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Roughly two months before the start of HANNOVER MESSE 2013 (8 to 12 April), its organizer, Deutsche Messe, is expecting a strong trade fair performance coupled with a winning Partner …

ASM (Gemany) offers the tape actuated position sensor series with the WB100M as the latest member. The sensor supports CANopen and J1939 digital outputs, SSI as well as analog outputs. …

Exchangeable machine modules make production systems more versatile. These can be assembled in whatever combination is required to produce a particular product. This mechatronic approach is not new. What is …

For applications in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries as well as in packaging technology, Beckhoff offers a complete control solution in “Hygienic Design,” consisting of Panel PCs, I/O modules …

In March 2013, COPA-DATA will introduce a new version of its automation software. zenon 7.10 again focuses on the user and features pioneering technology, with its support of 64-bit, Windows …

Just a few months have passed since the 26th Control international trade fair for quality assurance closed, but the halls of the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre are already filling up again …

The global HMI/SCADA (Human Machine Interface and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) software and services market is experiencing good growth and evolutionary change. The marketplace is seeking HMI/SCADA software and …

The Siemens Industry Automation Division has equipped the latest generation of its rugged andready-to-run industrial notebooks with a multitude of practical functions for mobile engineering.Simatic Field PG M4, with up …

Beckhoff will exhibit its entire range of products with automation solutions for the tire manufacturing process at booth 2081 in hall 11.3 at Tire Technology Expo from 5 to 7 …

The preparations for the sector start of the German metal processing industry for the year 2013 are fully underway in Leipzig. From February 26th until March 1st 2013 the trade …

Two lines at one of the UK’s biggest paper mills have recently been updated with new AC drives from Control Techniques. SCA’s Trafford Park paper mill in Manchester produces a …

The new Berghof stepper motor controller, MC1010 STEP1-SC6-CAN, can now control a stepper motor at max. 4 A permanent load with a step resolution of 25,600 steps (0.014° angle resolution). …

The object-oriented engineering tool LASAL was expanded with smart functions, which provide even more efficiency when implementing machine applications: – With the LASAL CLASS Variant Editor, project variants can be …

Siemens Industry Automation Division has expanded its compact and scalable Simatic ET 200SP distributed IO system with communication modules for the AS-Interface and IO-Link, as well as with a Siplus …

GCube systems cut development times for applications and maintenance, reduce error risks, and optimise machine size by satisfying the customer’s specific demands for managing automation cells. GCube platforms, integrating HMI, …