Cover story
Look beyond embedded
Despite their increasingly important role in modern manufacturing, vision systems have yet to be fully integrated into the machine’s control system. B&R’s new machine vision solution is about to change that. More...
Interview
“There’s nothing else like it on the market right now”
At the 2017 SPS IPC Drives, B&R will be presenting its own machine vision solution. Managing Director Hans Wimmer discusses how B&R customers can expect to benefit. More...
“Advanced development has a license to fail”
Bernhard Fischereder (TRUMPF Austria) and Alexander Mayrböck (B&R) tell us what it’s like to collaborate on the world’s fastest bending machine. More...
“For the user, standardized means future proof”POWERLINK has been adopted by the IEEE under international standard IEEE 61158. Dietmar Bruckner (B&R)
explains the advantages of standardization. More...
Report
Continental Teves: Industrial IoT
Striking brownfield gold More...
Diamond Aircraft: Flight control systems
Affordable safety ready for takeoff More...
Gustav Klein: Electromobility
B&R on the test bench More...
Benzberg: Heavy-duty offroad transport
Heavy loads, no roads More...
HB Systems: openROBOTICS
Handling robots with ease More...
Becker GmbH: Air supply systems
An air of innovation More...
Technology
The era of individualization has only just begun
Mass customization requires flexible production systems that are efficient and profitable. This presents a whole new set of challenges for plant infrastructure. More...
Industrial IoT for brownfields
Difficulties gathering the necessary data have often stood in the way of OEE optimization for brownfield systems. More...
Welcome to the age of plug-and-produce
As the number of nodes in a real-time network grows, it becomes more complex and costly to implement. More...
News
B&R steps up efforts advancing OPC UA
Now represented in the OPC Foundation’s Technical Advisory Council (TAC), B&R strengthens its involvement in the strategic development of the technology. More...
Automatic control loop tuning
B&R introduces new software components for controlling hydraulics applications. More...
Condition monitoring for mobile equipment
The modular X90 control and I/O system can now be equipped with condition monitoring functions. More...
