An introduction to the B&R subsidiary in Brazil offers a look into the country's economic structure and presents one of Brazil's most important sugar manufacturers. In addition to the worldwide cooperation with Ferromatik Milacron, this issue also focuses on tire manufacturing in China, corrugators from Canada and steam sterilizers from England. Application reports from Germany present B&R solutions for packaging machines, surface grinders and indexing tables. The eastern European market is also represented here with mine trucks from Belarus. From the process control front, there are applications in the area of water supply and power supply. A French blow molding machine and a newly developed, flexible CNC program round off the international coverage.
In the product field, we take a detailed look at the advantages of easy the bus connections on the B&R X20, X67 and XV systems. Furthermore, we have the latest news regarding ETHERNET Powerlink™: The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has approved ETHERNET Powerlink™ as a Publicly Available Specification.
