Raspberry Pi-based controller will have built-in touchscreen
18 March 2022 An industrial computing specialist has announced a pair of controllers based on the low-cost Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) platform, which is aimed at… Read More
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Direct-drive integrated servomotor has wide speed range
22 June 2020 The UK positioning technology manufacturer Overview has announced a direct-drive, integrated servomotor with a wide dynamic speed range (0.05–720 degrees/second), 0.007-degree repeatability and 1Nm of… Read More
Cloud-based apps give real-time insights into IIoT equipment
12 June 2019 At the 2019 Hannover Fair, Schneider Electric announced seven new cloud-based apps for industry, smart buildings, data centres and energy grids, as part of its… Read More
First trial of 5G communications in a UK factory goes live
25 February 2019 Trials of the first live installation of 5G technologies in a UK factory have begun at Worcester Bosch’s boiler production plant in Worcester. The company… Read More
£600,000 lab will show how robots can solve users’ problems
5 November 2018 Omron has opened a robotics innovation lab at its UK headquarters in Milton Keynes. The lab, which represents an investment of £600,000 with a creation… Read More
VSD service will predict future maintenance needs
31 January 2017 ABB has announced a new service which will analyse the operating conditions of its installed drives to predict their future maintenance needs and to optimise… Read More
Linear actuators with built-in controls simplify set-ups
2 September 2015 The Danish linear motion specialist Linak has announced a range of linear actuators with built-in controllers which, it says, will simplify installation and set-up, reduce… Read More
Motor and inverter tester works under dynamic conditions
13 August 2014 HBM has developed a system for measuring the performance and efficiency of electric motors and inverters that, it claims, is the only one that can… Read More
LED-based position sensing technology ‘is a better buy’
9 December 2013 A Canadian company called LeddarTech has developed an LED-based presence detection and ranging technology for industrial applications which, it claims, offers a better cost/performance ratio… Read More
GE consolidates its control platforms on open technologies
6 November 2013 GE Intelligent Platforms has announced plans to consolidate its control platforms, standardising them on open systems such as OPC-UA, to support the Industrial Internet. It… Read More
