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 BJM, Germany: PC-based control ensures flexibility in
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Design and construction of window production machines requires flexibility down to the last detail. Due to the wide variety of different window profiles and individual customer requirements, machine adaptation to modified and optimized processes should be as straightforward as possible. The company BJM uses TwinCAT NC Interpolation, the software-based motion control solution from Beckhoff for its complex profile machining systems in order to offer its customers maximum flexibility ...
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spidercam GmbH, Austria: PC-based Control becomes a film star |
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spidercam GmbH, with headquarters in Villach, Austria, has developed an innovative camera carrier system. Attached to four cable winches, the system, which has been named SpiderCam®, allows the camera to move three-dimensionally through space. The company is relying on PC-based control technology from Beckhoff in order to control and drive the winch system ...
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Bruderer AG, Switzerland: XFC for punching machines |
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Punching machines have an expected lifetime of 25 years or more, while industrial controllers tend to last about ten years. This time gap can be closed with PC-based controllers. PC technology from Beckhoff Automation guarantees long term availability, high computing power and optimum portability ...
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 Dürkopp Fördertechnik, Germany, counts on TwinSAFE for system safety |
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Klingel, the mail-order company based in Pforzheim, Germany, has revolutionized the logistics involved with hanging garments by using smartly designed storage combined with fully automatic access and sorting into specific sequences. The automatic Pick-Rotor system from Dürkopp Fördertechnik stores highly varied clothing selections in a very small space and in any sequence, making them available for shipping quickly and sorted into the proper sequence ...
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Beckhoff invests in India |
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Beckhoff Automation is expanding its international sales network with the establishment of a subsidiary in India and now has a global presence with twenty branches of its own. The Beckhoff sales network includes more than 60 countries in total ...
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IWM Automation, Germany: CX1020 controls 15 active axes on a
tube-end forming machine |
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A PC-based automation solution, with the Embedded PC CX1020 at its heart, controls 15 NC axes in a complex machine for tube-end forming at IWM Automation.With the innovative control concept that integrates PLC and Motion Control at the software level, IWM Automation offers its customers significant advantages over traditional PLC approaches ...
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Beckhoff establishes subsidiary in Dubai
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With the establishment of a subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Beckhoff opens up the Middle East as a sales region. The Dubai-based Beckhoff company has been operating since 1 August 2007. Extensive oil resources and a liberal economic policy have turned the Emirate of Dubai into a boomtown attracting both companies and tourists ...
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SAB Plastmach, Thailand: PC-based EtherCAT application for extrusion
blow molding |
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SAB Plastmach Co. Ltd, Thailand, developed a new range of high-performance extrusion blow molding machines based on TwinCAT PLC and Motion Control from Beckhoff. Particularly the material handling system was improved thanks to EtherCAT ...
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Sonner, China: Control solution for high-precision weighing applications |
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Sonner Machinery Co., Ltd., located in Shanghai, China, specializes in dosing and blending products. In longterm cooperation with Beckhoff, the company provides system solutions for the plastics, fiber, food and chemical industries ...
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Conflex, USA: Lean, high-performance control system with CX1020 and
EtherCAT I/Os |
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Shrink wrap machine manufacturer, Conflex, maximizes machine design flexibility with centralized PC-based controls and EtherCAT ...
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GWS Tube Forming Solutions Inc., Canada: Embedded PCs offer optimum
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CNC tube forming has been a standard in the automotive industry for decades. GWS Tube Forming Solutions Inc.®, located in Bothwell, Ontario, Canada, is one of the pioneers of PC-based CNC control for tube forming and distributes its products and services in the USA and Canada as well as the growing markets in South Africa and Europe ...
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Constructor Finland Oy: PC-based “tornado” keeps warehouses organized |
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The Finnish company, Constructor Finland Oy, based in Lohja, near Helsinki, has been famous for its Kasten brand products since 1886. Today, solutions for automated warehousing generate a high proportion of the company’s net revenue. The ‘Kasten Tornado’ is leading the way for a new generation of automated warehousing systems ...
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Ingenieurbüro Dr. Lauzi, Germany: Energy data acquisition with Internet
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Considerations to decrease energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions have played an important part in the building management community long before UNO’s World Climate Report in spring 2007. In the majority of existing private and commercial properties, the potential to improve has not been exhausted ...
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Birke Systemtechnik GmbH, Germany: EtherCAT checks electric and
hydraulic auto steering systems |
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The company Birke Systemtechnik GmbH, based in Erlangen, Germany, has been dealing with test rig software for automotive testing and setting up steering systems for 25 years. In the latest generation of software, TwinCAT and EtherCAT ensure fast sampling of actual values and optimum control with extremely short response times ...
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