EtherCAT Roadshow tours North America

Summary

September 20, 2013--From October 15th to 24th, 2013, the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG) will host a series of educational, no-charge full-day seminars on the subject of EtherCAT technology for all interested end users and system integrators across the U.S. and Canada. The ETG seminar series will stop in numerous cities including Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland, and Houston.

The seminar series will provide comprehensive information about using EtherCAT as an Ethernet-based real-time communication system. Attendees will explore EtherCAT technology, see best practice approaches to implementation and learn about the benefits and the challenges of Industrial Ethernet. The seminars are educational events delivered by the foremost EtherCAT experts from the ETG and the sponsoring companies. Attendees will get the opportunity to talk with these experts face-to-face, discover the additional table-top exhibition and see how EtherCAT can improve industrial applications.

The EtherCAT Roadshow in North America will be supported and accompanied by: Altera, Beckhoff Automation, Hilscher, MKS Instruments, SEW-EURODRIVE, Trio Motion Technology, and Yaskawa.