'Smart Safe Reaction' with openSAFETY for Profinet (08/12/2011)

Now that B&R's SafeLOGIC safety controller is available for Profinet networks, Smart Safe Reaction technology can be quickly and easily integrated into Profinet based automation applications. Based on openSAFETY, B&R's Smart Safe Reaction product...

Automation Studio - one of the most widely used engineering tools (05/12/2011)

According to a recent study published by ITQ in cooperation with universities and the trade magazine Computer&AUTOMATION, 16% of all German machine and system manufacturers are already programming their control systems using Automation Studio. Put...

New dimensions in decentralised drive architecture (17/11/2011)

B&R is expanding their line of drives with a series of motor-integrated servo drives with IP65 protection. The ACOPOSmulti has always been extremely modular, and it was the next logical step to merge inverters with the motor to create servo...

X20 System certified for maritime use (04/11/2011)

After extensive testing by the certification institute Germanischer Lloyd (GL), the B&R X20 System has achieved the coveted seal of quality for maritime applications. All of the X20 modules tested - CPUs, I/O modules and bus controllers - proved...

Industrial Ethernet conference: learn how to boost your performance (01/11/2011)

Four companies - Asco Numatics, B&R Automation, Cognex and Staubli - are inviting you to an Industrial Ethernet conference taking place in Birmingham on 16 November 2011. Find out how a consistent and well integrated system of robotics, vision...

Meet your goals faster with Automation Studio (02/09/2011)

A mechatronic approach combined with OOP accelerates product development. It's not uncommon for software projects to suffer delays during the development process. One reason for this is that the software itself is simply too complex and inflexible....

Drives range includes Powerlink industrial Ethernet interface (12/08/2011)

For complex machines and systems, B&R offers the ACOPOSinverter P84, 0.37 to 500kW drives range, complete with an integrated Powerlink interface. The P84 has a selection of onboard digital and analogue I/O channels to control a wide range of...

Nestlé chooses openSAFETY as the safety standard for packaging machines (29/07/2011)

Large companies such as Nestlé rely on a flexible choice of machines from various manufacturers. But most machine builders choose one specific automation platform, which means that users who install different machine types need to integrate...

B&R invites you to the European Industrial Ethernet Conferences 2011 (24/06/2011)

'Powerlink on tour with Industry Leaders' is an event organized by ASCO Numatics, B&R, Cognex and Stäubli. These partnering companies will present current Powerlink implementations and demonstrate how the core technologies of automation can be...

500,000th Powerlink system installed (23/06/2011)

At this year's Hanover Trade Fair, B&R and the EPSG officially handed over the 500,000th Powerlink system to the international packaging machine manufacturer MediSeal, a member of the Korber Medipak Group. With their main focus on the...

openSAFETY: what's in it for you? (14/06/2011)

openSAFETY is a response to the long-awaited goal of uniformity and interoperability across all systems. It comes in the wake of that other holy grail: safety signal transfer via the fieldbus, a welcome alternative to traditional hard-wired...

POWERLINK axis systems lead the field (10/06/2011)

POWERLINK is the world's most widely used Industrial Ethernet protocol in applications where plant productivity depends on fast axes and machine and sensor data is transmitted in hard real time. In the year 2010 alone, more than 100,000 new axis...

Customised panels designed directly on the Web (20/05/2011)

With its new Panel Designer application, BR Automation offers a free online tool that allows users to design the exterior surface of their panels. In just a few simple steps, machine builders and end users can quickly and easily implement their...

Panels as powerful as an industrial PC (20/05/2011)

The new Power Panel 500 generation, which is equipped with Intel Atom Z510, Z520 and Z530 processors, handles the performance range that was previously reserved for industrial PCs. With a modern Intel Atom architecture, users profit from a unique...

Nestlé adopts common packaging machine interface (04/05/2011)

Food giant Nestle has reviewed the way it approaches its packaging engineering activities, appointing a group of four preferred suppliers with whom it is currently implementing a common machine interface based on the OMAC PackML standard

Efficient development through physical modelling (04/05/2011)

B&R and Maplesoft announced a partnership that will bring together products from both companies to save time, effort and cost for hardware-in-the-loop simulations. Being able to design an adequate machine or system model plays an important role...

Hardware-in-the-loop for the automotive industry (14/04/2011)

Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) is a proven method of model-based development. Machine models developed in simulation tools like Simulink or MapleSim are transferred via automatic code generation to a real-time environment where they emulate the...

High potential for energy savings with B+R servo technology (17/03/2011)

If the motors and drives of a motion control system are generally working with a level of efficiency approaching 100% when operating at the rated load, it makes sense to discover how much more energy can be saved from the drive system as a whole....

Modular drives achieve high performance levels (09/03/2011)

According to B&R Automation, drives are best taken out of the switching cabinet and placed in the direct vicinity of the machine. This turns configurable modules into mechatronic units that are more easily connected within the machine, reducing...

How to conduct advanced systems diagnostics via the Internet (22/02/2011)

With the latest version of the System Diagnostics Manager (SDM), B&R has added a range of powerful new diagnostic functions to its portfolio. The user profits not just from being able to access information about system hardware and software from...