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Editor's Pick
Festo Vision Systems – Everything You Need to Know
 Mechatronics Canada had the opportunity to talk with Eric Rice, Product Market Manager – Electric Automation at Festo. In this article, he walks us through some of the latest features of the SBS vision sensors and their common applications. Features like improved resolution, more powerful software tools, easier integration, and greater flexibility, all of which are optimized to meet your machine vision requirements and your application. Read More |
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Featured Article
Endress+Hauser's New Customer Experience Centre
 The Customer Experience Centre. Four thousand four hundred square meters of sensationally detailed architecture, designed to ensure a superior customer and employee experience. The CEC showcases Endress+Hauser’s best-in-class instrumentation. It has a full-service calibration laboratory capable of handling the entire spectrum of flow, temperature, pressure, and level instrumentation – unmatched by any in the country. The crowning jewel is... Read More |
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Featured Article
Traditional Factories have Data Needs Too by Omron
 Without a doubt, digitalization is setting high standards for efficiency and throughput in production. Today, as manufacturers move ever closer to Industry 4.0, the question has increasingly shifted from ‘if’ to ‘when’ production companies will be able to make use of the data being generated with every piece that comes off the line. Find out how digitalization is bridging the gap between legacy systems and Industry 4.0 in this blog by Omron. Read More |
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New Emerson Compact Controllers Increase ROI
Emerson recently announced the release of its PACSystems™ RSTi-EP CPE 200 programmable automation controllers (PAC). This new family of compact PACs helps original equipment manufacturers (OEM) successfully meet customer requirements by minimizing the need for specialized software engineering talent. CPE 200 controllers will deliver large programmable logic controller... |
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IO-Link Master Modules & Hubs at AutomationDirect
IO-Link master modules are the interface between field devices and higher-level controllers / information systems, and they also control data traffic between the connected devices. Two IO-Link master modules are now available that convert IO-Link signals to/from EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, and MQTT. The STRIDE IO-Link master and the Murrelektronik Premium master... |
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New LDL Programmable Linear Actuator from SMAC
The New LDL Programmable Electric Linear Actuator from SMAC has been designed as a cost-competitive alternative to pneumatics. A common trend in industrial automation is that users are looking for electric alternatives to their pneumatic components for a number of reasons: increased control, improved cycle life, and reduced operating cost. The LDL series actuator features... |
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Pulse Current - New Way to Deliver Power by Panduit
The Pulse Power system is a novel remote power delivery system that allows wireless System Integrators to provide power to wireless systems. It can remotely power electrical devices such as remote radios, small cells, security cameras, access controls, and indoor and outdoor Distributed Antenna Systems. Pulse Power is ideal for larger venues or complex installations that require... |
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Changing Scene
Rittal Welcomes Tusk Automation as a Rittal Certified Systems Integrator
 Rittal Systems Ltd. has announced that its valued partner, Tusk Automation Inc. has been named a Rittal Certified Systems Integrator of 2022, which is a testimony to the advanced expertise of the Tusk team in excelling in the knowledge and specification of Rittal’s range of solutions and software. Says Craig Torrance, Regional Sales Director, Western Canada, Rittal Systems Ltd., “Tusk Automation always provides unique, customized solutions to... Read More |
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Vention Expands North American Footprint With New Office in Boston
 Vention, the cloud-based manufacturing automation platform (MAP), is pleased to announce the expansion of its North American footprint with a new office in Boston, United States. The expansion is the second one this year, as the company recently opened its Berlin, Germany office. Since 2016, Vention has helped some of the world's most innovative manufacturers automate their production floor in just a few days. Vention's manufacturing... Read More |
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Automated Cultivation of Biomass Presented by Festo
 Algae are small climate savers. Even in their natural state they are extremely efficient photosynthesizers and absorb ten times more carbon dioxide (CO₂) than land plants. In bioreactors equipped with appropriate sensors, control technology and automation, the efficiency of algae can be increased to a hundred times that of land plants. This shows that they have a significant potential for a climate-neutral circular economy. With PhotoBionicCell... Read More |
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Single Common Conformance Test Plan for the IEC/IEEE 60802 TSN Profile
 The Avnu Alliance, CC-Link Partner Association, ODVA, OPC Foundation, and PROFIBUS & PROFINET International jointly announce that they are collaborating to develop a single conformance test plan for the IEEE/IEC 60802 Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) profile for Industrial Automation. The test plan will be used as a base test by the participating organizations and made available to the broader Industrial Automation ecosystem. This collaboration... Read More |
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RoboDK TwinTool Offers Fully Automated Tool Calibration
Canadian robotics software provider RoboDK has released TwinTool, an application that offers fully automated robot tool calibration for industrial robots. TwinTool is a cost-effective, quick, and easy solution to improve the tool's accuracy in a wide variety of manufacturing applications. It is a competitive alternative to costly and complex robot calibration services currently available on the market. |
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MultiTask Photoelectric Sensors Roller Sensor Bar from SICK
The Roller Sensor Bar conveyor sensor is designed to be mounted between rollers and is an elegant, simple solution for reliable detection of objects with irregular leading edges. Sensing performance is optimized through the ability to configure length and beam spacing to the mm. By mounting the Roller Sensor Bar between the rollers, object catch points can be removed thereby decreasing conveyor downtime... |
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New Micro Controllers and Design Software from Rockwell
Machine builders can design and program standalone machines more efficiently with the new Allen-Bradley Micro850 and Micro870 2080-Lx0E controllers using the latest Connected Components Workbench software release from Rockwell Automation. These new controllers ease project implementation with the new DNP3 protocol, a set of open standard communication protocols used in SCADA and remote... |
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Rittal Blue e+ S Cooling Units cUL Approved for Canada
Rittal is expanding its smart cooling unit solutions by adding the new Blue e+ S range. Their latest generation of cooling units with lower output categories of 300, 500, and 1,000 W have been designed for efficiency, ensuring a smaller footprint and lower costs – just like their “bigger brothers.” So, it’s a win-win both for users and for our future. Solutions that reduce our carbon footprint during production are in high... |
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Daily News
MDA's First Commercial Sale of Canadarm3 Technology to Axiom Space
 MDA Ltd., a leading provider of advanced technology and services to the rapidly expanding global space industry, recently announced the first commercial sale of its Canadarm3 technology to Axiom Space. The contract is for the delivery of 32 external robotic interfaces for Axiom Space’s Axiom Station which is now under construction and on schedule to be the world’s first commercial space station in orbit. MDA has a full range of space robotics... Read More |
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GHGSat Doubles Methane Gas Monitoring with 3 New ABB-Built Sensors
 Canadian company GHGSat, which specializes in high-resolution GHG monitoring from space, launches three new ABB-built optical sensors into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, doubling capacity to monitor methane gas emissions. GHGSat’s hyperspectral imaging technology accurately locates and measures methane emissions from any given industrial site on earth. The launch of three new ABB-built ... Read More |
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Featured Video
Smart Solutions for Robotic Machine Tending by Yaskawa Motoman
 Expand your capabilities! Years of project collaboration with machine OEMs, robotic integrators, and end customers makes Yaskawa Motoman a valuable resource for simple and effective robotic machine tending options. Yaskawa has some of the largest selection of robots to meet your reach, payload and mounting requirements. See how fast travel speeds and wide range of motion make Yaskawa robots the best choice for getting the most out of your productive space! Watch the video HERE. |
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Featured Video
EDS-4000/G4000 Series Layer 2 Managed Ethernet Switches — Allied Electronics
 Moxa has launched the EDS-4000/G4000 Series, the world’s first IEC 62443-4-2 compliant industrial Ethernet switch to be certified by IECEE. The EDS-4000/G4000 Series is the all-new futureproof layer 2 Ethernet switch, featuring IEC 62443-4-2 certified security, advanced UX, as well as high performance with 802.3bt PoE and 2.5G fiber uplinks. The portfolio includes 68 models across 7 series with options ranging from 8 to 14 ports. Watch the video HERE. |
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