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Manufacturing, mangos and Melbourne Airport: Beckhoff powers flexible process control

Manufacturer's Monthly

From their headquarters in Lake Wendouree, Brown’s team has been using advanced methodology to promote Australian innovation through process control and automation systems since 1985. For ten years, they have utilised Beckhoff Automation solutions such as PLCs with remote I/O, robotics, and machine vision technology.

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Flexxbotics Announces Latest Release for Multi-Factory Robot-Driven Manufacturing with Autonomous Process Control

Metrology

Flexxbotics’ new release includes powerful multi-factory capabilities for large scale deployments along with enhanced functionality for in-line inspection, IT business system integration, analytics, and support for mobile tablets and smartphones.

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Yokogawa Updates OpreX Process Automation Family

Gary Mintchell

The first is the release of OpreX Robot Management Core, an application in the Asset Management and Integrity family. The second concerns strengthened industrial network support in CENTUM in the Control and Safety System family of solutions. OpreX Robot Management Core Yokogawa Electric Corp.

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How are Wireless Sensor Networks employed in Industrial Automation

DO Supply

WSNs are designed to continue functioning even if some nodes fail. The central node then aggregates and transmits the data to the SCADA master station via standard communication links such as Ethernet/IP, Wireless Protocols, Cellular Networks, Modbus TCP/IP, or OCP (OLE for process control). This betters systems responsiveness.

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Seeing Is Believing: 3D Vision System Enables Bin-Picking Robot

Modern Machine Shop

“Bin picking is basically the Holy Grail of robotic automation,” says Scott Harms, president of MetalQuest Unlimited Inc. And according to Harms, “Vision is the ultimate complexity when it comes to robotics.” A 3D vision system enables a robot to pick up castings directly from this box.

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IMTS / Hannover Messe Chicago Recap

Gary Mintchell

D:PLOY automatically discovers and configures all the components in a robotic cell – including any leading collaborative or light industrial robot arm and tools – while also integrating external I/O from sensors and machines. D:PLOY will be available for all common robotic applications, making deployment up to 80% faster.

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Functional Safety Over EtherCAT with Ixxat Safe T100/FSoE

i4.0 today

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. has been confirmed in the ETG test lab.