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Safety Systems: Hygiene-Compliant, Flexible and Reliable

by Siegfried Ruttger The requirements are tough for the food and packaging industry: hygiene-compliant design, flexibility, short conversion times and high levels of plant availability are increasingly important features for machines and systems. In these user industries, protecting employees is still a priority, but the safety systems need to be adapted to the individual applications … Continue reading Safety Systems: Hygiene-Compliant, Flexible and Reliable

Free Webinar – Connecting any machine to the cloud

Secure PLC connectivity solutions Free Webinar – Register Today!  HMS offers several solutions for connecting devices and PLCs including Siemens, Rockwell Automation, Schneider Electric, Modbus, Vipa, Mitsubishi Electric, Omron and Hitachi controllers directly to the cloud. Connecting to IoT platforms from Azure, AWS, Google and IBM are all possible with HMS gateways. With HMS, machine builders … Continue reading Free Webinar – Connecting any machine to the cloud

Wago EXi Intrinsically Safe Modules

We are pleased to introduce two new additions to the WAGO-I/O-SYSTEM 750 Series: the 750-539 4-channel intrinsically safe digital output module and the 750-486 4-channel intrinsically safe analog input module. Both modules are approved for wiring to devices located in hazardous zones 1/21 and 0/20 and offer diagnostics per channel indicating wire breaks and short … Continue reading Wago EXi Intrinsically Safe Modules

Pairing Gearheads with Servo Motors

By Jeff Nazzaro, Parker Automation Machine designers are increasingly turning to gearheads to take advantage of the latest advances in servo motor technology. Essentially, a gearhead converts high-speed, low-torque energy into low-speed, high-torque output. A servo motor provides highly accurate positioning of its output shaft. When these two devices are paired with one another, they … Continue reading Pairing Gearheads with Servo Motors