Softing adds to its Docker technology-based edgeConnector product family. The new edgeConnector Modbus is a flexible Docker container application for Modbus TCP controllers.
Size is often a critical constraint when selecting sensors for position- or presence-sensing. The Contrinex MINIATURE range, which includes the smallest self-contained inductive sensors on the market, meets this constraint without compromising on functionality.
Syntegon has added a new member to its highly successful AIM 5 inspection range: the fully integrated syringe inspection line not only features a de-nester and a re-nester, but also comes with an Artificial Intelligence (AI) function by default. “When drugs are administered intravenously, any contamination or particle in the product is unacceptable”, says Dr José Zanardi, responsible for vision inspection development and applications at Syntegon. “Our innovative and fully integrated inspection line handles syringes with utmost care and uses AI to further increase inspection accuracy.”
International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully installed a new Multi Motor Drive (MMD) and drive control system for paper machine 3 at Hamburger Containerboard Group’s mill in Pitten, Austria, completing this demanding retrofit project within a very short time.
Small and medium-sized companies are benefiting more and more from automa-tion. A "hidden champion" from Lower Bavaria in Germany now relies on a robotic cell from KUKA for welding fans for drying systems. The workforce first had to be convinced to use the new technology.
The recently rebranded, IM GROUP (formerly Inkmaker Group), has completed a double ink-mixer installation at SAMOGRAPH’S international headquarters in Sant'Anastasia, Campania, Italy.