Shane Novacek

Shane Novacek is marketing communications manager, Beckhoff Automation LLC. www.beckhoff.com

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Discrete Manufacturing

Two-day changeover drops to 12 hours with new robotic system

The USS portfolio of material handling equipment has many standard offerings that can be highly customized to each application. Flexible, distributed automation designs help lower costs. Courtesy: Beckhoff Automation

Automated distribution systems speed material handling

Figure 3: The retrofit monofilament extrusion machines are equipped with Beckhoff CX2030 Embedded PCs with Intel Core i7 processors (2 cores) running TwinCAT 3 next-generation PC-based control software and Microsoft Windows 7 Embedded Operating System. Co

Lean automation offers higher product quality; less wiring, programming time

Figure 5: By implementing EtherCAT, OPA Consulting Services reduced wiring cost for this Quantum Group fabric manufacturing line by 50%. Courtesy: Beckhoff Automation

PLM, Control Design

Products used: Lean automation offers higher product quality; less wiring, programming time

Centerless grinding machines such as those from Echo Hill use high-performance grinding wheels to finish components at the highest levels of tolerance required—down to the micron level. “Implementing all robot coordination from TwinCAT NC I while handling

Upside-down design and automation resolve age-old precision grinding challenges

The major Edson Packaging InteleSuite innovation for human machine interfaces (HMIs) is Edson Packaging InteleVüe, which uses a CP3924 multi-touch Control Panel from Beckhoff Automation. InteleVüe was introduced on an Edson SR3550 high-speed horizontal ca

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Products inside: Packaging OEM offers multi-touch enabled machines

Five-finger multi-touch on the Beckhoff Automation CP3924 can boost functionality and give Edson Packaging the ability to create useful features such as rotary dials for jogging servo axes, fine-tuning speeds, and other functions. Photos courtesy of Canad

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Packaging OEM offers multi-touch enabled machines

Technologies used at Saugatuck Brewing industrial Ethernet upgrade

Brewing more with industrial Ethernet

Mechatronics and Motion Control

Industrial PC Serves as PLC, CNC, HMI

PakTech MPA60 features the rugged CP6201 Control Panel for HMI hardware, said to be well-suited for demanding plant environments. Courtesy: Beckhoff Automation MPA60 from PakTech is a “multipurpose applicator” that can apply PakTech TwinPak handles at 60 cases per minute. Courtesy: Beckhoff Automation

PC-based Control, Robotics Help Packaging

Silvercom Solutions implemented a new Beckhoff control system via retrofit for Tejas Plastics, which has dramatically increased its machine’s parison programmer from 20 points to 200 points of control. Courtesy: Beckhoff Automation

Ethernet for PC-based machine control blow-molding retrofit