May 18, 2023 AutomationDirect’s newest addition of A-coded sensor and signal connection cables from Murrelektronik provides easy and reliable connections between panels and field devices. These cables offer several configurations including axial or right-angle female M8 or M12 screw-lock connector to pigtail, axial male to axial female with M8 or M12 screw-lock connectors, and right-angle…
May 17, 2023 ABB LV Installation Materials Co., Ltd. Beijing celebrated a new milestone with the official opening of an automated flexible miniature circuit breaker (MCB) production line. The factory, which is ABB’s production hub in China for the critical safety components in electrical circuits, is a showcase for advanced principles within the concept of…
Endress+Hauser recognizes the achievements of the Group’s innovators May 17, 2023 Placing a High Value on Innovation. Endress+Hauser invested more money in research and development than ever before in 2022, thus underscoring the company’s innovation ambitions. Innovators from across the Group were honored at the annual Innovators’ Meeting. Since 2000 Endress+Hauser has invited all employees…
May 11, 2023 Panduit Corp. has announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named both Holly Garcia, Vice President, Data Center, and Jessica Crichton, Manager, Channel Marketing, to the Women of the Channel list for 2023. Every year, CRN recognizes women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose expertise and vision are leaving…
May 11, 2023 Improve operational agility. Rockwell Automation, Inc. has announced the release of its new Allen‑Bradley® ArmorBlock 5000™ I/O blocks. Integrated with IO-Link technology, the distributed I/O solution offers smart capabilities that can help industrial manufacturers improve operational productivity with minimal cost. Manufacturers can deploy and maintain smart automation more efficiently with the ArmorBlock 5000 I/O…
May 11, 2023 Penetration testing is the process of launching a real-world cyberattack simulation to assess and improve vulnerabilities and weaknesses in operational technology (OT) system security. Rockwell Automation cybersecurity specialists are well trained in the use of the same tools and systems used by threat actors. To identify vulnerabilities, a threat is intentionally launched…
Financial figures for the KUKA business year 2022 May 11, 2023 A strong result for KUKA: The Augsburg-based automation group won more orders than ever before in the past financial year: at €4,459.5 million, KUKA achieved the highest order intake in the company’s history, an increase of 25.1% compared to the previous year (2021: €3,565.3 million). All KUKA divisions…
The Vision Hardware Portfolio Receives the Red Dot Award and the iF Design Award Gold May 11, 2023 Beckhoff Vision now includes a complete hardware portfolio in addition to the TwinCAT Vision software solution that was introduced in 2017. From the very beginning, its development was oriented around an optimal design and concepts for industrial…
XTS with NCT: Linear transport system as a highly flexible multi-robot system May 11, 2023 The XTS linear transport system from Beckhoff has already proven to be an innovation factor in thousands of machines, and the ongoing expansion of its range of functions offers plenty of market potential for the future. A prime example here…
Change was a common theme of the event, as was adjusting to it and rising to the challenge May 10, 2023 By Krystie Johnston Endress+Hauser recently concluded their Annual Media Conference in Basel, Switzerland on April 4th, 2023. Like past media conferences, they reviewed the previous financial year and provided an outlook for the current…
Company showcases top 10 most viewed blogs of 2022 covering challenges and solutions across all industries May 10, 2023 Endress+Hauser has further cemented its dedication to providing much-needed insight and subject matter expertise to the process automation industry. The company launched the Endress+Hauser Process Automation Blog to help its customers and peers understand the most…
May 10, 2023 On May 17 and 18, 2023, the very first edition of the Robotics & Automation Show will take place at the Center Caztel, in Sainte-Marie, in order to allow Quebec manufacturers to have privileged access to cutting-edge processes and to stakeholders for guide them in their robotics and automation project. Développement économique Nouvelle-Beauce…
May 9, 2023 IIoT solutions for industrial communication in process industries. Pepperl+Fuchs has been active in the Industry 4.0 platform founded in 2013 from the very beginning. In 2015, the company played a decisive role in the development of the Industry 4.0 Reference Architecture Model (RAMI), which describes the structured approach and communication basis for Industry 4.0….
May 8, 2023 Every year, HMS Networks analyzes the industrial network market to estimate the distribution of new connected nodes in factory automation. This year’s study shows that the industrial network market is expected to grow by 7% in 2023. Industrial Ethernet still shows the highest growth and now accounts for 68% of all new…
May 8, 2023 Leuze is placing its strong growth on a broader footing and has expanded its executive management. Xavier Hamers joined the company on April 1, 2023. By 2025, Leuze will have doubled its sales growth since 2020, and not for the first time. With a sales increase of 25 percent, Leuze took another…
May 8, 2023 HMS Networks now releases a new version of the Ixxat SafeT100 module allowing users to implement safe I/Os for FSoE – Functional Safety over EtherCAT. Previously available for PROFIsafe and CIP Safety, the new version supports Functional Safety over EtherCAT according to ETG 5100 V1.2.0. Ixxat® Safe T100 is an all-in-one safety…