Controls, Automation & Components

Controls Product Brief
| February 4, 2012

EtherNet/IP I/O modules

Belden’s Lumberg EtherNet/IP I/O modules fully support device level ring (DLR) protocol and line (daisy chain) topologies and are suitable for machine tool, material handling, filling and packaging machinery applications.
Controls Product Brief
| February 4, 2012

Wide temperature ethernet switches

WAGO Corporation's 852 Series Ethernet Switch family now features two Wide Temperature models for operation between -40°C to +70 °C.
Controls Product Brief
| February 4, 2012

USB-to-WLAN adapter

In order to provide cost-effective wireless solutions to machine builders and manufacturers, Beckhoff Automation has introduced the recently FCC-certified CU8890 WLAN adapter.
Controls Product Brief
| February 4, 2012

Barcode reader increases read rates

Cognex Corporation’s advanced fixed-mount industrial ID reader, the DataMan 300, is designed to handle the most difficult ID code-reading applications on even the highest speed lines by using new algorithms.
Controls Product Brief
| February 1, 2012

Combo HMI-PLC with custom plug-in I/O

Maple Systems HMC (Human Machine Controller) is cost-effective, efficient, and compact, combining an HMI and PLC into one unit.
Controls Product Brief
| January 24, 2012

On-machine motor controllers

The Allen-Bradley ArmorStart LT distributed on-machine motor controllers from Rockwell Automation provide simplified installation and space savings for machine builders.
Controls Product Brief
| January 19, 2012

Scalable motion control system

Siemens’ Simotion Scout, the engineering system used for configuring Simotion motion controllers, has been updated with a wide range of usability improvements.
Controls Product Brief
| January 16, 2012

Multiple motion buses supported from a single servo drive

Kollmorgen’s AKD servo drives support the functionality of the base analog drive, indexing drive, CANopen® drive and EtherCAT® drive all from a single drive SKU, enabling machine builders to benefit from more efficient bench testing and prototyping, while helping them to smoothly transition from one bus type to another.
Controls Product Brief
| January 15, 2012

Pneumatics brochure provides standard, custom solutions

The new 20-page color SC-OV brochure from Bosch Rexroth features sophisticated and extensive pneumatic solutions.
Feature Article
| January 13, 2012

7 tips on servo motor control topologies

Discussed in a new white paper are functional and economic factors to be considered in choosing integral control and fieldbus-enabled brushless servo motors.
Feature Article
| January 13, 2012

Vision for machinery integration

ODVA has announced the availability of a new white paper, Optimization of Machine Integration (OMI), which outlines a strategic vision for an open and interoperable communication framework in the industrial sector.
Feature Article
| January 13, 2012

Make plans now for The Automation Conference

The Automation Conference is the one event you won't want to miss in 2012.
Feature Article
| January 13, 2012

Timely help in measuring OEE

Of all the metrics used to measure manufacturing performance, few have shown as much promise as OEE—Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
Controls Product Brief
| January 11, 2012

AC variable frequency drive

Hitachi America’s two new 100 V Class models in the WJ200 series of inverters are rated at ½ hp and 1 hp, 100-120 VAC, single-phase input, and 200-240 VAC, 3-phase output.
Controls Product Brief
| January 9, 2012

Integrated PLC and advanced motion controller provides 30-50% reduction in development time

Aerotech’s A3200 MotionPAC is a software-based PLC that is completely integrated with Aerotech’s A3200 motion controller to increase programming efficiency, decrease development time, and increase quality.

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