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    What's driving the next stage of HMI/SCADA development?
    Kollmorgen Functional Safety
    Aug. 25, 2025
    Kollmorgen’s SafeMotion Monitor (SMM2.0) firmware allows OEMs to leverage SMM functional safety features with more encoder and motor types to support a wider range of applications...
    Industrial Shields HMI
    Aug. 22, 2025
    The TouchBerry Pi Panel PC integrates the processing power of Raspberry Pi running on Linux with a capacitive 18.5-in HD touchscreen. Its 10 inputs and outputs include three digital...
    Festo Mass Flow Controller
    Aug. 21, 2025
    The capabilities of Festo’s VEMD have been upgraded to boost the controller’s connectivity, control dynamics and flow range. The controller is designed to...
    IDS Event-Based Camera
    The new uEye is an event-based vision sensor (EVS) that only captures relevant events instead of a continuous stream of data to reduce the volume of data generated. It even works...

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    NewTek Linear Position Sensors
    Aug. 19, 2025
    NewTek’s NT-HL-750 LVDTs are linear position sensors certified for safe operation in hazardous locations with explosive gases, vapors, dust and other dangerous substances...
    igus Delta Robot
    Aug. 18, 2025
    The DR1000 four-axis delta robot from igus has a 1,000mm working diameter and an additional rotary axis that provides four degrees of freedom. Its pick rate of 96 picks per minute...
    Delta Motion Updated Motion Controller
    Aug. 15, 2025
    Delta Motion announced the addition of EtherCAT MainDevice capability to its RMC200 Motion Controller for connecting to and controlling any devices needed for high- performance...
    ASRock Industrial I0T Controller
    Aug. 14, 2025
    The iEP-7040E Series Industrial IoT Controller is powered by Intel Core Ultra 200H Processors (Arrow Lake-H), with integrated AI-optimized CPU, GPU and NPU technologies. Key capabilitie...
    IKO Linear Motor
    Aug. 12, 2025
    This latest addition to the LT family of linear motor stages delivers 260N of rated force and up to 500N maximum. This linear motor uses direct drive technology that is free of...
    AutomationDirect Stepper Drives
    Aug. 11, 2025
    AutomationDirect has added the new Titanio series of stepper drives from Ever Motion Solutions that work with AutomationDirect SureStep stepper motors.  Unlike typical stepper...
    Flux Inductive Angle Encoders
    Aug. 8, 2025
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    Mitsubishi Electric SCARA Robots
    The MELFA RH-10CRH and RH-20CRH SCARA robots have maximum reach radii ranging from 600mm to 1000mm and payload capacities of up to 10kg and 20kg, respectively. The RH-10CRH is...
    Acromag I/O with Restful API
    Aug. 4, 2025
    Acromag’s BusWorks NT series remote I/O modules now offer a Restful API (Representational State Transfer Application Program Interface) to simplify development of web-based...
    nVent's DTM software
    July 31, 2025
    Sanu Warrier with nVent, a supplier of electrical connection and protection solutions, explains how design-to-manufacturing software helps panel builders overcome labor shortages...
    Rockwell Automation Augmentable MES
    July 28, 2025
    Rockwell Automation Augmentable MES Plex MES can be augmented with modular offerings to help food and beverage manufacturers manage the different processes on the shop floor as...
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    July 24, 2025
    Palladyne AI's low-code robotics platform enables operators and engineers to train robots in minutes, not weeks, enabling flexible automation in high-mix manufacturing without...
    Wintriss Production Tracking
    July 23, 2025
    Wintriss’ hardware “Tracker” device for its ShopFloorConnect Production Tracking Software automatically collects important data without requiring job information...
    Piab Magnetic Grippers
    July 22, 2025
    The Piab Magnetic Gripper (PMG) series consists of pneumatically operated magnetic grippers that use permanent magnets to safely grab workpieces. These grippers are activated ...
    Siemens Simcenter Update
    Siemens Digital Industries Software has updated its Simcenter portfolio to automate the creation of free-body diagrams and margin of safety (MoS) calculations, accelerating certificatio...
    Pepperl + Fuchs Explosion-Protected Tablet
    July 18, 2025
    The Pepperl+Fuchs Group has released the Tab-Ex 05, its first 5G-based 8-in. Android tablet suited for use in hazardous industrial areas. It features IP68 certification, wet-touch...
    Nord Software Tool
    July 17, 2025
    The Nordcon software tool from Nord Drivesystems provides access to electronic drive systems for simple parameter management, drive programming and comprehensive diagnosis. The...
    OnLogic Edge Server
    July 16, 2025
    The Axial AX300 is a customizable edge server to help businesses better leverage their on-site data and unlock the potential of AI. It is powered by up to two 5th Gen Intel Xeon...
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    Mencom Circular Receptacles
    July 15, 2025
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    Electromate Stepper Drive
    July 14, 2025
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    OpreX Quality Management System
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    IDEC Safety Controller
    July 10, 2025
    The FS1B safety controller is an upgrade of the FS1A device. It lets designers create streamlined machine safety systems with multiple safety channels by using any of 24 preset...
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    Honeywell AI Assistant
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    Getac Android Tablet
    July 7, 2025
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    AutomationDirect Control Transformers
    July 3, 2025
    AutomationDirect has added Block CT and USTE series open core control transformers for stepping down voltages from 208-600V AC. The Block CT series is made in the U.S. and offers...