New opportunities and freedoms for machine builders through the abstraction of hardware and the merging of OT and IT.
Shortage of supply has long since reached the field of automation technology. How does a supplier of SoftPLCs deal with this problem? The German trade journal "etz magazine" interviewed Manfred Werner, CEO of the CODESYS Group, on this topic.
Supply chain bottlenecks are currently making it necessary to redesign control systems and retrofit machines and equipment with available control systems. The solution: a software PLC that runs independently of hardware. CODESYS Virtual Control SL.
A technology demonstrator from SEW Eurodrive shows how cooperating robots implement complex applications quickly and economically. Even large automation systems can be built up modularly from smaller subsystems, some of which operate autonomously.
Kontron is expanding the "SL i.MX6 UL" system-on-module to include the CODESYS automation software for engineering industrial control systems. Complex control tasks can be implemented quickly and easily using the hardware-independent development environment.
The Parker Automation Controller, together with the PACHC electrohydraulic control module, ensures the automation of fast and precise hydraulic processes. We present the new system solution in detail.