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Siemens Digital Industries Software has updated its Solid Edge software. The latest release introduces Solid Edge X software in a cloud-enabled, secure software-as-a-service (...
The Siemens S7-1200 G2 NFC App uses near field communications (NFC) to provide access to the S7-1200 G2 compact PLC. Just touch your phone to the front of the S7-1200 G2 CPU and...
Siemens Simatic Robot Pick AI Pro V1 is Siemens pre-trained deep learning vision software for model-free 3D grasping of unknown objects with vacuum multi-grippers. It is specifically...
The Siemens Simatic Robot Simulator enables the simulation of robot applications based on the Simatic Robot Library with minimal training effort. Early analyses of cycle times...
The first industrial 5G router from Siemens, the Scalance MUM856-1, is an IP65-rated device designed to connect local industrial applications to public 5G and 4G mobile wireless...
Siemens Inspekto is a visual inspection system designed to enhance quality assurance and streamline manufacturing processes. It combines an electro-optical system with AI technology...
The Siemens Simatic S7-1500 Technology CPUs 1516T(F), 1517T(F) and 1518T(F) have been upgraded. The display is now integrated into the CPU and the run/stop switch is replaced ...
The Siemens Simatic S7-1500VF virtual PLC is a software-defined automation controller designed for failsafe automation applications, with safety functions up to SIL3 and PLe. ...
Siemens IIH (Industrial Information Hub) v2.0 is a scalable data integration platform designed to collect, contextualize and process industrial data from diverse sources across...
Siemens Simatic IPC BX-59A industrial edge device is designed for AI/machine learning, machine vision and other edge deployments in harsh conditions with tested, security hardened...
Automation World explores a new report that outlines key steps around the Industrial Internet of Things many manufacturers overlook, how to assess your cybersecurity readiness...
Siemens Shows Depth of Integrated Automation Components | At The Automation Conference 2013, Siemens showed its controller, HMI and motor solutions that combine logic control,...
By connecting equipment in the field to to its own ProcessMD platform using Siemens Mindsphere, Air Products has been able to deliver its expertise to customers to help them reduce...
The Industrial Internet of Things holds so much possibility that it can be difficult to know where to begin. Everyday production processes—such as weighing—can be a great place...
Furthering its technology partnership with Allianz Arena, Siemens is capturing data and using MindSphere to help the FC Bayern greenskeeper maintain a perfect pitch. It’s also...
The OPC Foundation, CC-Link Partner Association and ODVA have all made announcements about major moves planned for 2019, indicating serious movement toward greater device and ...
Siemens' real-time networking strategy will rely heavily on Time Sensitive Networking to deliver data from field devices to the cloud, connect machinery from multiple vendors ...
During a session at the Siemens Automation Summit, a panel of experts discussed what’s holding back deployments and how to start the project that will make a difference.
Though the past year has seen a wave of cyber attacks focused on industrial control systems, most were preventable. Recognizing the need for built-in security, a panel of experts...
Recognizing the need to digitalize manufacturing operations is one thing. Financing that kind of modernization is another. Fortunately, industry-specific options are available...
While flexible manufacturing systems can switch between product types, adaptive production creates intelligent operations to address issues ranging from equipment behavior to ...
Siemens and Microsoft announce the release of Siemens Industrial Copilot, which uses generative AI to improve how manufacturers design, develop, manufacture and operate.
To centralize the control and automation functions in an updated version of its Falcon sheeter machine, BW Papersystems used Siemens Sirius pushbuttons, Simatic controllers and...
A new facility in Raleigh, N.C., has been added to address growing demand for direct metal laser sintering services—an industrial metal 3D printing process that can build functional...
Siemens and Ecolab develop a partnership that combines the Ecolab3D IIoT platform with Siemens gProms advanced process modeling environment with digital twin technology at the...
Siemens Simatic ET 200clean is a compact distributed I/O system in hygienic design with IP69K protection and M12 connection technology for processing digital and IO-Link signals...
WinCC Unified Siqence is a Siemens control system for batch applications using Simatic S7-1500 controllers, engineering with TIA Portal and WinCC Unified visualization. WinCC ...
The RS-828A industrial PC from Siemens is an industrial grade server that brings datacenter capabilities to the shop floor for high-density GPU applications, including AI training...
Sinamics G220 is a multi-purpose adjustable speed drive with built-in clean power technology, which reduces harmonics by up to 97% without the need for an AC line reactor or DC...
The new system software Sinumeric V6.20 brings new technology functions for Sinumerik One that simplify machine tool operation, reduce machine wear and increase manufacturing ...
The new Sinamics G115D is a drive system specifically designed for horizontal conveyor applications. The drive system comprises the motor, drive and gearbox in one unit and is...
Siemens is extending its drive portfolio in the extra-low-voltage range for 24–48V EC motors with its new Simatic Micro Drive. The new product line with UL- and CE...
The Sentron ECPD (electronic circuit protection device) electronically switches off circuit faults if errors occur and, if necessary, trips the mechanical isolating contact downstream...
Siemens Digital Industries Software has released its Veloce CS hardware-assisted verification and validation system. Veloce CS incorporates hardware emulation, enterprise prototyping...
The new Sinamics S200 servo consists of a Sinamics S200 drive and Simotics S-1FL2 motor with standard or flexible cable options. Profinet and pulse train versions of single-axis...
The S200 Servo, consisting of a Sinamics S200 drive and Simotics S-1FL2 motor with standard or flexible cable options can be used with stand-alone and networked machines. The ...
The Simotics S-1FS2 line of servomotors designed for food, beverage, pharmaceutical and other process industries is suitable for clean-in-place processes and for use with commercially...
Siemens is now offering the Sinamics S210 next generation servo drive system consisting of a digitally native drive with a range of corresponding motors and gearboxes. The S210...
Siemens has released its new Simatic Micro-Drive, a product line with UL- and CE-marked components consisting of the Profidrive Control (PDC) servo drive, a flexible range of ...
Digital twin technology can be used in many ways. IoT Analytics found the technology’s use to be most prevalent in prediction, system and product simulation, interoperability,...
With the new virtual PLC version of its Simatic S7-1500 controller, Siemens provides all the functions of its hardware-based controller via a mobile device.
The new direction announced last year by Siemens Digital Industries Software is already paying off for the company through record growth driven by growing adoption of its SaaS...
As part of the new Siemens Teamcenter app for Microsoft Teams, this integration of generative artificial intelligence reportedly enables users to input feedback verbally to aid...
The Capital Electra X from Siemens is a new cloud-native electrical design software-as-a-service product aimed at individual electrical designers or small teams. This is a browser...
To improve predictive maintenance, quality assurance, and cybersecurity at its Amberg, Germany, factory, Siemens has created a cloud-native, modular architecture using Red Hat...
Two major announcements from Siemens involve expansion of the company’s Xcelerator technology into a wider portfolio of hardware, software, and digital services, and a partnership...
A shift in focus toward delivering all its software as a service—and how that software drives specific hardware capabilities—underlies Siemens new vision of itself as a tech company...
The next big cybersecurity challenge for manufacturers is how to secure the remote access points that have been implemented on the plant floor during the pandemic before hackers...
Cybersecurity and real-time location technologies are being exhibited by Siemens alongside its stainless steel motor, robotics controller, and digital thread technologies.
The demonstration focused on how digital twins and augmented reality can speed time-to-market, enable virtual factory commissioning, and help overcome the skills gap.
Siemens and SAP expand their partnership to connect plant floor operations, remote condition monitoring conducted by OEMs, and product development via digital twins to facilitate...
Having proved its value during emergency deployments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, additive manufacturing continues to gain adopters. And industry suppliers are adapting...
Softing Industrial releases version v1.20 of edgeConnector Siemens. The software module is based on container technology and connects Siemens controllers with industrial IoT application...
The open Industrial Cloud initiative at Volkswagen is expanding to include multiple new manufacturing and technology partners in an app store-like approach to boost Volkswagen...
Will our use of AI doom humans to Alan Turing’s prediction that machines will one day take control, or can a different approach to the technology still deliver the benefits without...
The rip-and-replace project took two years of preparation, but the system cutover required just a 10-day shutdown. Now, using Siemens PCS 7, the company has a more reliable and...
As Industry 4.0 looms large, manufacturers are facing a significant reskilling effort to capitalize on new opportunities while maintaining legacy automation environments.
Roughneck Equipment, which provides chemical delivery equipment to oil and gas fracturing operations, uses Profinet to make it easier to keep utilization rates high.
Cybersecurity alliances are a key part of protecting the industrial sector from an increasingly coordinated and sophisticated attack base. How much can—or should—automation vendors...
Technology suppliers are delivering cost-effective and customizable control products for sub-markets like craft beer and cannabis that need consistent quality and repeatable processes...
Automation technology—including microgrids, data analytics and IIoT—is at the heart of a major digital transformation of the aging power grid, which needs to address expanding...
Amid all the hype, manufacturers are quietly using artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve specific problems in production, helping operators improve uptime, optimize...
Machine learning, integration, connectivity and more are all affecting the capabilities that sensing can provide to increasingly demanding applications.
Confronting new consumer demands for customized products—from food to pharma—manufacturers are in search of technology that can economically move them from mass production to ...
With increased automation comes a rising need for more automated ways to identify the parts and materials in production. RFID and Bluetooth technologies are expanding to meet ...
It’s no longer enough to evaluate and adjust power consumption at the machine level. In the age of electrification, optimizing overall production is the next frontier in energy...
Plant floor stalwarts for decades, historians and manufacturing execution systems are gaining new attention along with hot trends in digital and manufacturing intelligence. Staying...
The Simatic IPC377E from Siemens has been specifically developed to optimize cost for PC based applications in the industrial and industry-related environments.
ExxonMobil has spent a lot of its own energy convincing the automation community that there is a need for a standards-based control architecture. Now, under the umbrella of The...
Siemens has provided PSA Singapore with fully automated gantry cranes to help the busiest transshipment hub in the world handle a growing business with growing container ship ...
In addition to updating existing products and developing new ones to help industrial companies take advantage of the digitalization benefits of Industry 4.0, Siemens is also promoting...
Siemens makes a case for digital assets, which can reduce product time-to-market, improve quality and prepare manufacturers for the move to Industry 4.0.
This spring, Siemens will assemble selected models of its popular line of industrial personal computers (IPC) at its Lebanon, Ohio, facility, reducing delivery lead times to U...
Under FDA and industry pressure, drug manufacturers are abandoning their old batch ways for a continuous approach to manufacturing. But it’s a slow transition.
The Simatic HMI Mobile Panels from Siemens feature seven- and nine-inch, 16-million-color widescreen displays with 40 percent greater viewing areas than previous models.
Monitors and panel PCs are suitable for use in hygienic production areas, such as in the food industry, and also meet the requirements of the chemical, oil and gas industries....
Siemens is pleased to announce the enhanced MultiRanger 200 and HydroRanger 200 ultrasonic controllers for measurement in a wide range of industrial applications including water...
As industry becomes ever more digitized and data-driven, automation technologies will change. This means the networks that connect them will have to change too.
How the quality control processes at BMW’s motorcycle production facility in Berlin leads to a discussion of the critical elements of automated quality inspection.
From capital reserves and energy independence to insourcing and rising employment, all factors are aligned to support a long-term upsurge in U.S. manufacturing.
The Digital Manufacturing Design Innovation Institute is set to open its new facility soon and serious research and development is already underway to transform the U.S. manufacturing...
The Open Interconnect Consortium and the Industrial Internet Consortium have reached an agreement focusing on the interoperability technology to support an industrial grade Internet...
Metals manufacturers use laser-guided sensors, PC-based control and a robust object-avoidance system to stack 20-ton metal coils almost entirely with automation.
Though it’s the rides and spectacles that get all the attention, the engineers who design the control systems for amusement park thrill rides and stage shows are also worthy of...
A tour of Germany’s interpack 2014 show reveals what’s next for high-speed, mechatronic, servo-based machinery. Hint: Industry 4.0 and the Internet of Things will figure prominently...
Centralized monitoring of multiple sites from a single location—perhaps delivered as a service by a third party—offers a host of possible productivity and cost benefits and maybe...
From integration to deployment of the Industrial Internet of Things, Intel and Siemens are working together to help industrial companies harness new opportunities.
The keynote address at Siemens 2014 Automation Summit highlighted how the digitized vision of manufacturing, as prescribed by Industry 4.0, will play out in Siemens’ plans for...
While many North American users are racing to adopt Ethernet-based industrial networks and devices, established fieldbus protocols continue to be chosen, installed and optimized...
Focusing education efforts on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) has been the mantra of industry and government leaders for years now. So what’s been happening lately...
Germany today is awash in conversations regarding an initiative known as “Industry 4.0.” I just returned from the Hannover Fair in Germany. As it was explained to me, Industry...
