The revolution in product transport has arrived, bringing with it a new age in agile manufacturing and enabling true mass customisation for profitable production down to batches of one. ACOPOStrak is the latest innovation from B&R Industrial Automation and has been designed and developed to specifically satisfy the need for adaptive and connected manufacturing.
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Records rolling off the line
ŠKODA automobiles unite tradition with technology, and the brand is enjoying increasing popularity that extends far beyond the borders of its Czech origin. Together with B&R, the company achieved a substantial boost in productivity at its headquarters near Prague in the city of Mladá Boleslav.
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Orange Box – IIoT solutions for stranded assets
As an Industrial IoT solution package, Orange Box brings smart-factory intelligence to brownfield installations. It is now possible to read and analyse data from previously isolated machinery and equipment. A controller collects runtime data via I/O or fieldbus and processes it using flexible software components. The greatest advantage is that there is no need for any changes to existing installed hardware and software.
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Practical testing for seamless smart factory communication
B&R has joined the OPC UA TSN testbed of Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei.
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From mass production to mass customisation
Paige West, Editor of DPA & Connectivity, spoke to Alan Conn, Managing Director, B&R Industrial Automation about the move towards mass customisation and how smart factory motion control solutions from B&R help companies strive for that ‘Batch Size 1’ production.
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Remote I/O expansion for mobile automation
With its new X90 CAN bus controller, B&R makes it easier to connect remote sensors and actuators to mobile machinery.
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New software component simplifies management of machine variants
Modular applications can now be implemented even more easily. B&R's new software component, mapp IO, makes it possible to add I/O modules at any time.
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B&R optimises data management with the mapp Technology software toolbox
It is now easier than ever to implement databases in applications. With mapp Database, it is possible to archive data directly from the field level to database, regardless of whether that database is located on site or in the cloud. This drastically simplifies the management of large volumes of data.
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