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ABB supplies robotic equipment to Lander Automotive

ABB has supplied five robotic cells to Birmingham-based Lander Automotive Ltd, a leading supplier of welded tubular structures to the automotive industry. The robots, which form the core of a project worth around £650,000, are the first of their kind to use the latest ABB control equipment and software. The cells include a mixture of new and refurbished robots, which are designed to produce metal seat frames for eventual installation into cars... [more]

Imerys automates mining operations with ABB drives and controllers

Karslake is a 300m-deep open pit around 2km long in Cornwall, owned by Imerys. The mine produces tens of thousands of tonnes per week of kaolin, an inert white mineral used in products such as paper, plastics and paints. Imerys recovers the kaolin by washing it from the rock face using high pressure water. The resulting mixture of water, kaolin and gravel is then pumped away for further processing. Although the downstream drying and refining ... [more]

Schneider Electric Strengthens Position in European Remote Management Market with Napac Acquisition

Schneider Electric has announced that its Sorhodel Bardin SAS subsidiary has acquired Napac SA, an Air Liquide subsidiary that is a leading French provider of intelligent remote management solutions for the infrastructure market. Napac designs, builds and markets a comprehensive portfolio of software and equipment to deliver end-to-end remote management solutions, comprising dedicated PLCs, SCADA software, web interfaces and other features, fo... [more]

Omron Europe teams up with Trio Motion Technologies to develop Trajexia Motion Control Platform

Omron has officially unveiled its new Trajexia Motion Control Platform to celebrate the start of volume production. The event is seen as significant by the company as the development of the platform has been a wholly European project aimed at satisfying the needs of the European market which focuses principally on continuous-path motion control. Development of Omron’s Trajexia Platform took just 12 months from concept to completion. According ... [more]

Embedded RAS utility software for continuous monitoring

Inside the DyaloX IPC series, a separate board, interfaced by embedded RAS utility software, continually monitors the motherboard. Because the RAS board is a stand-alone board, it can gather data from the motherboard no matter what the operating system or hardware conditions are. The Omron RAS solution can notify you when unstable hardware or software conditions are detected. It can, if needed, take action to automatically resolve errors and e... [more]

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