Kategorie: Controls

The trend on truck-mounted concrete pumps is for greater reach with less weight. Technical advances at Schwing are currently making it one of the market leaders in this field. In order to raise operator comfort levels on truck-mounted concrete pumps with large booms, the company has launched an innovative vibration damping system. Schwing, in partnership with Baumer Electric, has developed a new strain sensor.

Turck has added the IMX12-FI frequency transducer to its range of IMX interface devices. Users can not only use the devices as rotational speed monitors but also as pulse counters. In both modes, the single-channel and two-channel variants can transfer input frequencies of up to 20,000 Hz.

At the IAMD/IMTS Fair from September 10th until September 15th, Michael Koch GmbH, manufacturer of dynamic energy management solutions and safe brake resistors, is presenting the beneficial Dynamic Storage-Manager DSM 4.0 for the first time.

HES Erkert Präzisionsteile GmbH is among Germany’s biggest suppliers of precision components. In the conveying systems used between its networked machine tools, the company has recently opted to use the new compact Simatic ET 200SP motor starters from Siemens which brings a number of added benefits.

WEG, a leading worldwide vendor of drive technology, has developed WEG Motor Scan as a solution for remote monitoring of electric motors. WEG Motor Scan enables cost-effective real-time monitoring of WEG electric motors using a smart device app available for Android and iOS.

The adventure park “Euro Space Center” in Transinne in Belgium is home to a number of different simulators, including the original NASA multi-axis chair dating back to the 1960s. Today, visitors to the park have the chance to tread in the footsteps of the early space pioneers for a few moments. To make this possible, the chair has been automated using the latest technology, with a control system supplied by Siemens.

Chinese companies are increasingly successful at holding their own on the world market with high-quality, reliable machines. Those that, like Heng Chang Machinery Co. Ltd (HCH), must comply with European standards and regulations. For more than a year, the company has been counting on Pilz’s flexible, easy-to-use automation system.

There is hardly any other country where automation and digitization is currently progressing as dynamically as in the People’s Republic of China. High-tech, German companies are amongst the preferred technology partners, as demonstrated by the market segment for cutting machines.