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Content about Beckhoff Automation - Page 2
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff ELM72xx EtherCAT terminals offer compact drive technology in metal housings
- Dec 28, 2020
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
The new ELM72xx EtherCAT terminals from Beckhoff are fully functional servo drives in robust metal housings that deliver an output current of up to 16 amps at 48 VDC for the power supply. The metal housings provide optimum heat dissipation even at high output power, as well as shielding against...
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff AL8000 linear motors offer length, winding, cooling type options
- Nov 19, 2020
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Beckhoff has introduced the AL8000 series of modular linear motors, developed in cooperation with subsidiary Fertig Motors. The product family is based on a modular system design comprising linear motors and magnetic plates. Users can choose from three widths—50 mm (AL8x2x), 80 mm (AL8x4x), and...
- From The Fabricator
Integrated safety further reduces risk of shop floor injuries
- By Sree Swarna Gutta
- Apr 26, 2020
- Safety
- Article
Integrating safety systems with machine control systems can keep machine operators safe in a fab shop, writes Sree Swarna Gutta of Beckhoff Automation.
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff AMP8620 supply module mounts directly on machine
- Dec 18, 2019
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
To greatly reduce cabinet and enclosure requirements for machine builders and manufacturers, Beckhoff Automation has developed the AMP8620 supply module. With its IP65 protection rating and consistent decentralization, the entire motion system can be mounted directly on the machine. This eliminates...
- From The Fabricator
Machine simulation provides real-world advantages for OEMs and fabricators
- By Daymon Thompson and Matt Prellwitz
- May 18, 2019
- Shop Management
- Article
Programming with PC-based automation software and MATLAB®/Simulink® helps fabricating machines increase throughput, part quality, and plant efficiency.
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff Automation’s AMP8000 combines servo drive system with servomotor
- Nov 20, 2018
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Beckhoff Automation has introduced the AMP8000 distributed servo drive system. By combining a servo drive and servomotor into one device, the system reduces overall machine footprint and space requirements inside control cabinets and enclosures. A single coupling module can operate up to five...
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff’s EtherCAT terminals offer process control, power monitoring
- May 17, 2018
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Beckhoff Automation has introduced the new EL34x3 series EtherCAT terminals for power measurement and mains monitoring. The new I/O terminals offer basic monitoring of the energy supply network and process control to high-end power monitoring. The EL3443 three-phase standard power measurement...
- From The Fabricator
Measurement technology modules integrate into EtherCAT I/O system
- Jan 12, 2017
- Testing and Measuring
- Product Release
The new ELM series EtherCAT measurement technology modules from Beckhoff directly integrate into the modular EtherCAT I/O system and can be seamlessly combined with the company’s portfolio of more than 500 EtherCAT terminals. The modules feature new metal housings that optimize shielding and...
- From The Fabricator
Embedded PCs offer computing power for small DIN rail-mounted controllers
- Oct 12, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Beckhoff offers the CX8190 embedded PC for Ethernet communication, which provides increased computing power to small controllers. It is the first PC-based controller in an ultracompact bus coupler format for TwinCAT 3 automation software, says the company. According to the manufacturer, the 32-bit,...
- From The Fabricator
System combines communication, power functions for one-cable automation
- Oct 11, 2016
- Shop Management
- Product Release
With the newly introduced EtherCAT P technology, Beckhoff unites EtherCAT communication and power functions in a standard, four-wire Ethernet cable. This one-cable automation technology integrates the 24-VDC supply of the system’s slaves with the signals and data from connected sensors and...
- From The Fabricator
Toyota to base new factories on EtherCAT
- May 10, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- News Release
Toyota Motor Corp. has announced it has selected Beckhoff Automation’s EtherCAT® as its industrial Ethernet technology and will base its new factories around the world on the technology. EtherCAT also is an essential part of Toyota’s new IoT deployment strategy. "In order to smoothly...
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff North America names president
- Dec 10, 2014
- Automation and Robotics
- News Release
Automation system provider Beckhoff Automation has announced that Aurelio Banda will become president of North American operations at Beckhoff Automation LLC, Savage, Minn., effective Jan. 1. The subsidiary’s current president, Graham Harris, will assume a regional management role as part of a...
- From The Fabricator
Panel PCs offer all-in-one HMI and control
- Oct 6, 2014
- Shop Management
- Product Release
Beckhoff Automation has introduced the new CP6606-0001-0020 Economy panel PC. It combines a 7-in. TFT touchscreen display, a 1-GHz ARM Cortex™ A8 CPU, and a 1-GB DDR3 RAM into an all-in-one HMI and controller. Ultracompact microSD flash memory cards are used as the storage media. Designed as a...
- From The Fabricator
Panel PC equipped with multicore CPUs
- Aug 28, 2014
- Automation and Robotics
- Product Release
To help boost the performance of multitouch industrial displays via an all-in-one HMI and automation device, Beckhoff Automation has released the new CP22xx series panel PC. Designed for cabinet installation, the PC combines a multitouch interface with multicore processors for automation and...
- From The Fabricator
Beckhoff Automation adds two engineers to U.S. Systems Engineering Group
- Aug 29, 2013
- Automation and Robotics
- News Release
Beckhoff Automation LLC, a provider of open automation systems in Savage, Minn., has added two engineers to its Systems Engineering Group. This team, now staffed with six engineers, assists machine builders and manufacturers with the planning, design, and implementation of new machinery and...
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