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Industrial automation company B&R has been showcasing its technology for mass customisation, or “batch of one”.
The company exhibited its SuperTrak process at the metal industry event EMO, held recently in Germany.
B&R says the metal industry is not immune to the global trend away from bulk annual orders toward small-batch customer orders with short lead times. [Read more…] about B&R showcases technology for mass customisation
ABB is set to showcase the company’s latest robotic innovations that help packagers manage high mix, low volume production at Pack Expo Las Vegas.
ABB will be in the Central Hall, at booth C-2051, where it will showcase several major new technological innovations.
The company says the innovations will provide the engineering and commissioning efficiency to package more products on the same lines, switch between products with minimal downtime, and quickly ramp up to full-production speed for new products.
Also, for the first time, ABB Robotics and ABB subsidiary B&R Industrial Automation will share adjacent booths, bringing together the most advanced solutions for flexible, high-performance packaging automation. [Read more…] about ABB to showcase robotic innovations at Pack Expo
B&R now offers SafeRobotics functions for tripods to safely monitor all types of delta kinematic systems – or delta robots.
The company says serial axes can also be included in the calculations, for example when tripods are mounted on moving platforms.
Safe robot monitoring is implemented using the safety functions Safely Limited Position, Safely Limited Orientation, Safely Limited Joint Position and Safely Limited Speed. [Read more…] about B&R brings safety to delta robot kinematics
The new Skyline widget from B&R‘s mapp View HMI software package displays a clear overview of extensive manufacturing systems.
The widget can also be linked to an alarm system. With important information about their machines available at a glance, plant operators are able to react promptly to error messages. This prevents downtime and increases the productivity of the plant.
The interactive HMI element is suitable for modular machines and plants in any industry. The developer simply drags the widget into place on the HMI screen and configures it as needed.
B&R says its Power Panel C50 provides the combined advantages of a powerful controller and a modern projected capacitive touch screen in a single HMI device.
The Power Panel is equipped with a dedicated processor for the HMI application, and is therefore an optimal solution for mapp View HMI applications. It can be used at temperatures ranging from -20°C to +60°C and does not require a fan.
The modern multi-touch HMI is available with clear or anti-reflective glass, and is ideally suited for premium machine designs.
[Read more…] about B&R launches controller and multi-touch HMI in one device
B&R Automation has added new functions to its mapp Motion software package. It is now possible to represent the structure of a complex machine intuitively in the configuration.
The various subsystems of a machine can be linked together. The movements of robots can be easily synchronised with gantry systems or workpiece tables with no additional programming.
The “Frame hierarchy” function can be used to represent the actual structure of a machine. Coordinate systems can be positioned at key points, such as the tool mounting flange.
[Read more…] about B&R software better utilises the potential of robotsB&R Automation‘s entry into the machine vision market is led by two camera variants: Smart Sensor and Smart Camera.
As the hardware is fully integrated in the automation system, the cameras can be synchronised to machine functions with microsecond precision.
The Smart Sensor is designed to implement a single machine vision functionality, such as QR code reading or position detection.
[Read more…] about B&R presents fully integrated cameras for automation
The ACOPOStrak transport system and B&R‘s human-track collaboration uses intelligent safety technology to keep workstations reliably risk-free without the need for safety barriers.
ACOPOStrak is a track system where parts and products are transported quickly and flexibly from processing station to processing station on independently controlled shuttles.
B&R has integrated safety features in its ACOPOStrak system which limit the speed and force of ACOPOStrak shuttles as they pass manual workstations and then continue around the remainder of the track with full dynamic performance.
[Read more…] about B&R’s moving track slows down for human workstations
B&R Automation has joined the OPC UA TSN testbed of Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei. The Austrian automation specialist is now participating in all three of the world’s most significant platforms for practical testing of the new communication technology.
The two other testbeds are those organised by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC) in the USA and Labs Network Industrie 4.0 (LNI) in Europe.
“Huawei’s testbed gives us the opportunity to advance the standardisation of OPC UA TSN in Asia,” explained B&R Marketing Manager Stefan Schönegger.
Automation PC 2200 is the latest generation of B&R‘s 2000 series of compact industrial PCs. Equipped with Intel Atom processors from the Apollo Lake generation, the Automation PC 2200 is available in either box PC or panel PC format.
Despite its compact dimensions, the Automation PC 2200 is a full-fledged PC system. Available with either dual or quad core processors, the Automation PC 2200 offers fully scalable processing power.
Thanks to B&R Hypervisor, the Automation Runtime real-time operating system can run simultaneously alongside Windows 10 IoT Enterprise or Linux. The Automation PC 2200 is suitable as an IoT gateway or as a fully-fledged edge controller or edge device. [Read more…] about B&R launches new generation of its industrial PC range
