Controls & Machine Components

Sick: Safety controller cascades up to 32 sensors onto one loop

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas Booth # 7107! The Flexi Loop safety controller from SICK uses a single cable with an M12 plug to connect e-stops, sensors, switches, lamps, pushbuttons and interlocks so that it can cascade up to 32 safety switches and OSSD safety sensors onto one loop – independent of the manufacturer.

July 25, 2013

Controls & Machine Components: Page 116

Controls & Machine Components

Siemens: Motor/drive combination package

A pre-set list of integrated Simotics motor/Sinamics drive packages from Siemens Industry, Inc. allow an OEM or end-user to select the optimum solution for a variety of heavy-duty industrial motion control applications from a single source, backed by a full three-year warranty.

July 25, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Wago: DIN-rail terminal block jumpers provide horizontal and vertical potential commoning

Wago Corporation's Double-Deck TOPJOBS 2000 Series and X-COMS MINI 2020 Series DIN-rail Terminal Blocks come with new jumpers that provide horizontal and vertical potential commoning.

July 19, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Festo: Heavy-duty toothed belt and ball screw electric actuators

Featuring recirculating ball bearing guides that help absorb lateral forces and torques, Festo’s EGC-HD (heavy duty) toothed belt and ball screw electric actuator also delivers the same high speed, response, and dynamic rigidity of the EGC model, and adds load-bearing capacity to its specifications–twice the load bearing of the EGC actuator.

July 16, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Aerotech: Custom systems and components for additive manufacturing

Aerotech’s additive manufacturing motion systems include multi-axis, gantry, air-bearing, cleanroom, and vacuum-prepped; and its additive manufacturing components include linear, rotary, lift and Z-axis stages, goniometers, motion controls, drives, and motors.

July 15, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

GE: Monitoring & analysis software suite for industrial big data management and analytics

Comprised of six integrated products for industrial big data management and analytics, GE Intelligent Platforms’ new Proficy Monitoring & Analysis software allows companies to manage equipment and process data by captutring, storing, contextualizing, and analyzing data, provides access to data in the Cloud, and presents actionable insights for fast and effective decision making.

July 11, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Campbell Soup’s cooking with real-time data

From automated data collection to plant floor workers armed with handhelds helping them make better decisions, Campbell Soup is leaving behind its paper-based ways.

July 1, 2013

Coding, Printing & Labeling

EVT: Multifunction-PLC-IO-module

EVT presents the EyeMIO – a multifunction-PLC-IO-Module and in combination with the EyeVision image processing software it is especially suitable for the usage in industrial environments.

July 1, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Discrete and analog I/O modules

AutomationDirect’s CLICK PLC line has been expanded to include discrete and analog I/O modules.

June 26, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Yaskawa Motoman: Dual-robot control

Yaskawa Motoman announces enhanced functionality of dual-robot control with its MLX100 Robot Gateway™.

June 25, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

WAGO: Pluggable connector systems

WAGO Corporation’s picoMAX® and picoMAX® eCOM Pluggable Connector Systems are certified UL 1059 and 1977, CB (Certification Body) and CSA.

June 25, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Staubli Corporation: Load balancing software package

Stäubli introduces the partnership with a leader in Load Sharing Software to release the Robot Industry's most comprehensive Load Balancing Software Package.

June 20, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Schneider Electric: Compact all-in-one drive

Schneider Electric Motion USA introduces the Lexium MDrive.

June 20, 2013