PAESSLER HAS launched the first product extension to its award-winning monitoring solutions. Paessler PRTG OPC UA Server is designed for customers in the industrial sector – specifically teams in operational technology (OT) – who wish to receive valuable information from both IT and OT monitoring displayed in their supervisory and control systems (such as SCADA, MES, DCS, and others).

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CARLO GAVAZZI UK is extending its Sales team to support the demands of the fast-growing Switch and Sense product range as well its established controls products. David Pickles joins the company as regional sales manager responsible for the Northern Counties and Scotland.

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DESIGNER AND manufacturer of complete industrial thermal systems, Watlow has completed acquisition of Eurotherm from Schneider Electric Company. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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MACHINES IN food and beverage production have to be reliable, safe, fast, and without loss of quality over many years and even decades.

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NORDSON EFD introduces the 7197PCP-DIN-NX controller for 797PCP progressive cavity pumps. This controller provides Ethernet connection with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) for Smart Factory and Industry 4.0 manufacturing integration.

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NEW FROM Beckhoff, the MX-System is a modular system that supplies electrical power and EtherCAT communication from a slim baseplate to plug-in modules that connect directly to nearby systems. This minimises the need for large electrical control cabinets and can allow engineers to entirely substitute conventional control panels, report the company.

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AS PART of their diploma thesis at the HTBLA Saalfelden, David Haidenhofer, Markus Kreutzer and Paul Kreuzer designed a machine to solve a scrambled Rubik’s Cube, in just 385ms.

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KEB AUTOMATION has supplied a variety of drive controllers from its COMBIVERT range, as well as Active Infeed Converters to MS-Hydraulik, a developer of servo-hydraulic press technology based in Hattingen, Germany. The KEB products were specified for a special purpose, 1200-tonne capacity servo-hydraulic press that produces large individual steel parts for vehicle construction.

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YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC Corporation has acquired all of the outstanding shares of PXiSE Energy Solutions, a San Diego-based developer of software that enables utilities and other grid operators to deliver reliable and stable power by managing renewables and distributed energy resources (DERs) in real time.

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DRAWING ON its combined control, motion, vision and robotics expertise, OMRON has developed the Robotic Integrated Controller (RIC) – a control platform with the ‘brainpower’ to coordinate personalised FMCG production. The essence of this concept is the ability to empower consumers to self-select the combination of products they want and in the pack formats and sizes they want.

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DISTRIBUTOR, SWITCHTEC has extended its range of Climate Control Components used to manage and control the environment within Control Panels.

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The Schmersal Group is helping retailers and other companies to cope with the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. The company has developed a digital access control system that makes it easier to comply with coronavirus regulations in public spaces without considerable staff expenditure.

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Dustcontrol UK has entered a new era of smart technology with the launch of two comprehensive control systems that are set to cover up to 90 per cent of its stationary units worldwide.

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OMRON has launched the sixth wave of its factory automation control devices built on a common design platform for further innovation in control panel building.

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Accurate, economical and consistent spraying is essential in many manufacturing and processing applications and the new Bete FlexFlow spray control system provides new levels of precision combined with optimum control and flexibility.

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British Cables Company (BCC) replaced the control system on two insulated cable-making lines resulting in a 29% increase in the number of reels produced during an eight-hour shift. The new system from ABB controls the wire tension and maintains the correct drawing diameter as the wire is pulled through an extruder, while running at an increased speed of 1800 metres a minute.

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Staff at the Royal Air Force Museum at Cosford, Shropshire have called upon Thorite to help resolve problems with an interactive display at the museum's Fun ‘n' Flight educational area.

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The PNOZmulti Configurator Version 10.9 from Pilz is now also available for offline simulation.

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Advanced manufacturing and logistics control specialist Red Ledge is launching an automated supply chain control system that fully integrates and automates warehouse management, manufacturing and asset management processes.

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The new PS product range of position switches from Schmersal Group offers varied application as all models can be used both as complete devices and as modular units.

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