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KEB America launches washdown servo motors for industrial applications

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KEB America announces the release of the new Steel IT epoxy coating for servo motors. The new product offering is now available for the North American market.

When motors are used in applications that are exposed to moisture and chemicals – such as food and beverage processing – they require special design considerations to ensure they will withstand the environment.

The new Steel IT epoxy coating option from KEB America provides a washdown servo motor with many of the benefits of a stainless steel motor, but at a fraction of the cost, says the company.

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KEB America awarded new ISO certification for Minnesota facility

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KEB America has been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification for their production facility located in Shakopee, Minnesota.

The certification, which came into effect January 2018, was issued after the facility met the criteria set by the International Organization for Standards and passed an audit, displaying zero non-conformities to the standard.

KEB America had previously been certified under 9001:2008. The standard ISO 9001:2015 applies to a facility’s quality management and quality assurance systems.  [Read more…] about KEB America awarded new ISO certification for Minnesota facility

KEB adds new safety features to drive products

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KEB has added functional safety modules to the latest generation of the company’s drive products.

When paired with a Safety PLC, which is also available from KEB America, KEB Functional Safety Drives provide a cost-effective control and automation solution with standardized safety features, says the company.

New generation drives from KEB, like the S6 Servo Drive, feature SIL3 Safe-Torque-Off as standard.  [Read more…] about KEB adds new safety features to drive products

KEB America releases new safety products for automation systems

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KEB America, Inc. has released new safety automation products for the North American market. Safety PLC, Safe I/O modules, and Safety PLC programming software are now available as part of a full system solution designed by KEB.

KEB’s Safety PLC is a Fail Safe over EtherCAT (FSoE) master that is used in tandem with the machine PLC to execute and monitor the safety functions of the machinery.

FSoE uses a black-channel approach and can be used with other bus systems. KEB’s Safety PLC connects with other FSoE slave modules like Safe I/O and Servo Drives with Safe Motion functionality.

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KEB America integrates MQTT into its C6 router

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KEB America has added MQTT protocol to its C6 VPN Industrial Router.

KEB’s VPN Router has previously been used to provide secure remote access with data logging capabilities. Now, the Router can also be used as an IIoT gateway.

MQTT is a pub/sub messaging protocol that works on top of the TCP/IP protocol.  [Read more…] about KEB America integrates MQTT into its C6 router

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