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B&R compact servo motors are now available with an optional multi-turn encoder without battery backup. The multi-turn position is retained even if the connection between the drive and motor is interrupted.

B&R now offers its compact ACOPOSmotor servo actuator with integrated network-based safety functions. Advanced safety solutions can now be implemented with minimum space requirements. ACOPOSmotor safety functions are certified up to SIL 3 / PL e /…

B&R's low-maintenance technology is based on 14 years of field experience and offers the industry-proven reliability required for today’s competitive 24/7 production environments.

B&R recorded sales of €585 million in 2015 for an impressive 10% growth over the previous year.

At the Hannover Messe, B&R announced its membership in the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC).

OEMs now have a much easier way of managing the many variants of their machines. With mapp CodeBox, they can program options in ladder logic without affecting the machine's primary application.

B&R made an announcement at the Hannover Messe confirming development of the first field device for OPC UA. This now makes it possible to implement OPC UA communication from the sensor layer to the ERP layer without any interfaces whatsoever.

B&R continues to open up new possibilities in mobile automation with its innovative X90 product line for mastering mobile control and I/O tasks. X90 products are designed to maximize the flexibility required by mobile machinery.

At the 2016 IEEE Industry Forum, representatives from industry, academia and politics met in Taiwan to discuss the topics of automation and smart manufacturing. B&R outlined ways that the requirements of tomorrow's intelligent production technology…

With POWERLINK, it's easy to integrate many different 3rd-party devices into B&R automation solutions. The same now applies to safety components with an openSAFETY interface as well as modular devices.