Technology Matters: Beckhoff's XPlanar System

This video is an excerpt from Automation World's "Technology Matters" video series in which Beckhoff's XPlanar technology debut at PACK EXPO Connects is highlighted.

Nov 10th, 2020

Beckhoff Highlights Material Handling and Machine Vision Updates

Beckhoff’s press conference at Hannover Messe focused on new functionalities for its XTS, XPlanar, and TwinCAT Vision products.

Digital twins can be used to help optimize production lines, including motor and drive configurations.

Motors and Drives Come Together for Motion Efficiency, Performance, Reliability

Beyond the advances made to both motors and drives in terms of energy efficiency, safety, cleanability, and more, suppliers emphasize the importance of how they work together in a complete motion system.

Compact, All-in-one PCB-mountable intelligent drives

Performance Motion Devices: Ultra-Compact Motion Controller

ION®/CME N-Series Digital Drives are compact, PCB-mountable intelligent motion control amplifiers that feature full programmability, 1 KW output capacity, support for quadrature, sin/cos and BiSS-C encoders, and more.

General purpose inverter duty rated motors from Siemens.

Motor Selection Insights

A look at the factors that come into play when deciding between general purpose and inverter duty-rated motors for industrial applications.

What's the Difference Between Standard and Inverter Duty Motors?

In this episode, we connect with Brent Kooiman, senior project engineer and design manager at Interstates, to learn about the differences between general purpose and inverter duty motors and the types of industrial applications each are best suited for.

Solve Integration Challenges Using Rich Data from Your Instrumentation

Solve Integration Challenges Using Rich Data from Your Instrumentation

Advanced communication protocols enable ultra-fast, real-time information exchange and control between PLC/DCS and intelligent digital instrumentation. Learn how the integration, start-up, and productivity of industrial process systems can be improved.

Beckhoff X Planar

Technology Matters: Beckhoff's XPlanar System

This video is an excerpt from Automation World's 'Technology Matters' video series in which Beckhoff's XPlanar technology debut at PACK EXPO Connects is highlighted.

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Motion Industries Acquires Motion Control and Automation Company

Kinetix 5100 servo drive from Rockwell Automation

Integrated Motion Technologies

A trio of new servo drive products highlight the integration of multiple motion control components to provide more compact size, higher power, and ease of installation.

The well-known trunk-and-spur configuration will serve as the general topology for Ethernet-APL. Source: Profibus & Profinet International.

OPC Foundation Joins APL Project; Announces OPC UA Motion

Highlighting its role in the development of new industrial process and discrete communications, the OPC Foundation has joined the advanced physical layer for industrial Ethernet project group and is working with ODVA and Sercos on a new motion technology.

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High-Efficiency IE5 Motor and VFD

Nord Gear showcases its newest high-efficiency motor and variable frequency drive combination to deliver operating cost savings regardless of the motor's speed and load.

MicroHAWK® Industrial Fixed-Mount Barcode Scanners

MicroHAWK® Industrial Fixed-Mount Barcode Scanners

Omron high-performance barcode readers are designed for easy, fast, and reliable decoding of 1D and 2D barcodes.

The complex structure of Roche’s cobas plasma separation card consists of a carrier layer with a bonded nonwoven fabric and an upper layer for protection and labeling.

Flexible Production Makes Roche’s HIV Test Innovation a Success

Roche designed a plasma separation card that greatly simplifies blood sampling and transport. Beckhoff Automation made production of the card cost-effective with its flexible, compact eXtended Transport System.