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The BMW plant in Steyr, Austria, is the BMW Group’s largest engine plant worldwide. At the facility, the top priorities are quality, efficiency and the transformation to Industry 4.0 through the implementation of digital technologies at shop floor level. To improve all three, plant managers embraced Autonomous Machine Vision, a new technology for quality inspection developed by German-Israeli company...
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Comes with an extended field of view and increased line coverage
Eurotech’s IoT Edge capabilities will be coupled with Orange’s IoT platform to enable end-to-end IoT device and data management for industrial automation, smart transportation, energy management and other use cases
A fitted combination of Electrohydraulic and Electromechanical Actuation
Advances in 3D modeling enable videoscope inspectors, used for remote visual inspection (RVI), to make more reliable measurements because they can better perceive the actual shape of the object they are measuring
Interview with Mark Pontin, Managing Director at Resolve Optics
The motors are ideal for battery-fed applications, where they help maximize the running time per battery charge
A new, global ISO 20560 norm is now available to standardise the identification of hidden and often hazardous pipe contents in factories and facilities. Compliant pipe markers are already offered by Brady Corporation
Bosch Connected Industry will present its new version of Nexeed Automation with Control plus V2
The social distancing solution from Siemens based on the Real-Time Locating System (RTLS) can be the solution to keep production running without putting the safety of employees in the background
Fast, robust, reliable: 5Gang stands for efficient and powerful networking in production using 5G and cloud technologies. Focal points are firstly flexible production and secondly automatic status detection and control of the "factory of tomorrow''
Several hundred devices from Pepperl+Fuchs' Explosion Protection Division have been approved in accordance with China Compulsory Certification (CCC). This makes export of products to China possible without restrictions
Can provide charging power of up to 350 kW
The €8 million three-year project ''IntellIoT'' will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, to treat patients with cardiovascular diseases remotely
According to a report released by Interact Analysis, Covid-19 will cause industrial gearbox market to contract by over 7% in 2020, but a swift recovery is predicted for the sector in most regions with global sales surpassing 2019 levels as early as 2022
Hamilton Medical and Schurter are linked by a longstanding partnership. In addition to the complete control units for their modular Hamilton G5 ventilator, Schurter also supplies components for devices such as the Microlab STAR series.
This strategic collaboration will leverage Microsoft’s 3D time-of-flight (ToF) sensor technology
Helps the improvement of process reliability
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has chosen the SmartBlue CPace protocol from Endress+Hauser as a recommended internet standard for password-protected access to instruments
Durable and robust 1.27mm pitch connection choice
Emerson also joins the OPC Foundation Field Level Communications (FLC) initiative to drive a holistic approach to sensor and device level communications across process and factory automation industries
Established by the German trade associations ZVEI, VDMA, and Bitkom, the IDTA is pushing ahead with open-source development of a digital twin for Industry 4.0 with help from 20 different companies, including Pepperl+Fuchs
Research experiments for space applications are taking place at Leibniz University Hanover in a new drop tower, the Einstein Elevator, under variable gravitational conditions. The power supply is controlled by frequency converters manufactured by Gefran
Predictive maintenance has been discussed for many years. Yet, something has just recently changed. The result is that predictive maintenance is converging with the IIoT and revenues are now growing exponentially
Pepperl+Fuchs presents WILSEN.sonic.level, its first LoRaWAN and autonomous IoT sensor that gives mobile containers the necessary intelligence to tell operators when and where they need to be collected
A whitepaper from PTC
Designed for heavy-duty applications
An Interact analysis predicts a 10-fold investment increase for mobile robots in the logistics sector between now and 2024
Designing optical systems for satellites and spacecraft is challenging due to the harsh conditions that space places upon components and systems working in this remote environment
With very compact, lightweight and bearingless design
Yaskawa, a leading company in this industry, has thus decided to use the PLCnext Technology, the open ecosystem for industrial automation from Phoenix Contact
When it comes to medical devices, safety is a must and begins with the power supply. Strong of many years of experience in the manufacture of sophisticated power supply and input systems, Schurter has taken this challenge very seriously
The manual and complex THT (through hole technology) method is normally used to plug wired components on circuit boards. The software solution from ArtiMinds Robotics makes it possible to automate THT assembly
New generation of significantly more sensitive sensor series
Messe München announced that electronica will take place virtually this year. The digital format will give exhibitors new opportunities to network and book digital trade fair booths. More information will be available soon
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