Nyrstar were experiencing a high incidence of premature failure on their drives. In order to reduce this risk, the company wanted a partner who could develop and manage a preventative maintenance program.
28/03/2011
IMS Research claims the global PLC market has made a slight recovery in 2010.
14/09/2010
Programmable Logic Controllers are the workhorses of automation and have enabled practitioners to deliver automation situations reliably and quickly. Pankaj Mehta encourages the use of state-transitions approach to plc programming.
26/06/2010
I S Systems and iba Asia have formed a partnership, called ibaOceania Systems, which will serve as a local presence for iba - an industrial data capturing solutions company - in Oceania.
24/03/2010
The dates have been released for SEW-Eurodrive’s new DriveAcademy training program, which is a comprehensive technical syllabus based on the same program that educates SEW-Eurodrive’s own engineers.
01/03/2010
RFID technology is making its way into industrial environments, but the applications don’t end there, writes David Ward.
After the successful rollout of the Inaco Technology Tour, we are introducing a series of on-site customer technology workshops. Each of these workshops are approximately 60-90minutes and is highly weighted to expose you to technology - hands-on.
The FPX-C38AT is an extension of the FPX Family of Programmable Logic Controllers from Panasonic.
Robots from Stäubli can now be directly operated with B&R controllers. This is possible thanks to a POWERLINK interface on Stäubli's uniVAL drives that allows Generic Motion Control programs from B&R controllers to be transferred to the robots. In this way, robotics engineers can use the uniform programming and operating environment provided by B&R controllers.
Belden has announced a new range of zone level security switches that protect control systems against network problems and cyber threats.
The MathWorks has released Simulink PLC Coder, a new product that generates IEC 61131-structured text for programmable logic controller (PLC) and programmable automation controller (PAC) devices.
The MathWorks has announced Release 2010a (R2010a) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families, complete with new capabilities and advancements.
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