Edge Computing platforms enable easy scalability, allowing you to start with a small HMI/SCADA solution (single node) and add more (multiple nodes in multiple locations) as your needs grow. The experts at Stratus Technologies explain more.

Phoenix Contact is extending its portfolio of I/O systems for control-cabinet-free automation with the new generation of Axioline E communication modules. The devices satisfy both the current and future requirements for field installation.

A new encoderless, field-oriented control method (vector control) from KEB Automation provides users (maximum torque per ampere) with control over the entire speed range. This benefits servo drives for positioning applications, for example, where high concentricity is required even at the lowest speeds.

Crane tasks require special drives: Loads must be safely lifted, precisely positioned and gently set down, also with simultaneous movements of cranes and trolleys. Nord Drivesystems has the right drive solutions for this.

Metcase’s premium TECHNOMET desktop/portable instrument enclosures can now be specified with or without a sloping front for easier viewing.

Review Display Systems (RDS) has announced the introduction of a new ATX motherboard from leading embedded computing solutions supplier Aaeon. The high-performance ATX-Q670A supports 12th Generation Intel Core LGA1700 Socket Processors and is Aaeon’s first ATX motherboard to offer DDR5 DRAM memory support.

With the PTCB eFuse circuit breakers from Phoenix Contact, nominal currents below 1 A are now also electronically protected. Features such as status message and local and remote reset options provide benefits that were previously only available when protecting larger nominal currents.

IO-Link Safety technology enables safe and consistent data transmission from the control level right through to the connection of safety-related sensors and actuators in the field.

As industry’s digitalisation goals become more ambitious, and our expectations of facility data increases, how is technology for data capture and analysis changing? Stefan Reuther, member of the executive board at industrial software specialist, Copa-Data, examines the role of SCADA in Industry 4.0.

TDK Corporation has expanded the TDK-Lambda i7A series of non-isolated buck DC-DC converters with the industry-standard 1/16th brick pinout. The 60A output models have a 400W maximum rating, offering 0.8 - 8V adjustable outputs from a 12V nominal input.