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Control technology in the sub-100 μs range
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Küster ACS GmbH, Deutschland
Küster ACS GmbH, Germany: Assembly line with PC-based Control produces more than 1 million electronic parking brakes per year
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Latest contents | products
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TwinCAT 3.1: delivers exciting new features for eXtended Automation
The integration of TwinCAT into Visual Studio® offers the optional possibility to use source code control procedures familiar to IT experts for automation technology as well.
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AM8800 stainless steel servomotors fulfill demanding requirements of EHEDG
With the AM8800 series Beckhoff offers a complete stainless steel servomotor series in “Hygienic Design” for applications in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.
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EtherCAT power box delivers higher, better monitored power in the field
The new EP9214 power distributor box enables the local distribution and switching off of the power supply, providing the ability to exceed the power limitation specified by typical M8 plug connectors.
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Updated TwinCAT BACnet/IP software fully supports Revision 12
The TwinCAT BACnet/IP software supplement from Beckhoff is now available with Revision 12 in addition to the version certified in accordance with the worldwide BACnet standard ISO 16484-5:2010.
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Latest contents | worldwide
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Changi Airport, Singapore: EtherCAT synchronizes the movement of 1,216 servo axes
What is probably the world’s largest kinetic sculpture was realized in “Kinetic Rain” at Changi Airport in Singapore. The artistic concept of the installation and the calculatory design of the choreography originate from the Berlin-based Art+Com AG.
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Friedrich Wenner GmbH, Germany: Maximum energy efficiency thanks to networked heat sources
At Friedrich Wenner Vollpappen-Verarbeitungswerk an intelligent, universal building automation system improves the energy efficiency in the heating of the production buildings.
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Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd., U.K.: EtherCAT in a tidal turbine
Scotrenewables has developed an innovative tidal current turbine that is specially designed for the demanding conditions in the North Sea.
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PARI Pharma, Germany: Open control technology – TwinCAT links existing machine control with SAP system
Small, lightweight, quiet and fast: the eFlow® nebuliser developed by PARI Pharma has been used for treating cystic fibrosis patients for many years.
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Aixcon Powersystems, Germany: High-performance 30,000 A power supply unit sets new performance and energy efficiency standards
For heating titanium sections in a so-called hot stretcher, Aixcon developed a current source that enables processing and forming of the sections based on an exactly defined temperature curve.
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Statecore Innovative Entertainement Technology BV, Netherlands: Beckhoff technology ensures that show flows smoothly
40,000 visitors came to the premiere of the “Sensation 2012”. – Apart from the music it is above all the special lighting and stage effects that make the “Sensation” a mega event of a special kind.
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Tridonic, Austria and VAR: DALI light management at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi
At the DALI Award ceremony, which took place during Light+Building 2012, Tridonic received the third prize for its realization of the complex lighting solution at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi.
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Hotel Grischa, Switzerland: Luxury in harmony with sustainability and energy efficiency
Hotel Grischa relies on integrated building automation to ensure that the comfort requirements of a four-star hotel can be met in harmony with a consistent environmental concept.
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