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Inductive Sensors with IO-Link Support Condition Monitoring

Teachable Switching Distances and Adjustable Output Signal Enable Application Specific Setup

October 28, 2022

Balluff’s M12 inductive sensors with IO-Link support condition monitoring and enable application-specific setups.

How IO-Link Sensors With Condition Monitoring Features Work With PLCs

Randy Dang

June 28, 2022

As manufacturers continually look for ways to maximize productivity and eliminate waste, automation sensors are taking on a new role in the plant. Once, sensors were used only to provide detection or measurement data so the PLC could process it and run the machine.

Optical Head Amplifiers From Balluff Offer IO-Link, Adjustable Speed Frequency

June 16, 2022

Balluff’s new generation of optical head amplifiers delivers precise detection and high speeds for small-scale processes. And IO-Link versions make it possible to parameterize, monitor, and centrally control any of Balluff’s more than 125 remote optical heads.

Inductive coupler with IO-Link and condition monitoring

Features up to 1.5 A continuous output current, IP67 in stainless steel

April 28, 2022

This system includes the new BIC M30 High Power inductive couplers feature up to 1.5 A continuous output current and an IO-Link interface. This enables smooth, transparent and fast exchange of data between the IO-Link device and IO-Link master, as well as power for sensors and actuators.

Improve Uptime, Gain Data by Adding Condition Monitoring to Existing Equipment

March 1, 2021

In an effort to create a more lean process and improve product quality, a large manufacturer of controllers and drives for automatic doors and blinds sought a modern and cost-effective solution for quality testing motors for external blinds.

Motion Control Gets Smart

Today’s technologies for smart motion control range from a multifunction platform to digital twin simulation software.

Jim Camillo

February 9, 2021

In recent years, engineers have come to realize that motion control can be smart. This type of control involves machines that can digitally interact with operators, track each step of the assembly process, ensure quick product changeover and provide the real-time status of available resources.

RFID-equipped workcell provides complete traceability

Jim Camillo

February 1, 2014

The miniaturization of consumer products presents a double challenge to machine builders.

Manufacturing Expenditures in 2023? What to Expect: Capital Equipment Survey Report

What capital equipment will assemblers buy next year and how much money will they spend on it? Will manufacturers continue to invest in people, plants and equipment? Or is the U.S. headed for a recession? John Sprovieri, Chief Editor of ASSEMBLY, will answer these questions and more as he reports on the findings of ASSEMBLY magazine’s 26th annual capital equipment spending survey.

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Manufacturers are often faced with challenges that are costing them time and money on their plant floor. Join Promess Application Engineers, John Lytle and Stephanie Price, to discover servo press technology and its benefits in assembly systems.

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