ETG accepts Beckhoff’s 10Gb/s EtherCat
25 October 2019 The EtherCat Technology Group (ETG) has accepted Beckhoff Automation’s 1Gb/s and 10Gb/s versions of EtherCat – known as EtherCat G and G10 – as additions… Read More
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25 October 2019 
Sales of motor-drives and on-machine VSDs ‘will hit $1.4bn’
5 February 2019 The global market for integrated motors and machine-mounted drives will expand with a CAGR of 6.8% in the five years from 2017, reaching $1.4bn by… Read More
Vision system is ‘the first’ integrated into an automation system
31 January 2019 After previewing its new integrated machine vision technology at the 2017 SPS IPC Drives show, B&R Automation provided more details and demonstrations at the 2018… Read More
Safety PLC is ‘first’ with failsafe condition monitoring
20 November 2018 ABB has developed what it claims is the world’s first safety PLC with integrated condition monitoring. It says the combination will enhance the functional safety… Read More
Omron-Techman deal will put cobots on mobile platforms
15 May 2018 The Japanese automation giant Omron is forming a strategic alliance with Techman Robot, the Taiwanese manufacturer of integrated-vision collaborative robots (cobots), under which Omron will… Read More
Banks to run Siemens’ Integrated Drive Systems in the UK
7 March 2018 Siemens UK & Ireland has appointed Phil Banks to be head of strategy for its Integrated Drive Systems (IDS) business. As part of his new… Read More
Easy-to-build servo platform offers architecture choice
20 December 2017 At the recent SPS IPC Drives show in Germany, Danfoss unveiled a modular motion control platform which can be used to create centralised or decentralised… Read More
Integrated drive saves space, time, cabling costs and energy
17 August 2017 Leroy-Somer has announced an integrated drive that can be used to control its IMfinity induction motors with ratings from 0.25–7.5kW. The Commander ID300 drive is… Read More
Robot controller can supervise entire machines
28 June 2017 Schneider Electric has announced a robot controller that can control multiple delta robots and Scara robots, as well as third-party six-axis robots. The PacDrive 3… Read More
Mclennan takes on stepper drives after SmartDrive enters liquidation
1 February 2017 The Cambridgeshire motion control specialist SmartDrive has gone into liquidation after more than 30 years of business. The rights to its stepper drive designs have… Read More
