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Precise detection of complex rotational movements
First Quarter 2024, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

The EP3751-0260 EtherCAT Box module by Beckhoff connects an acceleration sensor with an inertial measurement unit - a gyroscope. This provides accurate detection of acceleration and rotational motion in addition to shock, vibration and tilt measurement, both as preprocessed values and as raw sensor data.
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PC-based motion control on a labelling machine
First Quarter 2024, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

For 50 years, Bausch+Ströbel in Germany has been developing packaging and production systems for the pharmaceutical industries. The company’s goal is to offer the best technical and economical solutions for the challenges of modern industry. Its new ESA1025 labelling machine shows how this is achieved with PC-based control from Beckhoff as the central motion controller.
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Precise machining of small parts
Fourth Quarter 2023, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Producing large parts with precision is not easy. But how do you produce the smallest components, such as gears and screws for the watch industry or contact pins for connectors, with micron-level accuracy and in large quantities? Swiss companies Esco and Affolter achieve this feat in their CNC machines with TwinCAT CNC and servo drive technology from Beckhoff.
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70 servo axes synchronised in real time
Third Quarter 2023, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

A young and dynamic automation integrator based in northern Spain has developed a sophisticated and powerful production technology masterpiece. The core element is a revolutionary motion control system with a total of 67 servo axes synchronised by camming function.
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Electric cylinders eliminate compressed air requirements in production plants
Third Quarter 2023, Pneumatic systems & components

Beckhoff Automation’s AA3000 Series represents an efficient servomotor alternative to energy-intensive pneumatic cylinders.
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Red Dot Award for Beckhoff
Third Quarter 2023, News & events

Beckhoff Vision now includes a complete hardware portfolio in addition to the TwinCAT Vision software solution that was introduced in 2017.
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PC-based control for additive manufacturing with solid-state metals
Second Quarter 2023, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Launched in 2018, the Virginia-based company offers its capabilities to a wide range of customers in defence, research, and manufacturing. MELD spun off from its parent company, Aeroprobe, in 2018 ...
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Beckhoff’s XPlanar greatly increases testing capacity and throughput
Second Quarter 2023, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

In the Spring of 2021, Beckhoff began to completely rethink the way it carried out final inspections of I/O components. Its aim was to increase testing capacity and throughput significantly, even though many different types of terminals are produced.
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A new breed of transport system
First Quarter 2023, Editor's Choice, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

Planar movers that travel like flying carpets are creating new possibilities in machine design. XPlanar, a new breed of transport system based on floating planar movers able to travel freely over a floor of planar tiles, brings unprecedented flexibility to product transport, and could revolutionise manufacturing plant and machine design.
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Test rig for new generation rotor blades
First Quarter 2023, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

There’s no mistaking the Blaest headquarters on the shores of the Limfjord in Norway, where rows of white wind turbine blades dominate the horizon. In 2005 the load bearing capacity of the blades was ...
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PC-based control technology for vehicles converted to electric drives
Fourth Quarter 2022, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

For small series producers and manufacturers with a wide range of vehicle variants, being able to count on comprehensive test bench technology that is fast, flexible and cost-effective is hugely important. ...
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Assembly line for the automotive industry
Third Quarter 2022, Electrical switching & drive systems & components

How do you design a new assembly line and go on to reduce the footprint of the concept by another quarter? And how can you later increase the productivity of this highly consolidated line even further? ...
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