Controller achieves IE5 efficiencies with PCB motors
30 October 2023 The US electric motor developer ECM PCB Stator Tech has announced a customisable integrated motor controller that operates with a claimed efficiency of 98%. The… Read More
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AUTOMATION FOR MANUFACTURING
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Cloud-based HMI portfolio offers users choice and agility
25 October 2023 Rockwell Automation has launched a portfolio of cloud-based software and hardware that allows customers to use visualisation software to design HMI applications that will work… Read More
Red Hat and Intel say edge platform will ‘transform’ industry
20 September 2023 The open-source software specialist Red Hat has teamed up with the semiconductor giant Intel to develop an industrial edge platform that, they say, will provide… Read More
Software cuts data-handling and boosts uptime by up to 20%
20 September 2023 ABB Robotics has released a modular software platform that streamlines data collection, visualisation and analysis in automated production facilities. It claims that the OptiFact platform… Read More
Rockwell buys Canadian AMR specialist Clearpath
6 September 2023 Rockwell Automation is buying the Canadian autonomous robotics specialist Clearpath Robotics for an undisclosed sum. Rockwell believes that AMRs (autonomous mobile robots) are the next… Read More
Machine-builders can customise HMIs to suit their needs
22 August 2023 Rockwell Automation has released a line of graphic terminals based on technologies that it acquired when it bought the Italian automation manufacturer Asem in 2020. Read More
New Renishaw range tackles automation problems
21 August 2023 The UK-headquartered engineering company, Renishaw, has developed a series of products to solve industrial automation problems such as such as achieving accuracy and repeatability when… Read More
Software EtherCat motion control is ‘transformative’
11 July 2023 The Taiwanese edge computing specialist Adlink Technology has announced a software-defined EtherCat motion controller that, it claims, overcomes the limits of hardware-based controllers, extending maximum… Read More
Twin-robot bin-picker achieves ‘record’ 2,700 picks an hour
27 June 2023 The German vacuum technology specialist Schmalz claims to have set a new speed record for automated bin-picking using a pair of Scara robots that were… Read More
Mitsubishi’s Iconics software subsidiary buys UK operation
2 June 2023 Mitsubishi Electric has announced that its Iconics Inc subsidiary has agreed to wholly acquire Iconics UK, which sells Scada (supervisory control and data acquisition) software and… Read More
