thus breaking its own shaft height record.
The Zimmer Group has added a new pneumatic model series to its technologically leading premium gripper series 5000; versions with steel-aluminum profile groove guidance are now also available.

Roemheld developed the Stark Speedy connect zero-point clamping system for plant construction and assembly.

"NCC - Not connected closed" means "closed when unplugged". Normally, connectors only fulfill protection class IP67 when plugged in.
It affects almost every industrial company today: Without organized order picking, processes get mixed up. System electronics provider Microsyst has developed the variable pick-by-light or pick-to-light system Mipick for this purpose.