The call came at 4.45 pm on 20 May – the Schmersal Group was officially informed that cyber criminals were planning to launch a targeted attack on the company’s network. The call was verified (it could have been a fake) and it was then down to the IT managers to think fast and take action. Their decision was ultimately to shut down the entire network – a hugely significant action. The connection to the internet was terminated within ten minutes, and within 90 minutes, the entire IT network worldwide was offline. Everything had been disconnected, from the telephone system to the entire ERP system infrastructure, as well as the entire production process and fully automated storage, at all locations.
Geared motors are found throughout food and beverage production sites, used to drive conveyor belts, stirrers & agitators, packaging machinery and other equipment along the production line. The geared motor design lends itself to energy efficiency and reliability, a must for any modern production facility. However, the food & beverage industry also requires strict hygiene compliance, meaning that specialised geared motors are a wise choice for such facilities.
Non-circular grinding is used in a wide variety of automated manufacturing applications, such as the production of camshafts, crankshafts, cams and eccentric shafts. However, it is an extremely complex task, because the non-circular contour leads to constantly changing engagement and movement conditions between the grinding wheel and the workpiece.
Expensive metalworking fluids are no longer needed to cool and lubricate workpieces and cutting tools in the machine tool industry. Instead, there is now a proven green and clean method, EcoCooling, that uses only ionized and cooled air and has none of the environmental hazards and costs related to oil-based fluids.
Fuss-free recharging. In a nutshell, there is nothing drivers of electric cars want more. They want to quickly find a vacant charge spot, access it without the hassle of authorization and passwords, pay for the electricity without fuss, and make good use of the time it takes to recharge.
Now that industrial activities are resuming after the Covid-19 pandemic, Comau launches “Smart Digital Restart” in collaboration with Microsoft, supporting companies by providing in.Grid/Link, a new web app for the remote monitoring and diagnostics of its robots and machining centers. A light version of the application will be available for free for a period of six months, first in Italy and then in other countries.
With the acquisition of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) enhances its expertise in memory solutions. Infineon today announced the addition of Semper Secure to its award-winning Semper NOR Flash memory platform. Based on Semper NOR Flash’s field-proven and robust smart memory architecture, Semper Secure NOR Flash is the first memory solution to combine security and functional safety in a single NOR flash device to deliver the security, safety, and reliability required for the most advanced connected automotive, industrial, and communications systems.
After 2 years of development, Laserax releases the LXQ Fiber Laser Marker series that redefines how easy and accessible laser system integration can be. The laser’s features are not only aimed at reducing integration time and cost, but also at facilitating collaboration between system integrators and laser experts—a key factor for quick and easy laser integration.