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Allied Electronics & Automation is partnering with Omron Industrial Automation to promote its latest line of predictive maintenance solutions. Designed for industrial businesses facing unplanned downtime, maintenance for aging equipment, and ongoing worker shortages, Omron’s products offer customers the ability to implement simple, elegant, and cost-effective predictive maintenance solutions that not only monitor equipment status in real time but use artificial intelligence to identify and schedule optimal windows of opportunity to schedule repairs.“Predictive maintenance is a condition-based maintenance strategy that remotely monitors the condition of equipment using Internet of Things (IoT) sensor devices,” says Dan Andersen...
The current supply situation of steel, chips and plastics has become tighter worldwide. Extended delivery times or supply failures can be a consequence of this. The suppliers of plastic granulate have stopped the production of specific granulates and colours or postponed it ...
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Beckhoff Canada Opens Office in Greater Vancouver
CAMBRIDGE, Ontario, Aug. 24, 2021 – Beckhoff Canada opened a Western Region Sales and Training Centre in the technology-rich Vancouver area to increase sales development and market share growth. The 2,950-square-foot office is in Tower 1 of the prominent Metrotower Office Complex in downtown Burnaby, British Columbia.
The facility offers increased space for sales and engineering support, training and seminars, as well as an intelligent motion lab where Beckhoff product experts can test Flying Motion capabilities and machine concepts using the XPlanar system.
Rittal Extends the Summer Cooling Promo to Sept 30, 2021
Upon popular demand, Rittal is pleased to extend their annual summer promo on their hottest selling climate control air conditioners and fans, to the end of September. Remember: The promo also extends to Rittal's IoT Connectivity and CMC III Monitoring Solutions for Industrial & IT Cooling Solutions.
2021 Summer Promo Sell Sheets:
Air Conditioners/IoT (English)
Air Conditioners/IoT (French)
Fans & Filters (English)
Fans & Filters (French)
IT Cooling/IoT/CMC Promo (English only)
Allied Electronics & Automation Partners with Omron Industrial Automation On Predictive Maintenance Solutions
ATS Acquires Conveyor Systems Manufacturer NCC Automated Systems
ATS Automation Tooling Systems Inc., a major automation solutions provider, recently announced it has acquired NCC Automated Systems, Inc., a provider of engineered to order sanitary automation solutions and stand-alone precision conveyance equipment for US$40 million (~C$50 million), subject to customary post-closing adjustments, representing 11.4x NCC’s FY2020 adjusted EBITDA or 6.2x post synergies. ATS has funded the acquisition by drawing on its revolving credit facility.
“The acquisition of NCC expands our portfolio of precision conveyor technologies through the addition of adjacent and complementary products to ATS’ SuperTrak, addressing an important pillar of ATS’ automation products strategy while enhancing our position in the food and beverage end-market,” said Andrew Hider, CEO of ATS.
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AutomationDirect Releases New Contrinex M18 Short-Body Photoelectric Sensors and Sensor Tester
AutomationDirect has added a new series of Contrinex M18 photoelectric sensors to their ever-growing selection of discrete sensors, as well as a new sensor tester used with various sensor types to verify operation in the field.
The Contrinex M18 sensors are made in the USA and have a short body for easy installation in even the tightest locations. These sensors are available in diffuse, diffuse with adjustable background suppression, retroreflective, and through-beam models, and with NPN and PNP logic. All PNP models are IO-Link® compatible, and all sensor outputs are complementary, allowing them to be used as a light-on or dark-on sensor.
Made4CNC Launches World’s First Completely Automatic CNC Door Opening Solution for Robots
Odense, Denmark, August 23, 2021: Currently only a small percentage of the industry's CNC machines are automatically fed components. Most of the world's CNC machines rely on either the operator or the robotic arm having to physically open and close the machines' heavy doors every few minutes. Investing in a new fully automatic CNC machine or upgrading an older model can be a tall order, both in practical and financial terms.
Made4CNC's first official product, the new Safedoor SD100 removes the barriers to the automation of component feeding at machine shops. Safedoor SD100 opens CNC doors that are up to 1 meter wide and weigh 400 kg, at a speed of 500 mm/s.
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Utility Safety: Supplying Headlamps as Critical PPE in Hazardous Environments
Whether the utility provides electricity, gas, water, or sewage treatment, management has a duty to protect employees by providing a safe work environment and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required for the job in the facility and in the field. However, despite various PPE options, many utilities fail to supply or specify important lighting tools – namely headlamps. Unfortunately, the lack of suitable headlamps can lead to serious, even deadly accidents, in hazardous locations.
As a tool, headlamps are essential when hands-free lighting is required in low-light areas for a wide range of tasks. This can include operating/maintaining machinery and assessing its condition, or servicing pipes, power lines, and other distribution channels.
WESCO Canada Designated a Bosch Certified Excellence Partner
WESCO Distribution Canada LP recently announced that it has earned the Bosch Certified Excellence Partner designation. The Certified Excellence (CE) designation is an international program in the Partner Management of Bosch Rexroth, one of WESCO Canadas’s largest suppliers of automation and control products. Certified partners must provide the best and most reliable service to customers and are seen as an integral part of “ONE Rexroth Sales” worldwide.
WESCO will leverage its Certified Excellence designation to maximize the use of Bosch technologies to efficiently support customer operations wherever they are located.
Michael Gross, Vice President & General Manager of WESCO Canada stated, “With Bosch as a partner we are giving our customers and users a competitive advantage through safe, efficient, intelligent and high-performance solutions."
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Pilz Releases New Software for Automation System PSS 4000
Download projects without any software
Now you can prepare the data for operating your machine via an indirect project download, without any connection between the software PAS4000 and your devices.
It's as simple as this:
Your project is divided into individual device projects. You can save these device projects together with the naming data on SD cards or in a directory. To complete the indirect download, transfer the device projects manually to the devices by inserting the SD card into a device and performing the deliberate operator action, for example.
Configurable Small Controller PNOZmulti 2 With New Expansion Module for Drive Monitoring - Monitor Axes Safely and Efficiently
The new motion monitoring module PNOZ m EF 1MM2DO from the configurable small controller PNOZmulti 2 now also offers cascading and delayed shutdown functions in the field of safe motion monitoring. By monitoring up to eight safety functions on one axis, the new motion monitoring module provides efficient drive applications, thereby protecting both capital goods and the machine.
In conjunction with the base unit PNOZ m B0 or PNOZ m B1, PNOZ m EF 1MM2DO monitors an axis safely up to the highest category PL e of EN ISO 13849-1 or up to SIL CL 3 of EN IEC 62061. The module covers up to eight safe monitoring functions on one axis, e.g. safe stop, safe operating stop or safe speed limiting.
IDEM Hazardous Area and General Purpose Safety Devices from AutomationDirect
AutomationDirect’s safety product offering now includes IDEM hazardous area safety devices. These safety devices provide similar functionality to their general-purpose counterparts but offer explosion-proof switching in hazardous locations.
All of these devices are manufactured with ATEX Exd IIC T6 certified explosion-proof contact blocks, which are encapsulated to contain explosions and prevent the ignition of hazardous materials.
New IDEM explosion-proof safety devices include tongue interlock safety switches, safety limit switches, and safety cable-pull switches. These devices are an excellent choice for use in the oil, chemical, pharmaceutical, and other hazardous industries.
AutomationDirect has also extended its existing line of general-purpose safety cable-pull switches. This new line extension allows for emergency cable lengths of up to 250 meters.
Mitsubishi Electric Releases CNC Offset Manager Software
Mitsubishi Electric is announcing the release of its CNC Offset Manager software for remote modification of computerized numerical control (CNC) tool and work offsets. With the push towards automation and central control, machining facilities are searching for more efficient ways to manage their CNC machines. The software can introduce increased efficiency in multiple ways: for instance, it allows one operator to manage more machines, speeding up machine setup and tool wear changes, or adjusts for parts out of tolerance, as well as centralizing this work so operators don’t need to move between machines or into robot cells. CNC Offset Manager is thus geared towards production managers and supervisors on factory floors across various industries, as well as towards CNC automation software companies.
