FoodJet: PC-based control optimizes food production
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…
Linear actuator with integrated feedback system
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.
Syntegon: Product handling platform with Vision and XPlanar
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…
Beckhoff opent nieuw kantoor in Noord Nederland
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…
Beckhoff Automation expands in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Germany
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.
Tech United Wereldkampioen met EtherCAT voetbalrobots
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…
Highly dynamic pick-and-place applications with ATRO and XPlanar
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…
ATRO in a multi-arm robot format
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,…
The XPlanar greatly increases testing capacity and throughput
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…
20 years of EtherCAT: Looking back and into the future
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…