How Servos, Drives, HMIs and More Use OPC UA for Data Transfer to IT

Aurelio Banda, vice president of sales and marketing for Beckhoff Automation North America, shows the company’s new servo drives and terminals, HMIs, and TwinCAT software connectivity using OPC UA for data transfer over control systems into the IT...

David Greenfield
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