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Fraunhofer IAO, Germany: Open and flexible control technology facilitates building implementation and design
The new Center for Virtual Engineering at the Fraunhofer IAO Institute is designed to be as innovative as the research work conducted inside. Advanced building automation makes an important contribution enabling a myriad of possible uses and exploiting all available energy efficiency potential.
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as systems, Germany: Magical water feature enabled by PC control
The “Waterdoor” highlights the entrance to the showroom of the World of Water in the Swiss town of Flims. Triggered by motion sensors, the flow of water drops stopsto let approaching visitors enter without getting wet.
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Beckhoff Switzerland: 15 years of success through technological innovation and local presence
Celebrating the anniversary, PC Control talked with Gerhard Meier, Managing Director of Beckhoff Switzerland, and Executive Director René Zuberbühler, his designated successor.
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Durrer, Switzerland: Highly complex movements of 21 axes safely implemented, all in a compact footprint
The production of step indexes in catalogs not only requires exact page cutting but also precise page counting. To optimize this highly complex process, Durrer uses integrated PC-based control and drive technology in their fully automatic index cutting machines.
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Pamatech System, Switzerland: Delta robot streamlines automated cream horn bakery
The special challenge of the fully automated pastry filling process lies in the different sizes of the pastry cases and its delicate surfaces.
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KONČAR, Croatia: Induction motors with integrated condition monitoring
Condition monitoring gives users insight into the status of their machines at any time, so that developing malfunctions can be detected at an early stage.
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i-Web, USA: Modular web finishing systems put the finishing touches on commercial printing
The ability to adapt finishing systems to new product types with minimal machine downtime is an essential requirement. The highly flexible i-Web machine concept was enabled by the hot-connect functionality in EtherCAT.
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Fabri-Kal, USA: Sustainable production with integrated, high-precision measurement technology
In its production of packagaing solutions for the food industry Fabri-Kal meets high standards for conversation of energy and resources.
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Z-Projects, Belgium: Embedded PC controls ultrasonic cleaning and disinfection
Sensitive medical instruments and equipment are reliably cleaned in ultrasonic baths. Using frequency modulation, the cleaning strength can be adjusted during the cleaning cycle to match the requirements and contamination level of the instruments being processed.