As the pharmaceutical sector is ramping up production of vaccines against COVID-19, it faces enormous manufacturing and logistics challenges. Quality assurance is a key part of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process, ensuring that products conform to requirements and are not defective. Here, Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff UK, explains how new technologies integrate automated quality control with frictionless product handling.
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Innovative planar motor system redefines material transport
Beckhoff UK is setting a new standard for drive technology with the launch of its eXtended planar motor system. XPlanar, which features free-floating movers that electromagnetically traverse easily configurable planar tiles, opens up new degrees of flexibility with its multi-dimensional positioning capabilities and variable configurability in a multitude of industries.
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Cabinet-free automation for OEMs
Here, Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff UK, explains how the latest technologies can reduce project costs for machine builders and OEMs.
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Servo drive system improves productivity during hard times
Beckhoff Automation UK has launched the AMP8000 servo system, the latest product in the company’s automation without cabinets range.
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Beckhoff launches virtual automation skills workshops
Beckhoff Automation UK has recently launched its new Skills Labs, a series of videos with technical insights about TwinCAT, HMI and Beckhoff’s other products and services. The full series of videos is free and open to everybody interested in automation technology.
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Taking the cabinets out of control automation
It’s time to take control cabinets out of industrial control and automation applications. This is the view of Beckhoff Automation UK, who has published a new whitepaper laying out the company’s view of the future of automation and exploring the concept of automation without cabinets.
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I/O at 200 miles per hour
It’s not controversial to suppose that Formula One (F1) is a sport of extremes. The drivers are the best, the cars are the fastest and the races the most intense. Another aspect that pushes boundaries is the data collection, handling and manipulation infrastructure that enables car condition monitoring, race timing and much more. Here, Stephen Hayes, Managing Director of Beckhoff Automation UK, describes what goes into the impressive systems that keep F1 running.
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Beckhoff to digitally unveil latest automation technologies
Between September 14 and 18, Beckhoff Automation will run Automation Update, a series of five online conferences about the current developments and trends in automation technology. The events will provide insight to the latest solutions to industrial challenges and highlight the newest automation technology from Beckhoff.
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