Cloud-based platform will enhance VSD performance
1 March 2018 At the Hannover Fair in April, Siemens plans to unveil a digital platform for using and evaluating VSD (variable-speed drive) data, based on its MindSphere… Read More
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Failsafe PC-based controller is ‘first’ with independent OS
9 February 2018 Siemens claims to have developed the world’s first software controller to offer failsafe PC-based control which functions independently of the operating system. The Simatic ET… Read More
Users of MindSphere open IoT platform form a global group
5 February 2018 Siemens is setting up a global organisation for users of its MindSphere cloud-based open IoT operating system, in partnership with 18 companies, including Festo, Heitec,… Read More
Open controller heralds ‘a new era in automation’
31 January 2018 A year after it announced its PLCnext “open” control technology, Phoenix Contact has released its first controller based on the technology. At the recent SPS… Read More
Servo-inverter merges drive- and controller-based automation
14 November 2017 The German automation and drives manufacturer Lenze is launching an industrial controller which, it claims, removes the boundaries between controller-based and drive-based automation. It says… Read More
Danfoss buys Finnish developer of ‘most efficient’ drivetrain
1 November 2017 Danfoss is buying Visedo Oy, a Finnish developer of smart hybrid and electric drivetrains for commercial vehicles, heavy-duty machinery and marine applications. The terms of… Read More
Device combines current measurement and PLC functions
31 October 2017 The Swiss measurement specialist Camille Bauer Metrawatt claims, for the first time, to have combined a device that measures large currents with a PLC (programmable… Read More
Is your lubricant running low? Just add water
19 October 2017 The German lubrication specialist, Klüber Lubrication, has developed a water-based lubricant which, it predicts, could revolutionise the future of specialty lubricants. Its Hydro Lubricant technology… Read More
PLCopen releases safe motion specification to plug a gap
27 July 2017 PLCopen has released version 1.0 of its PLCopen Safe Motion specification which fills a gap in specifications released earlier by PLCopen’s motion and safety activities,… Read More
Dual-format motion controls can handle up to 128 axes
6 July 2017 Omron and its US subsidiary, Delta Tau Data Systems (DT), have collaborated to develop a range of programmable multi-axis controllers (PMACs) in both standalone and… Read More
