The modernization of the infrastructure and the railway vehicles is a basic requirement in order to optimize track capacities and handle the increasing volume of traffic.
Companies to develop common GNSS augmentation services for Japan, the USA and Europe. SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), ALES Corp. (“ALES”) and Swiss-based u-blox AG (“u-blox”) (SIX:UBXN) today announced they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in GNSS 1 augmentation services for global markets.
On the Industry 4.0 map, hazardous areas still appear as white spots in many manufacturing operations. The requirements for robustness and explosion protection are high, the terrain extensive, and connectivity often limited. But even in hazardous areas, the intrinsically safe smart devices from the Pepperl+Fuchs brand ECOM Instruments ensure a paradigm shift. At SPS - Smart Production Solutions (23 to 25 November 2021), ECOM Instruments will be demonstrating in hall 7A at booth 330 how the gap between the safety requirements of hazardous areas and the hunger for data of the smart factory can be closed.
Granite River Labs (GRL), a global leader in engineering services and test solutions for connectivity and charging, today announced the opening of its new lab in Karlsruhe, Germany. Located in a major technology hub about one hour from Stuttgart and Frankfurt, GRL’s new state-of-the-art lab supports the growing needs of the automotive, medical and industrial automation industries in Europe to validate and troubleshoot high-speed connectivity and charging interfaces. These interfaces include automotive Ethernet, HDMI, USB, MIPI and DDR, as well as USB Power Delivery and Qi wireless charging.
In a recent webinar, laser marking system provider FOBA presented various technical solutions for the automation of an industrial laser marking process. Such solutions include laser integrated software features, semi or fully automated robot-assisted operation, product-dedicated marking units as well as marking-on-the-fly processes.
Visitors to Moxa’s SPS stand will discover how reliable connectivity between sensor and cloud can maximize the potential of OT data in digital transformation projects.