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Beckhoff Automation Ltd

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    • Cabinet-free automation for OEMs

      Here, Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff UK, explains how the latest technologies can reduce project costs for machine builders and OEMs.

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    • How to reduce cabinet clutter in food production

      Food manufacturers can achieve flexible production lines at minimal labour costs, by adopting automation without cabinets. Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff Automation UK, explains how food processing operations can be reconfigured with machines that can be transported and moved, more easily and faster than traditional machinery.

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    • Servo drive system improves productivity during hard times

      Beckhoff Automation UK has launched the AMP8000 servo system, the latest product in the company’s automation without cabinets range.

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    • Beckhoff launches virtual automation skills workshops

      Beckhoff Automation UK has recently launched its new Skills Labs, a series of videos with technical insights about TwinCAT, HMI and Beckhoff’s other products and services. The full series of videos is free and open to everybody interested in automation technology.

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    • Taking the cabinets out of control automation

      It’s time to take control cabinets out of industrial control and automation applications. This is the view of Beckhoff Automation UK, who has published a new whitepaper laying out the company’s view of the future of automation and exploring the concept of automation without cabinets.

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    • I/O at 200 miles per hour

      It’s not controversial to suppose that Formula One (F1) is a sport of extremes. The drivers are the best, the cars are the fastest and the races the most intense. Another aspect that pushes boundaries is the data collection, handling and manipulation infrastructure that enables car condition monitoring, race timing and much more. Here, Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff Automation UK, describes what goes into the impressive systems that keep F1 running.

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    • Beckhoff to digitally unveil latest automation technologies

      Between September 14 and 18, Beckhoff Automation will run Automation Update, a series of five online conferences about the current developments and trends in automation technology. The events will provide insight to the latest solutions to industrial challenges and highlight the newest automation technology from Beckhoff.

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    • Improving control of conveying systems

      Beckhoff Automation UK has launched a new EtherCAT-based controller for motor-driven roller (MDR) conveyor systems. The controller, the EP7402 EtherCAT box, provides complete control of roller motors, irrespective of the motor brand or conveyor vendor.

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Company Profile

New Automation Technology

Beckhoff implements open automation systems using proven PC-based control technology. The main areas that the product range covers are industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software as well as control cabinet-free automation. Product ranges that can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and mutually compatible control system are available for all sectors. Our New Automation Technology stands for universal and industry-independent control and automation solutions that are used worldwide in a large variety of different applications, ranging from CNC-controlled machine tools to intelligent building control.

PC-based control technology

Since Beckhoff’s foundation in 1980, the development of innovative products and solutions on the basis of PC-based control technology has been the foundation of the company's continued success. We recognized many standards in automation technology that are taken for granted today at an early stage and successfully introduced to the market as innovations. Beckhoff’s philosophy of PC-based control as well as the invention of the Lightbus system and TwinCAT automation software are milestones in automation technology and have proven themselves as powerful alternatives to traditional control technology. EtherCAT, the real-time Ethernet solution, provides a powerful and future-oriented technology for a new generation of control concepts

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