15 June 2017 Eaton has announced a fast, cost-effective method of assembling motor starters for multi-motor applications. The Motor Starter Feeder System (MSFS) includes backplates with integral three-phase… Read More
1 June 2017 Rittal has invented a new method for connecting wires and cables to copper busbars which, it claims, is the fastest way of making such connections… Read More
25 May 2017 National Instruments (NI) has announced new generation of its LabView engineering system design software which bridges the gap between configuration-based software and custom programming languages… Read More
30 March 2017 ABB has revealed a cost-effective way of using spare I/O channels on its AC500 PLCs to achieve higher levels of functional safety, without needing extra… Read More
28 February 2017 Bedrock Automation, the Californian manufacturer of cyber-secure controls products, has announced a firmware upgrade that extends its cyber-security protection to networks, the Industrial Internet of… Read More
4 January 2017 Siemens has updated its Simotion motion control software, equipping it with object-oriented programming (OOP) and communications via OPC UA. The addition of OOP to… Read More
4 January 2017 At the recent SPS IPC Drives show, Phoenix Contact unveiled a “future-proof” open control platform, called PLCnext, that will allow engineers from different disciplines to… Read More
21 November 2016 Yamaha has announced in Japan that it has developed a robotic automation platform that, it says, will allow automated production lines to be built quickly… Read More
2 November 2016 The German machine safety specialist Schmersal claims to have developed the world’s smallest safety light barriers with built-in evaluation functions. The single-beam SLB 240/440/450 barriers… Read More
3 October 2016 Omron in Japan has announced a total of 15,583 controls products, in seven categories, forming a second wave of factory automation control devices built on… Read More
