Safety monitoring system allows rapid restarts
18 October 2022 Banner Engineering has developed a system that makes it easier to obtain diagnostic data from machine safety devices. The In-Series Diagnostics (ISD) system allows users… Read More
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Portal will act as one-stop shop for smart technologies
30 November 2021 DFA Manufacturing Media, the publisher of Drives & Controls, has launched an online portal and social media information resource called Smart Futures that will cover… Read More
Braking simulator shrinks robot cells by up to 25%
10 June 2021 ABB has added a virtual robot braking distance function to its RobotStudio offline programming and simulation software, that calculates and simulates real-world stopping distances, avoiding… Read More
Cyber-flaw could allow hackers to halt Rockwell drives
1 April 2019 US cyber-researchers have found a software flaw in some Rockwell Automation variable-speed drives that could be exploited to manipulate the drive’s operation or to stop… Read More
Module adds safety functions to drive controller
19 November 2018 The German drives specialist Stober has collaborated with the safety specialist Pilz to develop a safety module for its SD6 drive controller which allows safe… Read More
Electronic cable-pull switch is ‘the world’s most advanced’
15 May 2017 Rockwell Automation has developed what it claims is the world’s first solid-state cable-pull emergency-stop device, which uses a microprocessor-based technology to monitor and compensate for… Read More
Electrically activated e-stop buttons will save time and energy
11 May 2017 The German safety expert Pilz has developed an electrically-operated emergency-stop pushbutton which, it says, can save time and energy, and allow machines to be returned… Read More
PLC safety concept ‘can save $300,000 a year’
2 February 2017 A new concept for safety PLCs can distinguish between a real reaction to a hazard – when the machine must stop – and those that… Read More
Device stops cylinders precisely at intermediate points
22 October 2014 Festo has announced a module that can be positioned anywhere along the stroke length of a pneumatic actuator to create stops where they are needed. Read More
Free-ranging material-mover is 15% cheaper to deploy than AGVs
24 April 2013 The US robotics specialist Adept Technology has developed a self-navigating “autonomous indoor vehicle” (AIV), designed to move materials from point to point in challenging environments… Read More
