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With Profinet, high data volumes can be transmitted quickly and securely thanks to possible real-time communication. Igus has joined the Profibus user organization in order to further advance research into Profinet technology in moving applications.
read more...The new IEC 61076-2-109-compliant, field-installable M12 cable plug (Field Installable Cable Plug) with X-coding comes from TE Connectivity.
read more...Continuous Ethernet communication. Weidmüller provides Ethernet switches especially for smaller industrial networks. They offer secure communication between Ethernet-based machines and systems as well as the connection of Ethernet devices to a higher-level network.
read more...Automation platform. The automation concept for handling systems must be as compact as possible and quickly integrated into new machine concepts. The automation platform ctrlX Automation from Bosch Rexroth reduces the space requirement and engineering effort for Cartesian robots by up to 50 percent.
read more...Icotek has introduced its new KT-SC cable grommet with peelable sealing rings. It has detachable rings with graduated sealing areas and is based on the manufacturer's "KT large" in terms of size.
read more...The IEC Committee SC 48B Copper Connectors has published IEC 63171-6, the international standard for single-pair Ethernet interfaces in industrial applications.
read more...Flexible, digital assembly concepts. Digital factory planning is no longer a figment of the imagination. With Flexcell, Ipolog has developed a concept that allows production to take place in individual cells rather than in a line.
read more...Research on task-oriented planning
Task-oriented planning. In networked production systems, more and more machines and autonomous vehicles are working alongside people. In order to make efficient use of all the possibilities, a sub-project of "FORobotics" is researching software for suitable resource allocation.
read more...The MES provider Symestic GmbH is expanding its cloud-based "Software as a Service (SaaS)" offering. The SaaS-based "order control" functionality is new.
read more...Ventus Cloud AG from Seewen (Switzerland) launched a digitalization platform for machine-related industrial companies in February. Ventus Cloud offers virtual server instances for computer-aided computing (high-performance computing).
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