Free AR app helps to avoid robot hazards without a headset
13 February 2024 The German robot-maker Kuka has developed an AR (augmented reality) app that visualises robot cells live on a smartphone or tablet, helping to achieve fast,… Read More
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‘First’ NFC encoder avoids the need for set-up cables
12 June 2023 The German encoder-maker Wachnendorff has developed what it claims is the world’s first incremental encoder that can be configured wirelessly from a smartphone using NFC… Read More
Precision servodrive targets demanding applications
18 May 2023 Siemens has launched a dynamic servodrive system consisting of a precision drive, powerful servomotors and easy-to-use cables. The Sinamics S200 system is aimed at applications… Read More
Industrial Ethernet exceeds two thirds of comms market
5 May 2023 Profinet and EtherNet/IP have reinforced their position as joint leaders of the industrial communications market, with each accounting for 18% of new factory automation nodes… Read More
5G connections are set to disrupt factory communications
8 June 2020 There will be almost four billion wireless connections in smart factories around the world by 2030, according a new forecast from Nokia and ABI Research. Read More
Europe’s biggest 5G research network targets factory apps
18 May 2020 Europe’s largest 5G research network has gone live in Germany with the aim of developing technologies and applications for digitised and networked production in factories. Read More
Module links existing motors to the cloud for analysis
1 March 2019 Siemens has announced plans for a technology that will transmit data from existing electric motors directly to the cloud for analysis, without needing any structural… Read More
Wireless access point bolts onto machines to give remote comms
19 September 2016 The Swedish industrial communications specialist HMS Industrial Networks has announced a wireless access point that is designed to be mounted on a machine or cabinet… Read More
Smartphone app sets drive parameters remotely
9 June 2016 Lenze’s compact i500 drives, which the company launched at the SPS IPC Drives show in Germany in late 2015, can now be accessed from a… Read More
Machine-mounting controller supports IoT programming
21 January 2016 Rexroth has announced an IP65-protected control module that combines PLC and I/O functions and can be mounted directly onto a machine, avoiding the need for… Read More
