The Beckhoff Bus Terminal system is being expanded by the new pressure measuring terminals, KM37xx for recording differential and absolute pressures. In a similar way to electrical signal acquisition, ...
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In many industrial nations, electric motors account for more than half of the electricity consumption, which offers enormous energy saving potential. Speed control can easily reduce the excess energy ...
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The soccer robots of the Dutch Team Tech United Eindhoven won the RoboCup German Open in Hanover, Germany. In the finals it took a penalty shoot-out to beat the current number three in the world ranking, ...
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Fairlands office development in Randburg is being built to house WesBank and certain other FNB consumer divisions. Comprising two levels of 64 000 square meters the structure houses a 1600-car super basement, ...
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With the introduction of the CX9000 Embedded PC series, Beckhoff took PC-based control technology to its most compact form in a bus-coupler style housing. The new CX9010 differs from the CX9000 with a ...
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The state-controlled Petroleum, Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa, PetroSA, has been operating the first biogas-to-electricity plant of its kind in South Africa at its gas-to-liquid refinery near ...
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Beckhoff can realise open automation systems on the basis of PC-based control technology for almost all industry sectors. With innovative automation solutions Beckhoff sets new standards for the automation ...
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The drive technology range from Beckhoff has been extended with the addition of the AM3500 servomotor series. In contrast to current trends, these new servomotors have a higher moment of inertia, making ...
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With EtherCAT technology, Beckhoff overcomes the system limitations of other Ethernet solutions
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With its new CP6608 Ethernet Control Panel, Beckhoff has expanded the 'Economy' series with a 145 mm display version. The panel features an integrated PC with Intel IXP420 processor and several interfaces, ...
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South African Instrumentation and Control interviewed Andrew Craig, automation manager, FlavourCraft
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The EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) announced that EtherCAT is now an official IEC standard. The IEC standards for EtherCAT - 61158, 61784-2 and 61800-7 unanimously passed in final voting. This is a ...
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