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PORTESCAP
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Leuze
Small but mighty: always on the right rack
With the IPS 200i, Leuze electronic has introduced the smallest camera-based sensor on the market for compartment fine positioning with high-bay storage devices in single-depth storage. It impresses with some powerful advantages, particularly its fast commissioning and simple alignment.
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EPLAN
Integration: Eplan and Melsoft iQ Works
AutomationML makes it possible! The new integration solution from Eplan Electric P8 to Melsoft iQ Works by Mitsubishi Electric connects electrical engineering to automation. Data such as symbolic addresses, for instance, can now be exchanged bidirectionally with the current software suite. The results in Eplan Electric P8 are impressive: valid schematics, including bus wiring for PLC components amongst themselves, and top quality hardware configurations.
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NORD Drivesystems
NORD DRIVESYSTEMS at Underhåll 2018 in Sweden: Intelligent Solutions for Production and Maintenance
Digitalisation of production is also fundamentally changing the field of maintenance and repair. Smart networking of plant and machinery enables the recording and evaluation of large amounts of performance data and therefore continuous status monitoring and predictive maintenance.
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HMS Industrial Networks AB
Industrial Ethernet is now bigger than fieldbuses Industrial network market shares 2018 according to HMS
Industrial Ethernet has overtaken traditional fieldbuses in terms of new installed nodes in factory automation. This is the main finding in HMS Industrial Networks’ annual study of the industrial network market. Industrial Ethernet now accounts for 52% of new installed nodes (46% last year), while fieldbuses are on 42% (48). EtherNet/IP is now the most widely installed network at 15%, followed by PROFINET and PROFIBUS, both at 12%. Wireless technologies are also coming on strong with 6% market share.
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EMCO GmbH
MAXXMILL 750: New Compact Vertical Milling Centre for 5-Sided Machining
Based on its long-standing experience and customer-oriented philosophy, EMCO – in cooperation with the Italian subsidiary EMCO Famup – has expanded its MAXXMILL series and developed a high-performance vertical CNC milling centre for 5-sided machining: the new MAXXMILL 750. The compact and optimised machine structures as well as the technical adaptations enable users to machine complex and heavy workpieces with an edge length of 530 x 530 x 417 mm in just one setting - with efficient results in terms of surface quality and precision.
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NORD Drivesystems
NORD DRIVESYTEMS at ANUGA FOODTEC 2018
nsd tupH: Corrosion-resistant surface treatment for aluminium drive units
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LEMO
IAEA Robotics Challenge
LEMO has been supporting Rovenso, a Swiss startup, who was a finalist of the Robotics Challenge of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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LEROY-SOMER
Switching to a Dyneo® permanent magnet motor saves a fish feed producer at least 135,000 kWh per year
A Denmark-based specialist in aquafeed production has replaced an ageing, damaged DC motor on its principal extruder with a Dyneo® motor from Leroy-Somer, part of the Nidec group. The investment is providing the company with significant annual savings in energy costs.
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Eichenberger Gewinde
