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Manage Single Pair Ethernet Networks: BEETLE Switch From Belden

Manage Single Pair Ethernet Networks: BEETLE Switch From Belden

Single Pair Ethernet, or SPE, is a technology that aims to reduce the size and complexity of network wiring while providing long-distance signal accuracy. The new switch from Belden manages SPE networks.


News Mar 27, 2024 by Austin Futrell
RoboDK and Comau Deliver Next-generation Robotic Simulation

RoboDK and Comau Deliver Next-generation Robotic Simulation

The latest collaboration between RoboDK and Comau gives users enhanced, user-friendly robotic simulation and offline programming with Roboshop Next Gen software.


News Mar 24, 2024 by Bob Odhiambo
KEB Automation Adds Functionally Safe Encoders to DL4 Servos

KEB Automation Adds Functionally Safe Encoders to DL4 Servos

Safety is a top priority in the fast-paced manufacturing world. Brusatori Electric Motors, part of the KEB Automation brand group, has integrated functional safety features into its DL4 motor series.


News Mar 23, 2024 by Austin Futrell
Laser Precision and Customizable Cutoff: Banner Adds Sensing Modes to Q2X Series

Laser Precision and Customizable Cutoff: Banner Adds Sensing Modes to Q2X Series

Banner Engineering has improved the versatility and flexibility of its Q2X series of miniature photoelectric sensors by adding two new sensing modes: fixed-field and laser measurement.


News Mar 21, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell
Designing a Custom Machine Alarm System: From PLC to HMI

Designing a Custom Machine Alarm System: From PLC to HMI

Creating custom alarm systems can be complicated and overwhelming, but they can also be very beneficial for equipment builders and integrators. Follow along as we build a custom alarm handling system.


It’s a MIRAI-cle: Tough Tasks Made Easier With Micropsi and KUKA

It’s a MIRAI-cle: Tough Tasks Made Easier With Micropsi and KUKA

Challenging robotic tasks will now be easier to manage for KUKA customers, as KUKA now offers the power of Micropsi’s MIRAI AI-powered vision systems to their robotics users.


News Mar 19, 2024 by Joshua Tidwell
How-To Guide to Robot Programming: All About User Frames

How-To Guide to Robot Programming: All About User Frames

In this article, we'll explore user frames in the context of a 6-axis industrial or collaborative robot. Learn the definition, practical applications, and advantages that user frames have to offer.


Softing’s Latest smartLink Devices, Now With PROFINET Network Access

Softing’s Latest smartLink Devices, Now With PROFINET Network Access

Softing Industrial has unleashed the flexibility of protocols with the latest devices in its smartLink product lineup. The new hardware gateway and software module give users access to PROFINET networks.


News Mar 15, 2024 by Seth Price
Control Bits: A Roundup of Automation News You May Have Missed

Control Bits: A Roundup of Automation News You May Have Missed

Flow controllers, sensors, AI, motors, conveyors… Check out the Control editorial team's top picks for news and headlines from the world of robotics and control automation over the past few weeks!


News Mar 14, 2024 by David Peterson
SMC Releases Lightweight, Vacuum-integrated Electric Gripper for Cobots

SMC Releases Lightweight, Vacuum-integrated Electric Gripper for Cobots

SMC has released its lightweight, energy-saving ZXPE5 Series electric vacuum gripper for collaborative robots. The new gripper has a built-in vacuum pump and can be used with a single electrical wire connection.


News Mar 14, 2024 by Stephanie Leonida
Breaking Traditions: KEB Automation Releases a New Web-Based HMI

Breaking Traditions: KEB Automation Releases a New Web-Based HMI

KEB Automation now offers the C6 X1 web-based HMI, available in multiple sizes with various system options that can be mounted anywhere on the machine, powered by the HELIO visualization system.


News Mar 13, 2024 by Austin Futrell
Setting up Discrete Sensors: Polarity, Mode, Range, and Limits

Setting up Discrete Sensors: Polarity, Mode, Range, and Limits

Installing sensors into a manufacturing process is intended to collect data, useful in making logical true/false decisions. But what settings must be adjusted when you install these sensors?


Emerson’s Compact, Robust PC Links the Industrial Floor to the Cloud

Emerson’s Compact, Robust PC Links the Industrial Floor to the Cloud

Emerson’s new PACSystems IPC 2010 comes with pre-installed Movicon software and the PACEdge IIoT platform, providing powerful computing for visualizing industrial edge data applications.


News Mar 12, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Schunk System Enables Automatic, Quick Change of Gripper Fingers

Schunk System Enables Automatic, Quick Change of Gripper Fingers

The new BSWS-R jaw quick-change system from Schunk automates tool changes, reducing downtime during robotic manipulation of parts and enabling greater manufacturing flexibility.


News Mar 12, 2024 by Seth Price
Case Study: How One Company Saved Hours on Code Review With Version Control Software

Case Study: How One Company Saved Hours on Code Review With Version Control Software

Version control software allows manufacturers to automatically save code revisions across teams. Learn how Automation NTH leveraged this strategy to save countless hours and increase reliability.


(Circuit) Breaking News! Siemens’ New Electronic Circuit Protection Device

(Circuit) Breaking News! Siemens’ New Electronic Circuit Protection Device

Siemens announces a new approach to circuit protection that doesn’t use a mechanical disconnection method, instead relying on a more modern digital method to open circuits when a fault occurs.


News Mar 11, 2024 by Shawn Dietrich
Streamlining Robot Operation With Mitsubishi’s New R86TB Teach Pendant

Streamlining Robot Operation With Mitsubishi’s New R86TB Teach Pendant

The new R86TB teach pendant from Mitsubishi Electric is designed for operability and ease of use when programming robotic motion and monitoring robot status, regardless of a user’s experience level.


News Mar 07, 2024 by Seth Price
Too Much Current! Breaker Curves and Overload Trip Classes

Too Much Current! Breaker Curves and Overload Trip Classes

We know what a circuit breaker is meant to do: stop the flow of electricity in case of a fault or failure. But just like fuses, breakers and overloads respond differently depending on the load.


Banner’s New AC Voltage Sensor for Equipment Monitoring

Banner’s New AC Voltage Sensor for Equipment Monitoring

Banner’s latest IIoT monitoring system comes in the form of an AC voltage monitoring sensor, capable of providing users with real-time power monitoring for their industrial equipment.


News Mar 05, 2024 by Damond Goodwin
Lütze Expands LOCC-Box System With New IO-Link Gateway

Lütze Expands LOCC-Box System With New IO-Link Gateway

Lütze has released an IO-Link gateway to provide users with greater communication and connectivity. The new gateway can connect up to fifteen of the company's LOCC-Box-Net modules in new and existing systems.


News Mar 02, 2024 by Austin Futrell