With ACOPOS 6D, B&R heralds a new era of manufacturing. Shuttles carry individual products freely through the machine, powered by magnetic levitation. Gone are the days when conventional transport systems imposed rigidly defined timing on the production process. ACOPOS 6D enables economical small-batch production with frequent changeover between products of different designs and dimensions. ACOPOS […]
From CAD data to digital twin
B&R has integrated the industrialPhysics simulation tool into its Automation Studio engineering environment. The 3D simulation software simplifies model-based machine development. Developers can import CAD data from machine components or entire machines directly into the simulation tool. Then they can quickly and easily generate a digital twin for developing and testing the machine software. Digital […]
SuperTrak brings batch size one to the metal industry
The metal industry is not immune to the global trend away from bulk annual orders toward small-batch customer orders with short lead times. To handle this type of individualized production in batch sizes as small as one, manufacturing systems must become much more flexible. B&R’s booth at EMO (Hall 9, Booth F50) will showcase track-based…
Contemporary HMI for popular PLCs
With Change Your View, B&R Industrial Automation offers machine builders the ability to readily upgrade to the latest HTML5 based, high definition HMI technology without having to change their existing PLC code. Change Your View works with popular PLC brands and is operating system independent, so it can run on smart phones, tablets or any…
B&R features automation advances to maximize packaging performance, flexibility at PACK EXPO 2019
At this year’s PACK EXPO International show, booth C-2058, September 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, B&R Industrial Automation Corp. will exhibit automation technologies that support packaging machinery performance and flexibility. B&R’s ACOPOStrak intelligent track systems enable what has become known as The Adaptive Machine, representing the fourth generation of packaging…
B&R expands its library of HMI widgets
The new Skyline widget from B&R’s mapp View HMI software package displays a clear overview of extensive manufacturing systems. The widget can also be linked to an alarm system. With important information about their machines available at a glance, plant operators are able to react promptly to error messages. This prevents downtime and increases the…
B&R shapes the future of OPC UA over TSN
OPC UA over TSN will be the unified communication standard of the Industrial IoT. Standardization and ongoing development of OPC UA at the field level will take place under the umbrella of the OPC Foundation. This represents a long awaited answer to the market’s demand for vendor-agnostic, interface-free industrial communication. B&R has been a main…
Digital display transmission with SDL4
B&R recently introduced the fourth generation of its display transmission technology, Smart Display Link (SDL). SDL4 is based on HDBaseT 2.0 and can span up to 100 meters between the industrial PC and display device. This makes it easy to equip expansive machines and systems with multiple remote HMI panels. Up to 100 m SDL4…
Processors lead the way to better industrial PCs
Until now, new processor generations have generally been limited to office and home computers. It often took time for industrial PCs to play catch up in terms of performance and multimedia capabilities. This isn’t the case with the Automation PC 910 from B&R. This system was developed in close cooperation with semiconductor manufacturer Intel®, which…
Efficient, smart software
Automation Studio 4 has automated functions, true-to-life architecture modeling, version control, support for shared projects and simple object-oriented programming. Individual projects can split into manageable pieces for developers to work simultaneously. Integrated version control system ensures stability and consistency. Interfaced EPLAN Electric P8 allows synchronization with ECAD projects and hardware configuration in software. Communication through…
B&R presents the X20AP energy measurement module
The first step to improving energy efficiency is being able to measure and evaluate the amount of power actually being consumed. Any deviations from normal values can be used to identify the condition of the machine and evaluated through the use of monitoring systems such as the EnMon energy-monitoring package included in B&R’s APROL process […]