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Sercos hosted 25 technology and automation vendors and end users to its 13th PlugFest on May 7 and 8 at the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing at the University of Stuttgart, Germany.

By Bill Lydon, Editor On February 11, 2014, along with dozens of other journalists from all over the world, I attended the 2014 Hannover Fair Preview Event in Berlin, Germany. The primary focus of the preview event, as well as the upcoming Hannover Messe, is the next steps for achieving the vision of integrated industry, also known as Industry 4.0 or the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Armstrong International is a manufacturer of steam, gas, and hot water systems.

Simatic S7-1518F has a 10 MB user memory and four communication interfaces: Profinet interface with a 2-port switch for communication with the field level, two Profinet interfaces, and one Profibus interface.

Logo! 8 replaces current series 6 and 7 and is characterized by simplified handling, reduced space requirements with more digital and analog outputs, as well as an improved price-performance ratio.

The Simatic IPC347D industrial PCs are particularly suitable for the production environment where greater robustness is required compared to office PCs.

ET200AL distributed I/Ohas a high IP67 degree of protection, a particularly compact design, a small space requirement and low weight.

Services range from mobile inspection of individual components, such as motors and gearboxes, to continuous online monitoring of the entire drive train.

At Hannover, Siemens presents a drive system in a single product consisting of a Flender standard industry planetary gear unit (SIP), a Simogear geared motor and a Sinamics G110M inverter.

Simotics VSD10 motors are optimized for operation with Sinamics G120 frequency converters.

The liquid-cooled solution transfers its heat almost completely to the cooling liquid instead of dissipating it into the surroundings.

Siemens presents Simogear geared motors with integrated Sinamics G110M frequency inverter at Hannover Messe.

CeMAT will be held from 19 to 23 May 2014 in Hannover, Germany.

Under the banner “Making things right,” the 3,500 square meter Siemens booth in Hall 9 will be providing an overview of its portfolio catering to customers from all walks of industry.

A government grant and PMMI’s Mechatronics Certificate program will support training for more than 300 individuals as mechatronics technicians and industrial machinery mechanics at Purdue University Calumet.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Ted Krevis of Sherwin Williams gave an enthusiastic presentation about their HMI software implementation at Inductive Automation’s Ignition User Conference last fall. I had the opportunity to talk personally with Krevis and the Lead Software Developer about their experiences using Ignition software. Below is a synopsis of my interview.

In the automated parking system by serva, a robotic system takes over the transportation and parking of cars, making it fast, easy and safe.

The official rollout of the US Cybersecurity Framework represents the completion of a successful partnership effort among The White House, the Automation Federation and ISA.

Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU will exhibit a model factory and present research on "E3-Research Factory Resource-efficient Production” at Hannover.

The site provides tools, white papers, and energy reduction solutions to address the energy challenges faced by the manufacturing sector.