Sensorless motor control is ‘as good as using an encoder’
12 July 2023 Germany’s KEB Automation has developed and patented a sensorless method for controlling motors that, it claims, is “in no way inferior to operation with an… Read More
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AUTOMATION FOR MANUFACTURING
signals
12 July 2023 
Device converts any analogue sensor signal to IO-Link
8 June 2022 The German sensor developer Ege-Elektronik Spezial-Sensoren has announced a device that converts signals from traditional analogue sensors to noise-free digital IO-Link signals. Depending on its… Read More
Distributed I/O system links wired devices to the IIoT
13 February 2020 The Californian automation manufacturer Opto 22 has announced an intelliegent distributed I/O system designed to connect traditional wired switches and sensors directly to Ethernet networks,… Read More
RFID helps robots to track objects and could replace vision
27 February 2019 Researchers at MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the US have developed a system that uses RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags to help robots home… Read More
Using IO-Link for analogue signals cuts costs
31 January 2019 Balluff has come up with a device that saves money by using IO-Link to handle analogue inputs and outputs, and uses unshielded three-conductor cables instead… Read More
Plug-in modules tailor combined scope and data recorder
26 June 2017 Yokogawa has announced a portable instrument for capturing, recording, analysing and displaying electrical and physical parameters. The DL350 ScopeCorder combines oscilloscope functions with those of… Read More
Current monitor adapts to suit its application
6 January 2017 At the recent SPS IPC Drives show in Germany, Murrelektronik announced a modular current-monitoring system that can be adapted to suit an application. The Mico… Read More
Long-range inductive sensors ‘will revolutionise sector’
2 July 2015 The German sensor-maker wenglor sensoric has announced a range of inductive sensors which, it claims, will revolutionise the sector. The sensors, which have switching distances… Read More
Box converts standard switches to wireless operation
26 April 2015 The German wireless and safety specialist steute has developed a device that allows existing mechanical switching devices, such as cam switches, to be integrated into… Read More
Combined current and voltage module replaces two devices
11 February 2015 Murrelektronik has developed a module that can process both analogue voltage and current signals, and has four individually configurable measuring channels. The MAS168 module is… Read More
