Between 14 and 21 September, the world of metalworking met at EMO 2005 – the biggest international fair for production engineering in Hanover. Beckhoff presented the breadth of its IPC, I/O and automation product range at the show. The universal control solution from Beckhoff is used in a wide range of applications in the machine tool sector. To date, the focus has been on special purpose machine construction covering a wide range of hardware and software requirements, sheet metal working and processing centers. Classic machine tool applications such as turning, milling and grinding will continue to be a focus in the future. The range of Beckhoff products is complemented with industry-specific solutions (based on software CNC and extended operating concepts), providing the market with high-performance control components and complete system solutions.

For decades, CNC control has been dominated by traditional, hardwareoriented control systems, with PCs used only for operation, visualization and data processing, if at all. For years, the NC I software module from the TwinCAT family has already demonstrated that path control is also possible in a pure software solution. The TwinCAT CNC extension enables complete CNC functionality to be realized as a pure, PC-based software solution. TwinCAT covers the whole range of classic CNC path control applications, including high-end solutions.

At EMO 2005 visitors were also able to see product innovations such as the new Control Panel designed for use as a control unit in the machine tool industry.

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