Machine Engineering

Machine engineering is one of Germany’s key industries. The importance of this segment has led to the creation of new university degree programs in fields such as production and logistics, process engineering, vehicle/automotive engineering, production engineering and aerospace engineering among others.

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Encoderless safety function for motion control drive systems

There is thus no longer any need for complex wiring, installation and commissioning of external encoders. The “Safely Limited Speed” function monitors the…

Simotion motion control system now expanded with an embedded PC

The embedded PC for motion control is free of wear parts and moving parts such as hard disks and fans. Monitoring functions for the batteries, temperature and…

Only 330 working days left until changeover to high-efficiency motors

From June 16, 2011, in accordance with EU Directive 2005/32/EC, only high-efficiency 2 to 6-pole three-phase asynchronous motors will be permitted on the…

Intrinsically safe industrial PCs for operator control and monitoring in hazardous areas

The panel PC is particularly suitable for operator control and monitoring, measuring and testing as well as data collection and communication. Simatic HMI Thin…

Profinet communication now even more powerful and versatile

These features facilitate easier system configuration, for example in failsafe applications, leaner and more versatile topology architectures with multiple…

New safety relay for monitoring machine speed and standstill at the same time

This device, which belongs to the range of Sirius 3TK28 safety relays, can simultaneously monitor three parameterizable limit values for downtime, setup speed…

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