EtherCAT interoperability removes industrial networking barriers February 2024 Selecting the right communication technology is one of the most important decisions engineers make, and interoperability helps with that decision. Key development tools and standards ensure interoperability among many EtherCAT devices and manufacturers.
Condition monitoring to go February 2024, Turck Banner Southern Africa Anyone who wants to efficiently monitor the climate in control cabinets will find a comprehensive range of control cabinet monitors for the DIN rail in Turck Banner’s cabinet condition monitoring family.
When to upgrade your systems and processes August 2024 In the manufacturing and mining environments, where downtime is not an option, how does one determine the optimal time to upgrade your systems and processes, with the minimum amount of downtime to ensure that you maintain your productivity targets?
Efficiently consolidate analogue signals and reduce wiring August 2024, Turck Banner Southern Africa Control engineers can bring analogue signals into a control system more efficiently with the new R95C 8-port analogue input to modbus hub.
Integrating networks in CNC machinery August 2024, RJ Connect A leading global manufacturer of industrial machinery wanted to aggregate multiple applications into its CNC machines. Due to the use of different proprietary networks, integrating the networks and maintaining the components required substantial effort.
Standardising information in process automation applications I&C July 2024 The co-owners of the Process Automation Device Information Model have released the PA-DIM Version 1.1 specification. This release, a testament to collective efforts, includes expanded device-type support for process analysers, and an enhanced basic hierarchy structure with new extensions, benefiting the industrial user and vendor manufacturing community.
Enabling multiple applications on a unified TSN network I&C July 2024, RJ Connect A leading global manufacturer of industrial machinery wanted to aggregate multiple applications into its CNC machines. Due to the use of different proprietary networks, integrating the networks and maintaining the components required substantial effort.
Smart and easy wiring with IO-Link I&C July 2024, ifm - South Africa A leading global machine manufacturer in the food and beverage industry has put its automation concept, based on parallel wiring, to the test with the aim of achieving higher efficiency, lower costs, more flexibility, and standardisation. All requirements can be successfully implemented with IO-Link solutions from ifm.
Flexible EtherCAT communication interface for DALI-2 I&C July 2024, Beckhoff Automation The EL6821 EtherCAT Terminal from Beckhoff allows up to 64 DALI/DALI-2 slaves and 64 DALI-2 input devices to be connected. The TwinCAT 3 System Manager makes it easy to configure and parameterise DALI devices flexibly.
Modularity for future scalability I&C July 2024, RJ Connect When it comes to managed switches, industrial-grade reliability, multicast availability and security enhancements based on the IEC 62433 standards are crucial features. There are a number of vertical markets where these switches can be used.
TwinCAT runtime for real-time Linux May 2024, Beckhoff Automation With TwinCAT runtime for real-time Linux, Beckhoff is opening up new application possibilities for real-time control. The ability to execute several TwinCAT runtimes on a single industrial PC means users can now combine different system parts on one high-performance computer to streamline programming and diagnostics.
EtherCAT terminals for the connection of load cells May 2024, Beckhoff Automation Beckhoff is offering a compact and cost-effective solution for integrating weighing functions into control systems. The integration of the supply voltage for the load cells is particularly advantageous.
Affordable building management system product range April 2024 Schneider Electric has unveiled its EasyLogic Building Management System range, designed for basic building architectures, to the local marketplace. This is a complete and cost-effective range of field controllers and sensors that are both easy to install and scalable.
EtherCAT-based control technology for building automation April 2024, Beckhoff Automation Modern non-residential buildings place many high demands on building automation. This can be optimally implemented with EtherCAT-based control technology from Beckhoff, which provides an efficient central automation architecture thanks to ultra-fast data communication.
PC-based control for university studies April 2024, Beckhoff Automation The IDEA box developed at Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences is designed to introduce students to the topic of Industry 4.0 in a simple and practical way. At the core of the corresponding demo case is PC-based control from Beckhoff.
A new standard in high-speed Ethernet communication March 2024 The TXMC897 module from TEWS Technologies supports a range of Ethernet standards and speeds, making it suitable for diverse applications, including the defence, industrial, and IIoT markets.
Data-driven battery production February 2024, Turck Banner Southern Africa The availability of high-performance batteries at moderate prices is one of the most important factors for the success of electromobility. As a long-standing automation partner to the automotive industry, Turck Banner supports the major battery manufacturers with its know-how.
Bring critical temperature data to your condition monitoring system February 2024, Turck Banner Southern Africa Data conversion just got easier. Turck Banner converters are compact, simple add-ons that seamlessly fit into your factory applications. You can take various types of signals such as discrete, analogue and many others, and convert them to protocols like IO-link, PICK-IQ, PWM/PFM, and Modbus.
Case History 190: Measurement problem ruins level control. November 2023, Michael Brown Control Engineering, Editor's Choice The widely held belief in many plants that tuning will solve all base layer control problems is completely fallacious. Bad tuning is generally not the main reason for loops to perform badly. It is important when performing optimisation that all elements in a loop are considered, in addition to the control strategy, before even thinking of tuning.
Precise part machining November 2023, Beckhoff Automation, Editor's Choice toolcraft manufactures on behalf of its customers using its 60 CNC machines, and designs, plans and builds turnkey production systems for companies in various industries, having added injection moulding, mould making and additive manufacturing technologies along the way. Robotics is the company’s newest technology division. This is why toolcraft relies on PC-based control, including in the production cells, which have seven-axis milling robots for machining components at CNC level.
