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Festo Introduces a Robust Suite of Pneumatic Safety Solutions

November 27, 2024 Festo introduces an innovative suite of safety products, including its new CIP safety module, that ensures the safe operation of pneumatic systems and lowers the risk of injury and system and product damage. Festo pneumatic safety solutions are compatible with the top industrial Ethernet protocols – EtherNET/IP, PROFITNET, and EtherCAT – which…

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ANCA’s Peel Grinding Solution: From Blank to Finished Tool in a Single Setup on the MX7 Platform

November 26, 2024 ANCA’s advanced grinding solutions offer seamless finished tool grinding in a single setup, including blank preparation. This setup features the P-axis Arobotech, which supports blanks at the grind point, enabling the efficient production of various tools with a surface finish below 0.2 Ra. This process significantly reduces cycle time while boosting productivity….

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XKLD31006 DC Solid State Relay with Built-In Protections

November 26, 2024 XKLD31006: Newly EN50155-Certified Railway Solution celduc’s XKLD31006 is EN50155 certified and is an ideal choice for use in the demanding rolling stock environment as well as in harsh industrial applications. Their XKLD31006 has recently obtained railway certification after a series of rigorous tests, designed to simulate the extreme conditions in railway environment: such…

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FLO Confirms FLO Station Eligibility for ZEVIP Funding in 2024

November 21, 2024 FLO confirms that all FLO commercial charging stations remain eligible for ZEVIP funding under this new federal directive Canada recently announced trade measures impacting vehicles from China and limiting eligibility under the Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP) to electric vehicle (EV) charging products manufactured in countries that have negotiated free…

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Omron’s D40A-2 Non-Contact Interlock Door Switch

November 21, 2024 Next-generation, non-contact safety interlock switch for most common safety applications. The D40A-2 Non-Contact Safety Door Switch is designed to enhance safety and efficiency in industrial environments. This advanced switch exceeds safety standards and is ideal for manufacturing settings, featuring a coded magnetic mechanism that improves reliability and prevents bypassing. It includes 2-color…

CODI Manufacturing designs and built new case packer in four weeks with Festo engineering tools and assembly services
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CODI Manufacturing Designs and Built New Case Packer in Four Weeks with Festo Engineering Tools and Assembly Services

November 21, 2024 CODI Manufacturing’s new compact, flexible 12-cycle-per-minute case packer for small to mid-sized food and beverage companies achieves an industry leading price/performance ratio. The Littleton, CO-based machine builder utilized the Festo Handling Guide Online (HGO) engineering tool to design the two-axis handling system, the core of the new machine’s package handling. By having…

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AM8300 Servomotors Set New High-Water Mark for Performance

November 15, 2024 For applications requiring especially high speeds and dynamics, Beckhoff offers the water-cooled AM8300 servo series with standstill torques three times greater than conventional options With the AM8300 servomotor series, Beckhoff expands its drive technology portfolio to include modular motors with integrated water cooling. Compared to conventional convection-cooled motors, these devices support higher…

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Got to Have a WAGO” – 50 Years of Splicing Connector

November 14, 2024 Small product, big impact: Five decades ago, the company revolutionized connection technology in electrical installation with the splicing connector. The phrase “Got to have a WAGO” has been firmly anchored in the vocabulary of every professional electrician since its launch in 1974. Even today, “WAGO” stands for speed, safety and maintenance-free operation…

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Festo’s Innovative Electromechanical Actuators

November 13, 2024 How do you become a global market leader in electromechanical linear actuators? Decades of hard work and innovation! From design, to testing, to production, Festo has extensive knowledge, experience, and expertise in linear actuator manufacturing. Combined with our vast range of servo drives and motors, you can automate the vast majority of…

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Detect Abnormal Control Panel Temperatures with Omron’s K6PM Solution

November 13, 2024 Detect Abnormal Control Panel Temperatures with Omron’s K6PM Solution Watch this demo to learn about Omron’s K6PM predictive maintenance solution for control panels, made up of the K6PM TH controller and K6PM THS thermal imaging sensors. This demo highlights how the system, integrated with the Sysmac Automation platform, detects abnormal temperature rises,…

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Siemens Drives AI Adoption with Industrial Operations X and NVIDIA-Accelerated Industrial PCs 

November 12, 2024 Siemens, a leading technology company, has announced the launch of a new line of Industrial PCs (IPCs) equipped with NVIDIA’s GPUs. Along with an extended AI offering, that’s part of the Industrial Operations X portfolio, it will accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) applications and mark another milestone in the strategic partnership between Siemens…

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Eaton’s Battery Configuration Switch Provides EV Charging Flexibility

November 12, 2024 Intelligent power management company Eaton has announced it has partnered with Munich Electrification to develop and market its battery configuration switch (BCS), an advanced solution for 400-volt/800-volt dual string battery packs in electrified vehicles. This innovative, integrated, bi-stable device for parallel/series reconfiguration allows 800-volt vehicles to effectively charge via a 400-volt charger,…

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Precise Gear Machining Every Second

November 11, 2024 PC-based control automates the chamfering and deburring of gears Many innovations have their roots in the Black Forest, including radial chamfering, which Tec for Gears (TfG) from Furtwangen are using to automate a previously predominantly manual production step with TwinCAT NC PTP and EtherCAT oversampling terminals from Beckhoff, among other things. The…

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TwinCAT PLC++: Next Generation PLC Technology

November 11, 2024 Engineering and runtime with a significant leap in performance Based on well over 40 years of experience with state-of-the-art automation technology, Beckhoff presents the newly developed TwinCAT PLC++, enabling control engineers to make a real leap in project performance. Both engineering and runtime can be accelerated, while the well-known TwinCAT advantages of…

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FactoryTalk DataMosaix from Rockwell Automation Offers Ease and Speed to Visualization

November 11, 2024 Render content on a desktop or mobile device and easily select contextualized data from FactoryTalk DataMosaix Rockwell Automation introduces FactoryTalk® DataMosaix™ App Builder, a low/no code application development builder that’s tightly integrated with FactoryTalk DataMosaix, an industrial DataOps solution providing flexible options that fit most business needs. FactoryTalk DataMosaix enables customers to…

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New Emerson Solution Reduces Energy Costs, Carbon Emissions for Manufacturers

November 7, 2024 Energy Manager simplifies electricity monitoring, tracking real-time use to identify opportunities that can minimize waste and reduce emissions by up to 30% Emerson has launched its new Energy Manager solution, a pre-engineered hardware and software offering designed to simplify industrial electricity monitoring with quick setup and intuitive operation. Ready out of the box,…