25 August 2016 The Californian controls manufacturer Bedrock Automation has released a video showing its Bedrock industrial control system surviving sustained multi-million volt strikes on top of a… Read More
12 August 2016 Rockwell Automation has filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that the Taiwanese controls manufacturer, Advantech, and 3S-Smart Software Solutions, the… Read More
18 May 2016 The German safety specialist Pilz says it has developed the world’s first type 3 light grids, thus closing the “type gap” in the revised version… Read More
13 May 2016 Ladder logic continues to be the dominant language for programming PLCs, accounting for more than 81% of the global market, despite the availability of several… Read More
21 March 2016 LonMark International – the non-profit organisation that enables interoperable systems for products based on the ISO/IEC 14908 standards – has announced plans to develop a… Read More
16 March 2016 Two organisations working to standardise smart factory operations – the OPC Foundation and AutomationML – have released a specification intended to make it easier to… Read More
4 December 2015 The Brazilian motors and controls manufacturer WEG has launched a Class-10 motor protection circuit breaker which, it claims, is the smallest on the market. The… Read More
16 September 2015 The Brazilian motor-maker WEG has launched a range of Atex-compliant geared motors which combine its high-efficiency W22X motors with gearboxes from its Austrian subsidiary, Watt… Read More
6 August 2015 Wago has announced an integrated engineering tool that supports the entire automation development process, from software design through to machine operation. The e!Cockpit tool, based… Read More
6 July 2015 Taiwan-based Adlink Technology has announced an EtherCat-based motion control system consisting of a palm-sized master controller, and a modular I/O and motion control system. The… Read More
