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Video Demo: AX5000 EtherCAT Drives
The AX5000 series is the dynamic EtherCAT servo drive from Beckhoff Automation. The AX5000 is available with single- or multi–channel variants and is optimized for ultra high performance that’s exceptionally cost-effective. The AX5000 permits flexible motor selection and is ideally suited for synchronous, linear, torque and asynchronous motors.
Getting ready for a trip usually takes longer the farther away you go, and the same rule is true for machine builders. When they sell, ship, install and maintain machines in other nations, regions and continents, machine builders face a variety of different technological specifications, safety and other regulations and endless unique local and application-specific needs.
Technical specifications usually arise from differing electrical voltages and frequencies in different countries and regions. The most basic example is that standard industrial voltages in the U.S. are 230 V or 460 V at 60 Hz, while Europe, Asia and parts of South America use 380 V or 415 V at 50 Hz.
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Pressure and other air signals aren't new, but what's evolving is higher resolution for converting 0-10 V analog signals into 10-bit or 16-bit digital.
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What are the critical hardware, firmware and/or software differences between a safety PLC and a "regular" PLC?
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Design Controls for Your Career
Whatever measures you can take to retain your workforce, rather than have a reduction in force, are the right things to do.
CC-Link IE: Gigabit Ethernet Performance for Today's Controller Networks
CC-Link IE Controller Network is the first open-technology, gigabit industrial Ethernet network for automation. It combines the best of existing technologies and applies them in a highly reliable, redundant architecture that provides exceptional data bandwidth and transaction rates. CC-Link IE provides an integrated controller network that corresponds to the IEEE 802.3 standard and operates at a communication rate of 1Gbps. CC-Link IE provides deterministic, seamless control data transmission between devices such as PLCs, computers, HMIs, robots, motion controllers and other assets. It enables comprehensive data connectivity across the shop floor and enterprise levels.
What is a Wireless Sensor Network?
A wireless sensor network (WSN) consists of spatially distributed autonomous devices that use sensors to monitor physical or environmental conditions. This white paper will discuss the large range of WSN applications, WSN system architecture, power and network standards and other advantages of the wireless sensor network platform.
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories' POWERCORE-M Modular Substation Control Systems
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New Core Product Catalog
Lapp introduces a core product catalog for industrial and factory automation. This 48 page catalog features a mixture of cables, connectors and cable glands.
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