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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Drive line extended by single-axis servo converter

This drive has not only a comprehensive palette of positioning functions but also the most common integrated safety functions. The drive is currently available…

Motion controller with Profinet connection, also suitable for hydraulic applications

It is a S7-300 format member of the Simotion Motion Control System and has a Profinet interface. This enables extremely efficiently control of up to 32 Motion…

New laser scanners safeguard small protection zones and transfer carriages

Typical applications for the Simatic FS660 SR include low-speed driverless transport systems of up to two meters with a short braking path. In fixed…

Simple, automated commissioning of Profinet configurations

The new functionality allows users to predefine the cabling of the devices as a setpoint topology in the Topology Editor of Step 7. This means that it is no…

Compact UHF readers for production and production-related logistics

Simatic RF620R is equipped with an integrated UHF antenna and up to two external UHF antennas can be connected to the Simatic RF630R. With Simatic RF…

Distributed IOs communicate wirelessly for the first time

For this purpose, the new 154-6 PN HF IWLAN interface module was developed for the Simatic ET 200pro system. The interface module wirelessly integrates the…

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