Drives cut harmonics by 97% without needing chokes
3 April 2023 Siemens has announced a high-performance frequency converter equipped with a “clean power technology” that cuts harmonics by up to 97% without needing line harmonic chokes… Read More
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Vision sensors identify objects without experts
21 November 2022 The German sensor-maker SensoPart has developed an image-processing system which, it says, can detect and differentiate items reliably without users needing to be machine vision… Read More
Remote maintenance gateway cuts the need to travel to sites
26 January 2022 Omron has announced a DIN-rail-mounting industrial gateway that can be installed in control panels to provide remote access for real-time servicing of industrial equipment without… Read More
Automation centre will help to design future factories
18 November 2021 Omron has upgraded its Barcelona-based Automation Centre where visitors from across the Emea region can collaborate with the company’s engineers to develop industrial automation systems,… Read More
VSDs are ‘first with on-board corrosive gas detection’
9 November 2020 Mitsubishi Electric has released a new generation of variable-speed drives which, it claims, are the first to incorporate internal detection of corrosive gases which, combined… Read More
AC microdrives promise up to 6% more energy saving
24 April 2019 Yaskawa has introduced a series of AC microdrives which, it claims, can achieve energy savings that are up to 6% higher than other drives. The… Read More
Robotic box-builder can handle eight sizes, without changeovers
22 October 2018 A US packaging machinery specialist claims to have developed the first machine that can randomly erect boxes of different shapes and sizes, without needing any… Read More
QA vision system can be set up in ‘minutes’ without needing SIs
13 September 2018 An Israeli-German company has developed a machine-vision-based QA (quality assurance) technology which, it claims, can be installed within minutes without needing systems integrators or the… Read More
Sercos master is made available as free, open-source software
21 August 2017 A software-based Sercos industrial Ethernet master that can be implemented on industrial automation controllers instead of needing dedicated hardware, is now available as free, open-source… Read More
Browser-based system turns block I/Os into PLCs
27 May 2016 Turck has announced a technology that allows users to add logic functions to I/O devices without needing a PLC, thus driving down the cost per… Read More
