Dimac ontwerpt en ontwikkelt innovatieve oplossingen voor 100% inspectie van bevestigingsmiddelen en kleine metalen onderdelen. Het bedrijf gebruikt de EtherCAT en PC-gebaseerde besturing van Beckhoff als basis voor haar volgende generatie sorteermachines. Deze technologieën zullen de La Mille-conceptmachine – het duizendste project van Dimac – nog sneller, krachtiger en beter integreerbaar maken voor aanvullende systemen. Lees verder [Bron: industrievandaag.nl]

The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC – Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands), a research institute at the University of La Laguna, Spain, operates two astronomical observatories on the Canary Islands: the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory on La Palma and the Teide Observatory on Tenerife. PC-based control and motion control from Beckhoff enable astrophysicists to explore the limits of space. Read more

From automation and electromobility to communications and AI, many high-growth technologies owe their performance to high-tech chips from the semiconductor industry. Future demand will significantly exceed manufacturers’ production capacities. To close the gap, existing semiconductor plants must undergo further automation and new, highly efficient fabs must be built worldwide. A key technology in this area is EtherCAT, the Industrial Ethernet technology from Beckhoff Automation. Read more and watch the video

Dimac designs and develops innovative solutions for 100% inspection of fasteners and small metal parts. The company has identified EtherCAT and PC-based control from Beckhoff as the mainstays of the next generation of sorting machines, which will make the La Mille concept machine – the thousandth Dimac project – even faster, more powerful, and open to the integration of additional systems. Read more

Ook dit jaar waren er weer Beckhoff Live + Interactive sessies tijdens de Hannover Messe. Mocht u de beurs en/of de live sessies gemist hebben. Dan kan u deze terugkijken via deze link. Hierin worden de laatste ontwikkelingen behandeld die op de beurs gepresenteerd zijn, zoals TwinCAT PLC++, een nieuwe generatie multi-touch panels en het MX-System.

On March 31, 2025, as part of the traditional Hannover Messe opening tour, acting Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Beckhoff Automation, a company headquartered in Verl, Germany. He was accompanied by Stéphane Dion, Canada’s Special Envoy for Europe and the European Union. Canada is this year’s partner country for Hannover Messe. Hans Beckhoff, Managing Director and owner of Beckhoff Automation, presented his company and its comprehensive expertise in the field of software and artificial intelligence. Read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very successful method of automating processes, as it imitates the cognitive abilities of humans. There are many different ways to imitate these skills, with the most successful approach in recent years being machine learning (ML), which is based on processing large sample data sets. The basic idea of machine learning is to learn solutions for specific tasks using representative example data. As a specialist in PC-based control, Beckhoff integrates this technology into the TwinCAT 3 control software, recognizing that a successful method for automating processes has to be understood as an integral part of a machine’s control behavior. This is why Beckhoff provides a modular range of hardware and software to integrate AI models directly into the PLC. Read more

When Innerspec Technologies was commissioned by a major aerospace end user to develop a non-destructive testing (NDT) system, the company opted for flexible automation with PC-based control from Beckhoff. The open control, motion and networking technologies of the robotic solution facilitate the inspection of a wide variety of part geometries combined with a greatly increased throughput. Read more

Our solutions are represented in the entire spectrum of the semiconductor industry: whether front-end or back-end, whether chips or photovoltaics, from wafer transport to assembly systems. We have the right I/O modules, scalable controllers, powerful drive technology and compelling software solutions for all applications – naturally combined with EtherCAT, the must-have in this industry. As a reliable partner to the semiconductor industry, we are also familiar with the special requirements of this industry, such as “copy exact”. Watch the video

When custom machine builder Lehnen Industrial Services introduced a filling machine for lip balm, the company was surprised by the amount of interest in this premium system. In order to meet this demand, they decided to standardize the machine. The necessary adaptability is provided by the scalable control technology from Beckhoff. With an impressive range of functions on a small footprint, the system closes a gap in the life sciences market, according to the provider. Read more

In this video, we will show you how Beckhoff’s eXtended Transport System (XTS) is revolutionizing battery production. Discover how XTS enhances efficiency and flexibility in manufacturing and learn about the benefits this technology offers for battery production. Get inspired by the possibilities that XTS holds for your production processes!

PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology from Beckhoff opens up new possibilities for greater security and decarbonization in the energy supply. These forms of technology allow energy flows to be reliably controlled and monitored, increasingly heterogeneous power grids to be used more efficiently, and the required applications to be simplified with an IEC 60255-118-1-compliant modular phasor measurement unit and innovative connection technology for energy measuring points. Read more

The Scheugenpflug ProcessModule axis system forms the basis of Atlas Copco’s dispensing and screwing cells and a flexible integration platform for general contractors and machine builders. Precise process sequences are ensured by TwinCAT CNC and servo drive technology from Beckhoff, as exemplified by the DC803 DispensingCell. Read more

Potting the windings is crucial for the performance and durability of electric motors. This is why many car manufacturers rely on impregnation systems from bdtronic. The process solution provider from Weikersheim combines its comprehensive process expertise in the dispensing, plasma, impregnation and heat staking technology into individual, cycle time-optimized systems with the help of PC-based control from Beckhoff. Read more

According to Danish company Seasight Solutions, the entire industry is talking about a real game changer in the field of wind-turbine installation. This innovative new approach uses human-sized propellers to compensate for wind loads and keep the rotor blades precisely in position in relation to the hub, allowing the huge components to be assembled safely and quickly without hauling ropes – even on stormy days. However, a sophisticated control concept and real-time-capable automation technology are needed to make this possible, which is precisely where PC-based control from Beckhoff comes into play. Read more

The typical beverage cartons that Tetra Pak produces for milk, fruit juices, and more are familiar to virtually all of us. Although they are efficient and robust to transport and use, they place significant demands on production technology. Key to the company’s processes are quality, system output, and process flexibility – and the Development & Technology experts at Tetra Pak in Modena, Italy, have used the XTS linear transport system from Beckhoff to achieve all of these in a new machine for cap application onto carton packaging. The system has been so successful that Tetra Pak’s pilot customer, impressed by its reliability, performance, and flexibility, has described it as a “magic machine.” Read more and watch the video

Since 2012, the XTS transport system has been transporting individual products in its compact design. The innovation potential of the XTS has by no means been exhausted; we are continuously developing the system. In this video, we show a system setup that achieves accelerations of up to 20 G and speeds of up to 4 m/s. The movers carry weights from 200 g to 10 kg and provide maximum precision and efficiency with repeatability of up to 10 µm and synchronization accuracy of up to 50 µm. Discover more features

Breid jouw technische kennis uit met Beckhoff Tutorials – uw expertportaal voor PC-gebaseerde besturingstechnologie en open automatiseringssystemen. Deze gedetailleerde tutorials zijn ontworpen om je een uitgebreid inzicht te geven in Beckhoff producten met behulp van toepassingsvoorbeelden uit de praktijk. Lees verder

Tetra Pak’s beverage cartons for milk, fruit juices, and more are widely known. These efficient and robust cartons require advanced production technology. In Modena, Italy, Tetra Pak’s experts have employed Beckhoff’s XTS linear transport system in a new machine for cap application on cartons. The Cap Applicator 40 Speed Hyper has been so successful that Tetra Pak’s pilot customer, impressed by its reliability, performance, and flexibility, has described it as a “magic machine.” Find out more in the video.

TwinCAT PLC++ is the latest innovation from Beckhoff for seamless integration into the proven TwinCAT environment. Based on IEC 61131-3 languages, advanced technology has been implemented to elicit significant improvements in engineering and runtime performance. With the focus placed on DevOps principles such as continuous integration and continuous deployment, Beckhoff continues to pursue its philosophy of merging automation and IT. The result is advanced PLC technology that provides the ideal solution even for complex customer-specific requirements and takes the efficiency of automation processes to the next level. Read more and watch the video

Is a fully autonomous building mere science fiction? No, it is already a reality, as the Belgian ASL Group in Liège is proving with a state-of-the-art, 24/7 terminal for private flight operations. Beckhoff Solution Provider Boolean BV supported the implementation of this with end-to-end building automation. Read more

Hans Beckhoff discusses technological developments in software, from the beginnings to current new developments in TwinCAT such as TwinCAT PLC++. Watch the video

Cincinnati Incorporated (CI) has been building sheet metal processing equipment for 125 years and continues to support its durable machines for decades. The company is able to do this because it develops everything in-house, from the hardware to the software. However, the further development of proprietary control technology became too costly and challenging to support. Since the switch to PC-based control, the only limits to development have been physical, according to the engineers at CI. Read more

The proportion of renewable energies – solar, hydropower, and wind – has increased significantly in recent years and had already accounted for more than half of Germany’s electricity feed in 2023. Dr. Fabian Assion, Product Manager I/O at Beckhoff, explains what this high share of highly fluctuating energy means for grid operation as well as for the required smart grids from a control technology perspective. Read more

Deze dynamische workshop is de perfecte introductie tot het innovatieve Beckhoff portfolio en onze uitgebreide website. Tijdens deze hands-on sessie krijgt u de kans om zelf te ervaren wat Beckhoff te bieden heeft. We begeleiden u bij het verkennen van onze geavanceerde producten en het schrijven van uw eigen PLC-programma. Lees verder

Affolter Group SA, a Swiss company, relies on Beckhoff control technology to control complex machinery, e.g. for manufacturing clockwork for the timepiece industry. In this video, Vincent Affolter, Managing Director, explains which Beckhoff products are used. Read more

S4 Integration, a South African company, provides special purpose end-to-end solutions in industrial automation and software for the automotive and energy storage industries. Shaun Erasmus, their customer engagement manager, discusses their work with Beckhoff in this video.

The combination of e-commerce, cost pressure, and staff shortages are driving a real trend in intra- and production logistics forward the increasing use of automated guided vehicles (AGV) and autonomous mobile robots (AMR). This is where our flexibly configurable PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology offers the ideal solution for automating your autonomous vehicles and mobile robots. Read more

The C6043 provides with its second board level for an NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU) integrated ex factory the ideal hardware foundation for high-intensity computing applications, particularly in the artificial intelligence field. Watch the video

Beckhoff has developed an efficient control cabinet alternative in the form of the MX-System. Marius Winkler explains the details in this video.

Our flexibly configurable PC- and EtherCAT-based control technology offers the ideal solution for automating autonomous vehicles and mobile robots. Watch the video

Beckhoff’s XTS is a highly flexible and efficient transport system that is used in a variety of applications, specifically automation technology. The XTS consists of a modular track system and magnetically driven movers that enable precise positioning and fast transportation of objects.As the movers can be positioned as desired and can be controlled independently of each other, the XTS is perfect for complex assembly and handling tasks. If heavy loads need to be moved, then two XTS systems can be linked together, creating a compact parallel system that allows the weight to be distributed evenly across several movers. Watch the video

Beckhoff has developed TwinCAT Chat for the TwinCAT XAE engineering environment. With TwinCAT Chat, large language models such as ChatGPT from OpenAI can easily be used to develop a TwinCAT project. This increases productivity in control programming. Read more

Our ASI8100 series combines a stepper motor, stepper motor output stage and EtherCAT fieldbus connection in one space-saving unit that can be installed directly on the machine: suitable for meeting motion requirements in a power range extending up to 250 watts. Watch the video

FoodJet relies on PC-based control technology from Beckhoff to open and close the nozzles in its MDL food printers at lightning speed. The machine builder’s customers can use it to portion and deposit toppings with maximum precision, whether they’re coating pizza dough with a perfect layer of tomato sauce on a moving conveyor belt or applying garlic paste to a pita. Watch the video

The linear servomotors in the AL8000 series can optionally be equipped with One Cable Technology (OCT). As with the established OCT solution for rotary motors, the OCT solution for linear motors means that the feedback cable can be dispensed with. Watch the video

Syntegon, a global supplier of process and packaging technology for the food and pharmaceutical industries, presented a product handling platform at Interpack 2023 for secondary packaging. XPlanar for product transport and Vision hardware optical quality control form the core of this platform. Watch the video

Automatiseringsbedrijf Beckhoff Automation BV opende in juli een kantoor aan de Leonard Springerlaan 35 in Groningen. Het centrale hoofdkantoor van Beckhoff Automation Duitsland bevindt zich in Verl en Beckhoff is vertegenwoordigd met vestigingen in meer dan zeventig landen wereldwijd. In Nederland heeft Beckhoff een hoofdvestiging in Haarlem en sales en support kantoren in Eindhoven en Enschede. Vanwege de wens voor lokale ondersteuning en de aanhoudende groei van Beckhoff en haar klanten in het noorden van het land, vestigt het bedrijf zich nu ook in Groningen.

The Verl-based company is planning to move into a new central warehouse in the Aurea industrial park in Rheda-Wiedenbrück near its headquarters to expand its logistics capacity. The strong sales growth in recent years and the positive outlook for the future mean that Beckhoff needs to expand its warehouse capacity extensively and sustainably. Read more

Tech United prolongeerde op zondag 9 juli in Bordeaux, de wereldtitel robotvoetbal in de Midsize league, door in de finale met 6-2 van de Falcons te winnen.De EtherCAT voetbalrobots kunnen snelheden tot wel 7 meter per seconde behalen door een nieuwe en directe aandrijving van de wielen. Volgend jaar komt de RoboCup naar Eindhoven. Het toernooi wordt tussen 17 en 21 juli 2024 gehouden in het indoor-sportcentrum Eindhoven. Save the date!
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By expanding the Beckhoff portfolio with the ATRO modular plug-and-play robotics system, machine builders and users have the opportunity to implement fully integrated automation solutions for the first time. The seamless integration of the robot solution into the Beckhoff architecture facilitates a direct combination with intelligent transport solutions such as XPlanar. This not only facilitates the configuration of an extremely powerful and comprehensive package with maximized output, but it also gives rise to previously inconceivable and extremely compact machine designs featuring a significantly reduced footprint. All components are fully synchronized thanks to EtherCAT. Watch the video

The modular industrial robot system ATRO (Automation Technology for Robotics) from Beckhoff was first presented to the public in 2022. Fast-forward to today, and more link modules are now being added to increase the flexibility of the ATRO system even further, including in the form of multi-arm robots. Watch the video

In the fall of 2021, Beckhoff began to completely rethink the way it carried outfinal inspections of I/O components. Its aim was to significantly increase testingcapacity and throughput, even though many different types of terminals are produced.The system, which was created entirely by the company’s own equipmentmanufacturing department, can program, adjust, and test around 10,000 terminalsper shift fully automatically. The high speed and flexibility are the result of not onlythe sophisticated system concept, but also the intelligent XPlanar transport system, PC-based control, and the wide range of EtherCAT Terminals. Read more and watch the video

The ultra-fast EtherCAT developed by Beckhoff and presented at Hannover Messe 2003 has already been used successfully for 20 years and has long since established itself as an open, global standard for real-time Ethernet communication. In this video we talk to Hans and Johannes Beckhoff about the beginnings and milestones of the technology. Also learn why EtherCAT offers enough performance and innovation potential to handle at least the next 20 years of high-performance automation. Watch the video

The setpoint generation for the movers is handled by the track management: Users can define free 2D tracks. The movers follow these tracks intelligently and automatically avoid collisions. Complex and superposed 6D movements based on CNC with GCode or CAM and free 2D movements are possible. Watch the video

Discover how Beckhoff’s innovations in mechatronics and robotics technologies, like XPlanar and ATRO, are helping to meet new challenges in the material handling and intralogistics industry by completely rethinking product handling and transport. Watch the video

The XTS Hygienic is the central element of a new system design for the transport of pharmaceutical products at HOF Sonderanlagenbau. The stainless steel version of the intelligent XTS transport system meets all industry standards. It is designed for use in an isolator and can be cleaned with hydrogen peroxide. In addition, XTS enables particularly gentle product transport, which has reduced glass-to-glass contact. Watch the video

With TwinCAT Vision, Beckhoff adds integrated image processing functionality to the automation software suite TwinCAT. In line with the underlying principle of PC-based control technology, image processing has been integrated into the central control platform, which already incorporates PLC, motion control, robotics, high-end measurement technology, IoT and HMI capabilities. The resulting benefit is state-of-the-art machine concepts enabling users to meet current and future market requirements and to increase the competitiveness and investment security of their products. In this 30-minute webinar, Michael Busch, Product Manager TwinCAT Vision, and Josef Papenfort, Product Manager TwinCAT, will introduce you to the possibilities of integrated image processing with TwinCAT 3 Vision. Watch the video

The ATRO system from Beckhoff is a modular industrial robot system that can be used to assemble the optimal robot structures for different applications in an instant on an individual and flexible basis. This video shows just how quickly and easily the system can be assembled. Watch the video

With the EJ series of EtherCAT plug-in modules, Beckhoff introduced a completely new design in its broad I/O portfolio in 2014 that offers numerous advantages, particularly for series machine manufacturing. Watch the video

Complete control cabinet replacement, significantly lower installation space requirement, significantly fewer components, increased flexibility, lower maintenance requirements. This is the MX_System from Beckhoff. Watch the video

The area of industrial image processing is now complete thanks to the introduction of the comprehensive hardware range from Beckhoff. Watch the video

In this video, recorded at VISION 2022, our product experts present the new vision hardware from Beckhoff. Watch the video

The new ATRO system from Beckhoff is a modular industrial robot system that can be used to assemble the optimal robot structures for different applications on an individual and flexible basis. Standardized motor modules with integrated drive functionality, together with link modules in various designs and lengths, enable almost limitless combinations of mechanics. The complete integration of the control into the holistic control platform TwinCAT offers direct access to a wide range of proven automation functions. Read more

Syntegon Technology in Beringen is a leading supplier of fully automated packaging systems for confectionery manufacturers around the world. The global confectionery industry is subject to many, sometimes rapidly changing trends. Watch the video

NCT enables contactless energy and data transfer to the XTS movers. Mechatronic handovers between two movers allow product flows to be divided and brought together again. Particularly advantageous here is the synchronous real-time data transmission with the TwinCAT Control. In combination with EtherCAT, system-wide processes can be triggered with µs precision. Watch the video

In de wereldwijd concurrerende productie-industrie telt elke minuut, elke gram grondstof en elk kilowattuur aan energie. De Wienerberger Group staat al tientallen jaren voor deze uitdaging. Lees verder [Bron: industrievandaag.nl]

The Integrated Topload Cartoner (ITC) from Kliklok takes complete control of the carton – from forming to finished packaging. The XTS connects the various process steps and thus enables a particularly compact footprint with maximum flexibility at the same time. Watch the video

NCT enables contactless power and data transmission to the XTS mover. Products can be picked up dynamically from an unsorted and irregular product inflow and then stored in an orderly fashion. A wide variety of movers turns XTS into a flexible multi-robot system that increases sorting performance while reducing the required installation space to a minimum. Watch the video