PC-based control: From a technological revolution to a global standard

When Beckhoff elevated the industrial computer to the status of a central control system four decades ago, a paradigm shift occurred. For 40 years, PC-based control has been putting the power of IT standards and Moore’s Law directly into the hands of machine and system engineers. With the bundling of PLC, motion control, and technologies…

Improving remote driving for safer autonomous vehicles

Improving remote driving for safer autonomous vehiclesAutomated vehicles perform well in many situations, but what happens when they encounter unexpected environments or severe weather conditions? Researchers at TU Delft Mechanical Engineering are investigating teleoperation as a human fallback solution for automated driving. Georgios Papaioannou and his team have developed an advanced remote driving system to study how operators can…

Van Just-in-Time naar Just-in-Case

[Whitepaper] De internationale toeleverketens waar jarenlang op vertrouwd werd, staan onder druk. Geopolitieke spanningen, grondstofschaarste en transportvertragingen maken pijnlijk duidelijk: just-in-time is niet langer vanzelfsprekend. In deze whitepaper nemen we je mee in de strategische heroverweging die veel hightech OEM’s nu maken: van kwetsbare efficiëntie naar een wendbare en robuuste supply…

HiLube glijlagers in standaard afmetingen

Met een belastbaarheid van 40 MPa zijn de kunststof glijlagers van Vesconite HiLube geschikt voor toepassingen waar normaliter gietbronzen glijlagers worden gebruikt. De HiLube lagerbussen zijn echter zelfsmerend dus aanvullende vetsmering is niet nodig. Ook voor natte toepassingen zijn deze bussen uitermate geschikt. Lees verder

The PCB Passed Every Review. So Why Did the Product Fail?

Modern multi-board PCB design is becoming less about creating individual boards quickly and more about identifying engineering problems before they become expensive. A PCIe signal leaves one PCB, crosses a connector, travels through a cable assembly, enters a second board, and suddenly fails EMC testing three months later. The layout on each board looked correct. Signal lengths were matched. Design rules…