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 OTB Display, Netherlands:
PC-based production technique for
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LCD and plasma screens have now become commonplace and the next
display generation is already on the horizon in the form of OLEDs that come in two variants: PLEDs
and SM-OLEDs. The company OTB Display from Eindhoven, Netherlands, has developed a
manufacturing technology that enables cost-effective production of these wafer-thin monitors. Last year,
the company came up with a real world premiere: “plug-in” production facilities for PLEDs, equipped
with PC control technology from Beckhoff ...
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High-tech performance
at La Scala in Milan – TwinCAT controls
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After a three-year conversion, La Scala in Milan,
one of the world’s most famous opera houses, presents itself in new glamour. The auditorium and the
foyer were elaborately restored and now feature improved acoustics. The whole stage equipment was modernized
with PC control technology from Beckhoff. The complex movements of the stage set are controlled with
TwinCAT automation software ...
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Bayer Technology Services, Germany:
Beckhoff control technology in the process industry |
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The SpectroBAY® online spectroscopy platform from Bayer Technology
Services GmbH (BTS), a subsidiary of the Bayer Group, handles process quality monitoring and determines
the concentration of complex mixtures of substances. In addition to the spectroscopy
system itself, optimum process monitoring requires interfacing with the production process. The data
link with the control system was realized simply and cost-effectively with the BX3100
PROFIBUS DP Bus Terminal Controller from Beckhoff ...
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EtherCAT enhances efficiency of laser welding systems |
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Until now the latency time of serial buses has
prevented fast servo controls based on fieldbus platforms. Beckhoff’s new Ethernetbased
EtherCAT real-time fieldbus now boosts data transfer speeds to ten times that of conventional systems.
EtherCAT combined with PC-based TwinCAT CNC control, which is already fast, raises serial bus performance
to an entirely new level ...
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Costs reduced, reliability increased –
TwinCAT controls
decorating machine |
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With the modular “Concept Capper,” a decorating machine
for filling and decorating confectionery foods, Sogem FL is breaking new ground in control technology:
The control platform, consisting of Industrial PC, Control Panel, I/O components,
Servo Drives and TwinCAT automation software from Beckhoff, offers a high-tech automation solution that
meets stringent requirements in terms of precision and flexibility ...
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Advanced Beckhoff building
technology in Charlottenburg Palace
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The seven rooms in the eastern part of the new wing
of Charlottenburg Palace were recently converted (with funding from the Prussian Palaces and Gardens
Foundation of Berlin-Brandenburg to the tune of 1.6 million euros) and are now among the most
advanced and safest exhibition rooms in Berlin. The highly efficient and complex building control system
that deals with indoor climate and light & safety functions was implemented by IMAS Falkenberg
Messtechnik GmbH in collaboration with Hermsdorf-Steuerungstechnik. At the core of the system are
Ethernet components, Industrial PCs and Control Panels from Beckhoff ...
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