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National Instruments to resell Kollmorgen Servos

  • June 18, 2013
  • News

NI will sell Kollmorgen’s EtherCAT AKD brushless servo drive and single-cable AKM motor.

Dataforth publishes Corporate Capabilities Brochure

  • June 10, 2013
  • News

The 16-page document covers 1200+ data acquisition and control, signal conditioning, and data communication products.

Ethernet in Process Automation to Double by 2016

  • June 5, 2013
  • News

Industrial Ethernet nodes in process industries are projected to rise to 8.7 million units in 2016, up a whopping 96 percent from 4.4 million in 2011, as Ethernet increasingly challenges fieldbus for leadership in the industrial networking market.

EtherCAT in Mobile Applications meeting

  • March 21, 2013
  • News

On February 6th, 2013 the EtherCAT Technology Group held its kick - off event, “EtherCAT in Mobile Applications,” with 115 participants.

IEC extends partnership with EtherCAT Technology Group

  • March 21, 2013
  • News

As a result, the ETG now has the opportunity to actively collaborate in the maintenance program for Part 7 - xxx of the IEC 61800 series.

Ethernet in Motion Control to More than Triple by 2016

  • March 13, 2013
  • News

IMS Research says the growth rate for new motor control Ethernet nodes--including PROFINET, Ethernet/IP, POWERLINK and EtherCAT--is projected to be the highest across the whole industrial space at nearly 30%.

HMS Industrial Networks acquires IXXAT

  • February 1, 2013
  • News

IXXAT Automation is a supplier of communication technology for industrial automation, machine manufacturing and the automotive industry.

EtherCAT Technology Group reaches 2,000 Members

  • January 24, 2013
  • News

ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) has become the 2,000th member of the world’s largest fieldbus organization, the EtherCAT Technology Group.

Industrial Ethernet – Too much of a good thing?

  • January 14, 2013
  • Feature

Automation.com, January 2013 By Bill Lydon, Editor Industrial Ethernet networks and protocols have become a workhorse of automation systems. But how extensively should it be used? Ethernet is not ideal in all applications. Consider the good, the bad and the ugly.

CODESYS Safety products certified

  • December 12, 2012
  • News

T√úV S√úD and T√úV Rheinland certified CODESYS Safety products for SIL2 and SIL3 tasks according to IEC 61508.