Standard industrial interface set
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...read more...Software for workflow management
With digital steps through production
Software for workflow management. Workflow solutions allow process steps to run digitally and largely automatically. The software can guide employees through workflows. Digitally recorded data can be transferred to the inspection logs.
read more...OEM specifications under control
Automotive suppliers need to have their own planning and production processes under control on the one hand and, above all, meet the increasing demands of OEMs on the other. This is hardly possible without high-performance information technology structures.
read more...Four new members for Hamotic
The Hamotic product family of electronically commutated three-phase synchronous motors from Hanning continues to grow: four different motor sizes are now available. The manufacturer particularly emphasizes the compact design and their high efficiency.
read more...Checked line by line
Automatic calibration. In addition to a 50-meter interference comparator, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) also uses a ten-meter fully automatic tape measure tester from Feinmess Suhl to test and assess the conformity of length measuring equipment.
read more...One of the largest drop structures in the world
ZwickRoell has supplied a drop weight tester for impact tests to the Gövert testing laboratory in Essen with a height of around 9 meters, a weight of more than 10 tons and a drop energy of 120,000 joules. These data make it one of the most powerful drop weight testers in the world.
read more...Sensitive and yet robust
Captron is presenting a new freely programmable probe for the first time at the SPS: The Caneo series 10 with Sensor Fusion Technology and an advanced capacitive measuring principle.
read more...Photoreactive 3D printing material
Resistant to flammability, smoke and toxicity
As a result of the cooperation with Origin, Henkel is now launching a new type of 3D printable photopolymer for Origin One printers that is resistant to flammability, smoke and toxicity - a property that is useful in the automotive industry, for example. The photoreactive material is currently being presented at Formnext.
read more...Cooperation for machine control
Integrated control of industrial laser systems
Siemens and Scanlab are working together in the field of controlling industrial laser systems. They have integrated the RTC6 scan head control card into the Siemens Simatic S7-1500 controller for use in laser-based manufacturing applications.
read more...Industrial Application Hosting Platform
Platform for cybersecurity
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.
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