Check workpiece clamping automatically
With a new monitoring unit, Erwin Halder supplies a product which, in conjunction with the Halder support elements, automatically checks the position of a workpiece before and during machining.
Articles and background information on the topic
With a new monitoring unit, Erwin Halder supplies a product which, in conjunction with the Halder support elements, automatically checks the position of a workpiece before and during machining.
With smart sensor technology and flexible solutions for transmitting and visualizing data, existing systems can also be made fit for condition monitoring.
Pressure and displacement sensors
Gefran, solution and component provider for the automation, drive technology and sensor technology sectors, has launched a highly precise and robust series of magnetostrictive displacement transducers onto the market this year with the Hyperwave product range.

Konica Minolta will be showcasing the latest IIoT solutions at SPS. The stand will focus in particular on linking industrial production with modern information and communication technologies such as smart glasses, sensors and thermal imaging cameras.

Advanced analytics big data technology allows complex relationships to be analyzed precisely and extrapolated for the future.
Industrial and building automation
Carlo Gavazzi is presenting new solid-state relays and optoelectronic sensors with modern communication interfaces at SPS. They enable faults to be detected in advance and are therefore suitable for preventive maintenance in the context of Industry 4.0.
While production processes are now mostly highly automated, quality assurance is often still carried out by hand.
Drive technology supplier WEG is presenting the WEG Motor Scan gateway extension as a highlight at SPS 2019. Other innovations include the newly launched CFW500 and MW500 frequency inverters.

Industrial Application Hosting Platform
Siemens has added a new, more powerful version of the Ruggedcom APE (Application Processing Engine) to its Ruggedcom multiservice platform product family of rugged communication devices. It is an industrial application hosting platform on which manufacturer-independent software applications can be executed in harsh and mission-critical environments.

Schmersal has introduced the first RFID-based safety sensor that is designed in accordance with the ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU and can be used in Ex zones 2 (gas Ex, category 3G) and 22 (dust Ex, category 3D).