Inverter systems made in Europe
Complete control cabinet-integrated system from WEG
In Portugal, WEG manufactures high-performance drive systems for the low-voltage and medium-voltage range as complete solutions integrated into control cabinets.
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Inverter systems made in Europe
In Portugal, WEG manufactures high-performance drive systems for the low-voltage and medium-voltage range as complete solutions integrated into control cabinets.
The year 2018 was characterized by technical developments in the field of digitalization. The German economy flourished and many companies and trade fairs reported record figures. Industrial robots are increasingly conquering production halls, and additive manufacturing has also reached mass production maturity.

Lantek presented cloud-based business analytics software at Euroblech. Lantek Analytics was developed for sheet metal processing and consists of two modules: Manufacturing Analytics and Customer Analytics.

At SPS IPC Drives, Danfoss Drives presented new solutions and concepts for easy integration of its drives into all types of automation systems.

In the enclosure climate control segment, Rittal is expanding the Blue e+ cooling unit series with the new 1.6 kW power class, a stainless steel version and a 1.3 kW roof-mounted version.

Review of automation trade fair
The 29th edition of SPS IPC Drives came to an end on Thursday. A total of 65,700 visitors flocked to Nuremberg to find out about the latest products and solutions in the automation industry and to set the course for the 2019 financial year.

Zander is expanding its range of Minos safety switching devices to include two variants with safe relay contacts. The SL series is characterized by safe semiconductor outputs.

TE Connectivity has introduced a new series of robust unmanaged Industrial Ethernet switches. They have M12 connections and have been specially developed for use in railroads.

With the new drive-based Sequential Motion Control SMC function from Rexroth, simple and medium-sized automation tasks can be implemented quickly. Single and multi-axis applications can be programmed directly into the IndraDrive drives without an external controller.

From version 10.9 of the software tool PNOZmulti Configurator from Pilz, PNOZmulti projects for configurable safe small controllers can also be simulated offline without the need for hardware.