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Industry News

• Automate, North America’s Leading Automation Trade Show, Postponed Until June 2022
  Automate Forward virtual show announced for March 2021
• B&R North America Strengthens Value Provider Program
  B&R Industrial Automation, Inc. is excited to announce the addition of new members of the Value Provider Program.
• Entrepreneur Mark Cuban Joins OnRobot and Hirebotics CEOs to Discuss the Future of Manufacturing
  In a virtual panel hosted by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3), robotics thought leaders gather November 19.
• Nexen Announces New Engineered Solutions Brochure
  Nexen Group, Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision motion control components, power transmission, and web tension control products, is pleased...
• Red Lion Introduces Secure Industrial Remote Access Platform
  Red Lion, the exclusive North American partner for MB connect line GmbH, announces the launch of its Secure Remote Access...

Technical Features

• Motion Control Trends to Watch in 2021
  Industrial end-users face challenges on all sides. Customers expect more performance at a lower price point.
• Why Industrial Edge Computing Might Be Your Best Path to Digitalization
  Keeping time-sensitive processing near the source cuts latency, shrinks bandwidth demand, and opens up new use cases?find out how.
• Understanding Sensors for Motion Control and Manufacturing
  By leveraging a variety of modalities, industrial sensors monitor everything from axis position to fill level in bottles.
• Time-Sensitive Networking, Eventually
  Time-sensitive networking (TSN) --a set of extensions to Ethernet standard IEEE802.1 defining protocols and requirements for deterministic, real-time industrial communication
• IO-Link: Reducing Costs and Increasing Efficiencies
  Promising simplified connections between fieldbuses or industrial Ethernet networks and sensors and actuators on the factory floor, IO-Link has...

New Product/Service News

• ELM72xx Series from Beckhoff Offers Compact Drive Technology in Robust Metal Housings
  Beckhoff integrates servo drives with higher performance and functionality directly in the EtherCAT I/O system.
• New eSMART HMI Series from Exor features Cloud-Based Solutions
  The New eSMART Series HMI products from Exor combine state-of-the-art features and top performance with an outstanding design.
• Netzer Introduce the VLX-60 Absolute Encoder for Harsh Environments
  The VLX-60 is a new member of the VLX series of Electric Encoders™ a product line based on Netzer Precision...
• maxon introduces a multi-axis controller for highly dynamic positioning tasks
  maxon is launching the next generation of Motion Controllers
• POSITAL’s New Multiturn Counter Module: Battery-Free Rotation Counts
  POSITAL’s Multiturn Counter Module is a zero-maintenance rotation counter designed to be integrated into motors or other types of rotating...