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How WAGO’s I/O System Transformed 90s Automation: The Birth of Digital Transformation
September 3, 2024
In this video, WAGO explains how their I/O System became a cornerstone of digital transformation during the 1990s. From revolutionizing industrial automation to laying the groundwork for the connected world we live in today, WAGO’s innovation changed the game for industries worldwide.
What You’ll Learn:
- The history and invention of WAGO’s I/O System
- The pivotal role it played in the digital revolution
- Insights into the impact on today’s smart technology and IoT
Whether you’re a tech enthusiast, a history buff, or someone passionate about industrial automation, this video will provide you with valuable insights into one of the most significant innovations of the 90s.
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WAGO’s Remote I/O: The Winning Hand in Industrial Automation
WAGO’s 750/753 Series Remote I/O system provides the confidence to go all-in on your automation application. Boasting 16 fieldbus options and interoperability with higher level PLCs, these modules offer the most flexible, modular, and compact platform for stand-alone or distributed automation. Choose from over 500 simple and complex modules that allow for easy data acquisition from almost any signal. Cost-effective system upgrades can be made for energy monitoring, IO-Link masters, and proportional valve control, just to name a few examples.
Whether it’s a need for digital or analog, they ensure that you will get only the I/O needed for your application within a small, compact footprint. Thanks to our patented CAGE CLAMP® technology, and by using their extensive range of marking systems, these modules are easy to wire and provide a vibration-proof, maintenance-free connection.
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SEW-Eurodrive: Sustainable Thinking. Modular Drive.
August 19, 2024
When the name SEW-Eurodrive is mentioned, one of the first things people are quick to mention is “electric motors”. That is right, as electric motors formed the beginnings of their company. In the meantime, however, the SEW-Eurodrive name stands for much more, and their range of products and services has grown significantly.
Gearmotors, gear units, motors, components for decentralized installation, electronically controlled drives, mechanical variable-speed gearmotors, as well as drive solutions that involve a lot of engineering. Of course, we shouldn’t forget supplementary services and service offerings.
Their modular concept offers numerous combination options that enable you to find the right product. Their product finder makes it easier for customers who are new to their range of products.
You require a complex solution for your application? They are happy to help. From consulting and planning through to implementation. Whether you require a predefined solution or if you have specific requirements.
A comprehensive range of services and offerings rounds out their portfolio. Regardless of whether you require consultation, training, tools and resources, or a comprehensive range of services.
They know that every industry has its own characteristics, meaning that demands on systems and applications differ greatly. Please contact them if you do not find any references for your industry. They will find the right drive solution for you!
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SEW-Eurodrive Is Your Complete Source for Motion Control
SEW-Eurodrive specializes in custom, scalable drive solutions that focus on meeting the needs of customers today – and into the future. Their decentralized drive technology offers compact drive units, decentralized inverters, and motion controllers for field use – everything you need to get up and running quickly. And, with its modular construction, everything can be easily combined and recombined as needed, making them scalable and future proof. They have all this and so much more to offer.
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Harmony XB5N/XB7N Ø22mm Plastic Push Buttons, Selectors and Pilot Lights | Schneider Electric
August 19, 2024
Harmony 22 mm Pushbuttons, switches, pilot lights
Harmony XB5N/XB7N Ø 22 mm plastic modular push buttons, selector switches and pilot lights are part of the Schneider Electric industrial push buttons catalog. They are perfectly suited to meet majority of installation requirements, locally manufactured for efficiency.
These modular push button switches are designed for robust applications without compromising on ease of use, safety, flexibility and availability.
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Pushbuttons, Switches, Pilot Lights, Control Stations and Joysticks
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Schneider Electric Launches Digitally Enabled SureSeT Medium Voltage Switchgear in Canada
Schneider Electric, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, has announced the upcoming launch of its new SureSeT Medium Voltage (MV) switchgear offering for the Canadian market. This new and improved solution backed by the innovative and award-winning EvoPacT circuit breaker, has been designed to address the needs for primary switchgear applications with a smaller, stronger, and smarter solution capable of managing digital day-to-day operations.
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ABB Baldor-Reliance SP4 Motor Technology
August 7, 2024
In a world of industries powered by electric motors, ABB’s SP4™ technology emerges as a game changer. They have taken the best Baldor-Reliance AC induction motor design and made it better by reducing motor losses by an average of 20% while maintaining the simplicity of today’s install base. This ABB designed and manufactured technology isn’t just about efficiency; it’s a testament to progress, weaving a story where industries thrive, cost diminishes, and a sustainable future becomes a reality. ABB’s SP4 technology isn’t merely a breakthrough; it’s an invitation to join the narrative where motors power more than machines – they power dreams of a better, more efficient tomorrow for all.
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ABB Energy Appraisals of Industrial Electric Motors Reveal Potential 2.1 Twh Lifetime Savings
From June to September 2023, ABB analyzed more than 2,000 industrial electric motors under its Energy Appraisal service and has identified an average energy saving of 31 percent. That equates to more than 2.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) of potential energy savings across the 20-year lifetime of these systems. Energy appraisals enable industrial businesses to pinpoint exactly where their biggest energy savings lie across fleets of motor-driven systems.
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See How Omron Barcode Verification Can Help Ensure Compliance
August 6, 2024
With globalized production increasing and the shift towards EV manufacturing, automotive supply chains have become more complex and increasing the need for bar codes to meet a common standard. See how OMRON’s innovative barcode verification systems can confirm compliance to ISO and other standards, helping prevent unreadable bar codes maintaining supply chain traceability.
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How the Latest Handheld Barcode Reader is Making it Easy for Users to Overcome Traceability Challenges
There are a variety of challenges that manufacturers face when trying to efficiently use traceability technology. Difficult to read direct part marks can hinder the performance of traceability in a production process. The V460 is an advanced handheld barcode reading device that has set a new standard for reading capabilities. It can read all types of bar codes, including these challenging direct part marks and small bar code labels that have been previously difficult to decode.
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Decentralized Drives for Logistics Tasks – SEW-EURODRIVE
July 15, 2024
The Klosterbrauerei Andechs has installed a new returnable glass line. Watch this video to find out how this has increased production capacity while minimising the use of resources. With 70 decentralised MOVIGEAR® performance drive units from SEW-EURODRIVE, state-of-the-art, energy-efficient technology has been installed in the traditional brewery.
This project was the first system with decentralized technology from SEW-EURODRIVE to be installed for a brewery customer in Germany.
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Why Choose SEW-EURODRIVE VFD’S?
SEW-EURODRIVE’s decentralized drive technology has everything you need – compact drive units, decentralized inverters and motion controllers for field use – and everything can be easily combined and recombined as required. This is all possible because the standardized control and communication architecture forms the perfect pairing!
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Siemens’ SIRIUS 3RV2 Circuit Breakers
July 15, 2024
Siemens’ SIRIUS 3RV2 Circuit Breakers
SIRIUS Control from Siemens offers the largest available switching device portfolio in the market. A completely new generation of circuit breakers, contactors, overload relays and load feeders in seven sizes up to 250 kW is ready for use. The benefit of the modular system lies in its modular set-up of the components across all sizes. Everything fits together!
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SIRIUS Motor Starters for Industrial and Construction Applications
Siemens has developed an innovative enclosed line of motor starters using their SIRIUS product family, placing the most advanced motor control technology “in a box.” To compliment their long standing “V” series made-to-order SIRIUS Motor Starters, the 3RE41 line offers a modular approach to ordering and configuring enclosed motor starters.
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BASF Makes Digital IMPACT for Remote Visibility into Operations | Schneider Electric
June 27, 2024
BASF, perhaps the largest chemical company in the world, gains operational insights, improves visibility into individual asset health, and monitors electrical distribution with Schneider Electric Services.
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EcoStruxure Automation Expert V23.0 – Evolving Everything in the Enterprise
Schneider Electric has launched EcoStruxure Automation Expert V23.0, an open platform that connects everything in the enterprise, for the Canadian market. EcoStruxure Automation Expert is an open, IoT-enabled, plug-and-play, interoperable architecture and platform. It is universalizing automation in homes, buildings, and data centres to infrastructure and industries – and it continues to evolve.
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The Modular Decentralized MOVI-C® Automation System | SEW-EURODRIVE
June 27, 2024
Quick and easy startup, independent of the bus system selected, with maximum flexibility. SEW-EURODRIVE meets the highest demands with their decentralized MOVI-C® modular automation system. For more information on thier drive technology, visit website www.sew-eurodrive.ca
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MOVI-C® Modular Automation System from SEW-Eurodrive
MOVI-C® is the all-in-one solution for automation tasks. Whether you want to implement standards-based single-axis or multi-axis applications, particularly complex motion control applications or customized automation solutions, MOVI C® can help you do all that and give you the scope to achieve optimum automation for new projects. This end-to-end solution from a single manufacturer covers all your needs – planning, commissioning, operation and diagnostics software, electronic control and monitoring devices, mechanical drives and gearmotors. There is only one place you must go to for all the automation components you need. Naturally, all components can be fully integrated into all automation concepts, fieldbus topologies and network standards.
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AI Enables Machines to Understand the World Around Them!
June 18, 2024
Our factories are stepping into the future with AI based sensor technology and machine learning. Ralf Gitzel, Principal Scientist at ABB explains how information and insights gained by sensors and advanced machine learning is integrated in ABB’s customers’ solutions and products.
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AI Upgrade to ABB Energy Management System Optimizes Industrial Energy Efficiency
ABB launches ABB Ability™ OPTIMAX® 6.4, the latest version of its flagship digital energy management and optimization system, to provide coordinated control of multiple industrial assets and processes, for improved energy efficiency, to reduce emissions and support decarbonization.
