Automation and controls

Coding, marking and labeling systems; metal detectors for detecting metallic foreign bodies inside products or packs ... And now also a software for the safe monitoring of production lines.

Some of the most interesting innovations and trends that emerged during two trade shows, which have borne witness to the value and the need for an ever closer convergence between the world of production and that of IT technologies. Analysis of a solid and growing sector (that of automation), the impact on the world of packaging, products and testimonies collected at the end of May by our…

Proposing solutions projected towards the future of automation, built to facilitate connections and dialogue between different technologies to create an intelligent, decentralized and self-controlled pneumatics. In line with this mission, Aventics has developed SPM (Smart Pneumatic Monitoring), a device designed to monitor machine components, making the machining processes leaner and more…

To meet high-power applications, Parker Hannifin - the world leader in motion and control technologies - has expanded the AC30 series of frequency converters, which now reach 450 kW.

The “Flexim Open Automation System” combines modularity, flexibility, reconfigurability and connectivity to meet the requirements of small production lots right down to individualized production. Developed by Italian start-up company “Smart Factory”, the system consists of a basic machine module that can be extended as required with standard or customer-specific production modules and flexibly…

Over the last decade, JLS Automation,  has become one of the go-to companies for helping primary food packaging customers switch to robotic automation. With a combination of tenacious experience and engineering, JLS Automation is out to change the food packaging industry, also thanks to the strategic partnership with ABB.

Since 1955 the Red Dot Design Award has been one of the most important contests worldwide; in April, a qualified jury composed of about 40 members assigned the award to the industrial robot Yaskawa Motoman GP8, for the high quality of its design.

Founded in 1964 as a manufacturer of pneumatic components, Camozzi has established itself over the years as a partner in the field of industrial automation.

With the latest in automation, the B&R stand at Ipack-Ima will be a dense node of innovation for the world of packaging, oriented toward digitalization and featuring technologies developed for manufacturing and OEMs alike.

iTAS is a modular and completely scalable system of actuators and electronics for automated guided vehicles (AGV) developed by wittenstein, for which the company has developed a dedicated website (cyber-motor.wittenstein.it/itas).

Servotecnica presents the QuickStep MIS171-MIS176, new stepper motors of the NEMA 17 JVL, with integrated closed loop drive.

Rockwell Automation’s approach to Industry 4.0 enables connecting people, machines, processes and networks, illustrating the steps that an operator must take in order to become a connected enterprise, regardless of its current status.

The linear actuators proposed by WITTENSTEIN SE (cyber motor division) with screw totally integrated in the stem, have a design optimized for high dynamic applications that require both reduced dimensions and high hygienic standards.

“Making Industries Smarter” is the philosophy behind the PNG//Smart, the revolutionary generation of intelligent photoelectric sensors developed by wenglor sensoric.

The family of Siemens Simatic S7-500 T technology CPUs by Siemens has been expanded, and their scalability extended.

Datalogic extends its range of industrial computers with the SH15 Blackline and SH21 Blackline series: the perfect solution for applications that require maximum strength.

Lab Network has created Vitruvian Game, a machine with a Leonardesque flavor and a strong craft component (the metal structure has been made to measure by an Italian carpentry shop, as well as the gears of the engines) that allows flying thanks to the most advanced hardware and software technologies, with a dynamic guaranteed by the advanced motion control functions present inside the B&R…

The MOVI-C® modular automation platform, the IPEM system, new solutions for cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the MOVIESUITE® software environment: SEW-EURODRIVE solutions for the future at SPS (pav. 3 stand E019 and KnowHow 4.0 area).

Developed by Pilz, PNOZmulti 2 is an open and configurable control system that can be flexibly used in all sectors, no matter what the master operational control system.

Distributed in Italy by Servotecnica, the digital drives of Ingenia’s Titan series stand apart for the exceptional power that characterizes products of this brand.
Available systems in the 172x206x30 mm format include 200 A continuous current and 300 A peak current with 12-800 VDC power bus, with the possibility of generating 40 kW. In addition to being suitable for controlling brushless motors…