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 Multivac, Germany: Embedded PCs and TwinCAT provide reliable and
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Multivac, the packaging machinery specialists with headquarters in Wolfertschwenden, Germany, makes its mark with peerless competence in packaging, products and applications. Multivac thermoformers are considered by many in the packaging industry to be the best in the world. ...
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 Accurpress, Canada: Tandem press for XXL sheet metal parts uses
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Accel tandem presses from Accurpress can bend sheet metal components with a length of up to 14 meters. Accurpress, Canadian manufacturer of press brakes, achieves this by coupling two standard high-end Accel press brakes via real-time Ethernet. Beckhoff control technology is used to synchronize the machines and control the whole bending process, including the associated material handling equipment. ...
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Pollmann, Austria: Car door locking systems production with PC-based
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For a few months now, newly installed production facilities built by the Austrian automotive supplier, Pollmann have been running at full speed in China. There, this specialist in electromechanical subassemblies manufactures, among other items, gearboxes used in the automotive locking systems of a well-known, global car manufacturer. ...
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Napcabs, Germany: Unprecedented privacy using the Beckhoff
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Anyone who has to fill in a lengthy stopover at Munich Airport can make use of the convenient cabins from Napcabs GmbH, Germany, for sleeping, relaxing or working in peace. The passenger in transit can book and operate a Napcab simply and conveniently using a Control Panel from Beckhoff. ...
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Hsiangkuo Computer, China: Made-to-measure plant monitoring via
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Considering the rapid development in the hightech electronics sector, worldwide demand for printed circuit boards is continually growing and has created an enormous market. The manufacturers of printed circuit boards include Hsiangkuo Computer Co. Ltd, which has various production sites in China. ...
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EWE AG, Germany, opens "Zentrum Zukunft" energy house at ecopark |
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“Zentrum Zukunft,” (“Future Center”) located in the ecopark at the A1 motorway near Cloppenburg, Germany, is intended to illustrate future requirements for domestic buildings in terms of energy supply, communication and automation. In early 2005, EWE with the support of the University of Applied Sciences of Oldenburg, Ostfriesland and Wilhelmshaven, invited architecture students to develop ideas for such a building as part of a design competition. ...
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WesBank and First National Bank, South Africa: Optimum lighting
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The office development in Fairland, Randburg (on the outskirts of Johannesburg) was built to house WesBank and First National Bank (FNB) Home Loans Head-offices (consumer divisions), based on an energy-conscious overall design concept. Comprising two levels of 64,000 square meters the structure houses a 1,600-car super basement, two separate office buildings of three floors, a shared facilities building and related external and site works. ...
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Control Logic, Inc., USA: High-tech lumber scanners utilize Embedded PCs
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Of all the various raw materials available to builders and furniture manufacturers, wood is naturally the leading material today as it has always been. Of course, manufacturing with lumber is not without challenges – following the process from tree to lumberyard to finished structure, wood carries a wide range of potential imperfections with it along the way. ...
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Kays Engineering, USA: PC-based control platform for deep
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Gun drill technology is used in a wide range of industries such as automotive, aerospace, medical industries, etc. – basically any application that requires precision holes. Kays Engineering is a provider of high precision deep hole drilling systems. In order to meet the high precision requirements and diverse drilling needs of its customer base, the company uses PC-based control technology from Beckhoff for its drilling machines. ...
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