New industrial network solution Digi IX15 combines gateway and router
Bressner Technology, a leading provider of hardware and software solutions, expands its IoT portfolio with the
Digi IX15. It is the only fully functional industrial cellular gateway with Zigbee support. The Digi IX15 serves
as both a gateway and a router, providing mission-critical applications with a suitable network platform.
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Advanced industrial motion control
Dynetics presents the SOMANET servo drives from Synapticon: Integrated motion for robotics, machine building and
autonomous industrial systems. Synapticon, based in Schönaich near Stuttgart, Shanghai and Redwood City (Silicon
Valley), is reshaping the world of motion control for robotics and machines at the point of motion. The company
is introducing an entirely new approach to motion axes by integrating formerly discrete components such as
motors, drives, sensors and gears into seamless units,...
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Rugged connectors for tough requirements
CPC-connector series overmoulded – single outlet, double outlet & termination caps. CONEC has expanded its
range of agricultural connectors to include overmolded versions of the CPC connector series. In addition to
agricultural and automotive engineering, CPC connectors are frequently used in control cabinets, robotics,
injection molding machines and machine tools.
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Industry 4.0 and Additive Manufacturing
CoreTechnologie's 3D printing software 4D_Additive enables quality check, repair and preparation of models in
accordance to CAD‑engineering standard. Considering the demographic development and the fact that the baby
boomers will retire within the next fifteen years, industrial production will have to be guaranteed in the
future with increasingly scarce human resources. A drastic population decline is also forecast in China. Thus,
the disappearance of the world's extended workbench is a very...
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Image processing in a new dimension
Spectra PowerBox 5000: Scalable high-end GPU computing system. Modern processes in industrial AI and machine
vision are closely linked to image processing. This requires industrial PC systems with CPU and GPU performance
large enough to process the tasks in real time.
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Increased efficiency of device production
M12x1 insulation body and housing, L-coded, THR. CONEC has expanded its portfolio of M12 connectors to include
L-coded axial THR variants (THR = Through Hole Reflow), thus offering a compact, powerful solution for supplying
power to automation devices.
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Human Digital Twin: The digital counterpart to the human worker
Wearables from ProGlove make humans a driving force of Industry 4.0 and digital transformation. The Digital Twin
is a digitized model that maps the physical characteristics of a production environment as well as the
processes. But this mapping has its limitations, as it only includes data from machines and not from humans. At
the same time, human employees will continue to play an important role in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, also
known as Industry 4.0. The challenge lies in combining the...
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The future of fast data transmission
With the Y-FLEX high-speed FPC you can establish data rates of 56 Gbps (PAM4) over a cable length of 100 mm.
Conventional technologies such as Flexible Flat Cables and Flexible Printed Circuits (FFC/FPC) or micro-coaxial
cables cannot cope with requirements for extremely high reliability and continuously increasing data
transmission rates between internal printed circuit boards. The Y-FLEX technology of Yamaichi Electronics solves
this problem.
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Panasonic IoT solutions
With a broad automation product portfolio and technology solutions, Panasonic Industry is the partner for
setting up solutions for fully connected production lines.
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Industrial Raspberry Pi® alternative
If you have developed your application on a Raspberry Pi® basis and are now faced with the problem of having to
use it in an industrial environment, ICP Germany offers with the ND108T an adequate replacement.
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Ready to robot – Combination of different connection systems
Weidmüller Klippon® Connect terminal blocks AITB for building installation. The requirements for building
installations are manifold: Energy efficiency and safety are among them, as are flexibility and convenience, to
name only the most important. The necessary infrastructure in a building requires numerous main,
sub-distribution and small distribution boards as well as meter cabinets. What they all have in common is that
they must accommodate very many functions in a very limited space.
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Creating value from machine and process data
iTAC.SMT.Edge: Efficient solution for standardisation and centralisation of data in SMT production. Data is
becoming more and more important in electronics manufacturing. It is the basis for increasing efficiency,
avoiding errors and creating more value, for example through prevention and prediction services. SMT
manufacturers and other manufacturing companies are faced with the challenge of having to collect and analyze
data accordingly in order to be able to develop such services. Especially...
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Bosch Rexroth performs handling tasks mechatronically – the quick and easy way
An intelligent multi-axis system – quicker, more convenient and more cost‑effective than ever before: Bosch
Rexroth now makes this possible with the new Smart Function Kit for Handling. After the Smart Function Kit for
Pressing and Joining, the linear motion technology experts are expanding the Smart MechatroniX solution platform
with a second predefined subsystem which can be operated intuitively.
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SENSOR+TEST 2021 – the digital innovation dialog!
The leading trade fair for sensor and measurement technology SENSOR+TEST will take place digitally from 4-6 May
2021. On the three days of the trade fair, participants can expect a plethora of exciting topics dealing with
the entire spectrum of measuring technology.
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4 kW power supply with 3-phase delta or WYE input
TDK-Lambda expands the TPS series with a power supply unit with 48 V, 83.3 A and 4 kW output power. The
TPS4000-48 operates from an industrial three-phase input. It can automatically run from 400, 440, or 480 Vac
nominal delta or WYE inputs, without wiring changes or the need for large, costly step-down transformers.
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Intelligent mobile remote monitoring of industrial plants
The mobile app easymon from in-tech enables real-time monitoring of machines and plants - worldwide and locally.
The app supports the open control platform PLCnext Control and is available from Phoenix Contact's PLCnext App
Store. On request, the engineering specialist in-tech can develop customer-specific extensions. Modification to
other control families is planned.
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Professional GPU accelerator with ten expansion slots
Bressner Technology, a leading provider of specialized high-performance computing (HPC), has expanded its PCI
Express Gen 4 product line with the introduction of the 4U Pro, a professional Gen 4 expansion platform that
offers twice the performance of the previous Gen 3 standard.
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Powerful miniature servo motors from NPM
Nippon Pulse Motor (NPM) – represented by Dynetics – presents a new compact series of direct drive servo motors.
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Expansion of the HMI‑product family
The Panel Mount HMI TANARO 7.0 BX PCT is designed for applications with high performance requirements. Garz
& Fricke introduces the TANARO 7.0 BX PCT, the latest evolution of its existing family of Human Machine
Interfaces (HMIs). The TANARO 7.0 BX PCT is the first HMI based on Garz & Fricke's new TANARO board.
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Customized touch‑tables Made in Germany
The Wooden Touch Table is the latest application from Printec-DS. High-quality workmanship and extensive
features enable fascinating applications. With its new touch table, the southern German manufacturer has created
a scalable design that can be easily tailored to customer-specific requirements.
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Industrial Panel‑PC in IP66/69K stainless steel housing
Spectra-Panel Z-Series meets requirements of the food, pharmaceutical and medical industries. Hygiene
requirements are particularly high in the food, pharmaceutical and medical industries. Since the spread of
particles, germs and other contaminants must be prevented at all costs, materials are used in the production
process whose contamination potential is as low as possible.
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Interactive 7-inch All-in-One PC with PoE+
With the new interactive All-in-One PC AFL3-W07-AL2 ICP Germany extends its portfolio of compact PoE capable
PCAP touch PCs for industrial use as operating and display unit.
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Smart Embedded Displays for HMI
Highly integrated, intelligent displays are in high demand these days. Most of the time, the modern HMI (Human
Machine Interface) is complex and requires more processor resources than the control of the actual application.
With a smart embedded display product, DMB Technics covers a large part of the requirements for current HMI and
makes computing power available where it is needed.
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Mars helicopter's 40-second flight makes history
Maxon precision motors control the pitch of the rotor blades. Space fans are thrilled: NASA's Ingenuity
helicopter has successfully completed its pioneering flight on Mars. This is the first time in the history of
powered, unmanned spaceflight that a device has flown in a controlled manner on another planet – also thanks to
DC motors that have been modified for this challenge.
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