Machine Engineering

Machine Engineering

Wireless Control Innovation: Mobile Panel 277F IWLAN Unveiled

For safety-oriented applications, the Mobile Panel 277F IWLAN communicates via a “Rapid Roaming” process in order to ensure interruption-free transmission of…

Machine Engineering

New Firmware Boosts Mid-Range Controllers with Profinet Features

A new firmware, with Profinet functions such as isochronous mode, I Device, Shared Device and Media Redundancy Protocol, and an integrated web server expand…

Machine Engineering

New Software Controllers Enhance PC-Based Automation with Web Diagnostics

Predefined diagnostics web pages enable the costs for diagnostics to be reduced and plant availability to be increased. The new Profinet functions such as…

Machine Engineering

New Functions in Simatic Safety Matrix for Process Industry

Simatic Safety Matrix is used in the process industry for the engineering and safety lifecycle management of safety functions in accordance with IEC 61511….

Machine Engineering

New Fail-Safe CPUs Enhance Simatic S7-400 Performance

The Simatic CPU 414F-3 PN/DP for the Simatic S7-400 Controller has all the functions of the standard CPU 414-3 PN/DP and is suitable – when supplied with 2.8MB…

Machine Engineering

Oil change due? Optimal date is to be determined during normal operation

On the other hand, each oil change especially for large equipment is time consuming and expensive. Engineers at Saarland University and the new Center for…

Machine Engineering

Measuring Diaper Odors: A New Objective Approach

Today, the human nose is still the best gauge to determine which product is most pleasant. However, these tests with human panels are costly and time…

Machine Engineering

'Lighting a match in a tornado' is 1 of multiple feats for propulsion center

Only today, he is celebrating the award of his most recent patent on a significantly more sophisticated design –– a novel ignitor for combustion and supersonic…

Machine Engineering

High-Performance Integrated Drive for Vertical Mills

Vertical mills are used, for example, to crush raw material and cement in the building materials industry or coal in coal preparation. The trend on the…

Machine Engineering

Streamlined Operator Panel for Sinamics Drives Unveiled

The BOP-2 supports both newcomers and drive experts in the commissioning and diagnostics of standard Sinamics drives. Basic commissioning can be carried out…

Machine Engineering

Encoderless Safety Function Enhances Motion Control Systems

There is thus no longer any need for complex wiring, installation and commissioning of external encoders. The “Safely Limited Speed” function monitors the…

Machine Engineering

Simotion Motion Control System Expands with Embedded PC

The embedded PC for motion control is free of wear parts and moving parts such as hard disks and fans. Monitoring functions for the batteries, temperature and…

Machine Engineering

330 Days Until Transition to High-Efficiency Motors

From June 16, 2011, in accordance with EU Directive 2005/32/EC, only high-efficiency 2 to 6-pole three-phase asynchronous motors will be permitted on the…

Machine Engineering

Intrinsically Safe Industrial PCs for Hazardous Area Monitoring

The panel PC is particularly suitable for operator control and monitoring, measuring and testing as well as data collection and communication. Simatic HMI Thin…

Machine Engineering

Profinet Communication: Enhanced Features for Versatile Systems

These features facilitate easier system configuration, for example in failsafe applications, leaner and more versatile topology architectures with multiple…

Machine Engineering

Innovative Safety Relay Monitors Machine Speed and Standstill

This device, which belongs to the range of Sirius 3TK28 safety relays, can simultaneously monitor three parameterizable limit values for downtime, setup speed…

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