PEC 2020

Articles

Bryan Nguyen, engineering manager at Oriental Motor, demonstrates the BMU and BLE2 series of brushless motor and drive systems.

Motor/Drive Systems Maintain Speed Regardless of Load

Oriental Motor highlighted its BMU and BLE2 series of high-performance, IP66 motors that feature speed and torque monitoring.

With Aveva Insights, users can see details showing the specific operating parameters that have been crossed by the motor, the consequences of motor failure to the line, and prescriptive actions he can take to solve the issue.

End users’ increasing retrofits of machines to process more SKUs is driving the integration of ABB’s robots with B&R’s control system to speed up cycle times, minimize dwell times...

Rich Carpenter, general manager, product management of machine automation solutions at Emerson Automation Solutions, demonstrates the capabilities the Movicon.NExT software adds to the forthcoming PACEdge IIoT.

New Edge Computing Platform Combines Data, Analytics, and Control

David Greenfield, editor in chief

The forthcoming PACEdge IIoT controller from Emerson Automation Solutions combines Emerson’s technologies with those from its recent acquisitions of GE Intelligent Platforms and...

B&R uses four of its technologies to create an adaptive machine: AcoposTrak, integrated machine vision, machine centric robotics, and digital twins.

The Adaptive Machine for Mass Customization

David Greenfield, editor in chief

B&R’s adaptive machine concept includes its AcoposTrak, integrated machine vision, machine centric robotics, and digital twin technologies.

The Alvey890i palletizing system from Honeywell Intelligrated analyzes real time and historic data to detect any condition that could impact performance.

Palletizer System with Built-In Analytics

David Greenfield, editor in chief

The Alvey 890i series from Honeywell Inteligrated is a fully automated palletizing system that also analyzes real time and historic data to detect any performance-impacting conditions...

Autonomous Mobile Robot

David Greenfield, editor in chief

Omron’s new HD-1500 mobile robot is guided by sensors and laser technology to move safely around production environments to pick up and drop off materials and products.

Aaron Donlan, product manager at Epson Robots, explains the features and capabilities of the new C12XL robot.

High-Payload, High-Reach, Lightweight 6-Axis Robot

David Greenfield, editor in chief

The C12XL 6-axis robot from Epson Robots is the company’s highest payload, highest reach robot and can be used for packaging, kitting, machine tending, or palletizing.

Nord Gear's LogiDrive system includes a high efficiency Nord gearbox, IE4 or IE5+ permanent magnet synchronous motor, a decentralized variable frequency drive, M12 signal connectors, and an incremental encoder.

Modular Drive System with High-Efficiency Motor

David Greenfield, editor in chief

With an eye toward reducing total cost of ownership, the new drive system from Nord Gear features high-efficiency components such as Nord’s high efficiency gearbox and compatibility...