ABB claims its IndustrialIT extended automation system has been sold to more than 4000 customers since its introduction in 2004.
BECKHOFF Automation has released the TwinSAFE PC-based safety programmable logic controller, integrating safety functions into automation systems through the bus terminals.
SIEMENS Industry Automation has added automation human machine interface (HMI) generation technology to its Simatic Automation Designer digital engineering software.
BACKPLANE Systems Technology has released the ASB200-810 slim fanless embedded computer system from IBASE.
ROBOTIC Automation says it will be demonstrating applications for its fast robots at the 2008 Queensland Manufacturing Technology Exhibition (QMan), at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from 21 to 23 October 2008.
ABB has introduced a bin-picking robot technology, said to be capable of reliably locating and disseminating jumbled and randomly situated materials from bins.
PROSOFT Technology has released the ILX56-MM message manager module, a multi-system data transfer engine which slots into the Rockwell Automation ControlLogix chassis.
MITSUBISHI Electric Automation has introduced a manufacturing solution which links industrial control hardware to popular IT systems from Microsoft, IBM, Sun, ILST, etc.
PROSOFT Technology has released its new Wireless POINT I/O adaptor which links Rockwell Automation controllers to distributed process I/O modules.
SIEMENS Industry Automation has released a new version of its digital product development software with features from the company’s synchronous technology.
Madison Technologies’ new Moxa ‘MXview’ industrial network management software package for industrial ethernet automation networks is a powerful web-based network management tool with advanced functions, the company says.
PROSOFT Technology has released a new version of its in-rack liquid and gas flow computers.
ADVANTECH’S Industrial Automation Group has released a five-port unmanaged Ethernet switch with Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) technology.
PILZ Automation Technology says the latest version of its Configurator tool for the PNOZmulti modular safety controller includes various enhancements and new features.
SIEMENS has released its first distributed input/output system which communicates directly via the Industrial Wireless LAN (IWLAN) technology.
PROSOFT Technology has released networking modules for a Rockwell platform.
K.E. BROWN has released a switchboard said to minimise downtime by using a combination of isolators and circuit breakers to isolate individual circuits.
SIEMENS has developed a series of process control packages based on its latest controller systems specifically for small and large breweries.
BELDEN has released a new Category 6 DataTuff Twisted Pair Industrial Ethernet cable.
SIEMENS has expanded its process control system with telecontrol functions.