exhibition preview
Changing the game for HMLV manufacturers See Abssac on Stand 5
In recent years, the manufacturing industry has undergone a significant transformation, driven in part by advances in high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) manufacturing. This trend has impacted the entire supply chain operation, from procurement to sales. HMLV manufacturing involves producing a variety of products in small quantities. This approach allows manufacturers to cater to individual customer needs and preferences while minimising inventory costs. www.abssac.co.uk
The beating heart of the machine See Phoenix Contact on Stand 16
See Heidenhain on Stand 54
Encoder solutions for machine builders and systems integrators
Machine building is a global and highly dynamic market. The competition that providers face is tough. It is important to meet customers’ requirements and develop a range of products and services that allows machine builders to remain competitive for the long term. The focus is on the cost-effectiveness, quality, flexibility, and performance of the machines. Phoenix Contact offers a comprehensive range of products and services – making a significant contribution to competitiveness. Phoenix Contact has close ties with the machine building industry. Its in-house machine building department, with 180 employees, provides support for all developmental and manufacturing business units worldwide. Therefore, the company is very familiar with machine builders’ daily challenges. The service portfolio ranges from creating manually operated equipment to complex production systems. Together, Phoenix Contact develops high-quality production resources, innovative solutions, and modern production technologies. As the heart of a machine, a suitable control cabinet supplies, controls, protects, and monitors all applications at all times. To build up all necessary applications in machine building so that they are holistic and coordinated with each other, COMPLETE line provides a broad product portfolio. For this purpose, not only are numerous solutions for use in the control cabinet available, but also devices and components with IP67
Heidenhain will be showcasing its extensive range products for
machine builders and systems integrators. Leading in measurement, control and drive system technology, Heidenhain, together with AMO, Etel, Numerik Jena, Renco and RSF, provides products that enable technological advances in the most innovative global industries: machine tools, automation, semiconductors, electronics, metrology, robotics, drive systems, medical technology, elevators, printing machines and telescopes. In addition to its current range of encoder products, new variants of our familiar inductive robotics rotary encoders are on show. The KCI 120 Dplus dual encoder with motor position and joint position measurement in a single device is available in three sizes. The centrally positioned scanning unit and two separate disk/hub assemblies are designed for different hollow shaft diameters and installation sizes, giving the Heidenhain KCI 120 Dplus compact dimensions and easy integration with identical functionality. The purely serial EnDat 2.2 interface with functional safety can also be used in safety-critical applications such as human-robot collaboration. Designers can significantly improve the absolute position accuracy of their robots by employing an additional high-accuracy encoder at each robot axis. Installed downstream from the gearbox, these secondary encoders measure the actual position of every robot joint. AMO offers the WMRA angle encoder as a secondary encoder. Modularly designed with a scale drum, measuring ring and separate scanning unit, it is ideal for large shaft diameters and difficult installation spaces. Developed and ready for the future of digitalisation, the EnDat interface from Heidenhain makes the process of integrating encoders into systems easy and reliable. This reduces cabling while providing functional safety and extensive diagnostic possibilities. EnDat 3 is the optimal encoder interface for high system integration and for meeting the requirements of the digital future at reduced system costs and with flexible machine architectures. www.heidenhain.co.uk
protection for use in the field. www.phoenixcontact.com
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