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News - Bus terminals double their packing density (02 January 2010)
Miniaturisation in the field of control technology allows designers to build their machines and systems even smaller and more compact. Aiming at this goal, Beckhoff was showing an expanded line of IP20 I/O systems at SPS/IPC/Drives, with a new generation of Bus Terminals increasing the I/O packing density....FULL STORY

Features - Riding on the PC Skyrocket (10 December 2009)
In its biggest move since the introduction of EtherCAT in 2003, Beckhoff announced its plans at the SPS/IPC/Drives show in Nürnberg for TwinCAT 3, an “eXtended Automation” version of its real-time machine control software introduced in 1996. The package will be ready for a Beta release at Hannover Fair 2010, and as a full product by the end of 2010....FULL STORY

News - I/O terminals replace switches and potentiometers in control cabinets (05 July 2009)
Beckhoff Automation GmbH has an idea for bringing more efficient manual operation into the switch cabinet: by incorporating the manual concept into its Bus Terminals. These four new terminals, equipped with switches and potentiometers, function as operating devices for changing process data independently of the controller. ...FULL STORY

News - A Perplexing New Trend: PC-based Safety Control (05 May 2009)
PC-based safety? Can it really be true? A machine safety system built on a PC? Would you trust your arms and fingers on the operation of a Windows PC? Surely this is going to make some people nervous....FULL STORY

Features - Perfect Packaging with PC Control (20 January 2009)
Multivac, the packaging machinery specialists with headquarters in Wolfertschwenden, Germany, manufactures thermoformers which are considered by many in the packaging industry to be the best in the world. ...FULL STORY