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B&R shapes the future of OPC UA over TSN

as soon as possible," says Stefan Schönegger, vice president of strategy and innovation at B&R. In addition, B&R's parent company ABB has been appointed to the board of the OPC Foundation. 18x faster OPC [...] awaited answer to the market's demand for vendor-agnostic, interface-free industrial communication. B&R has been a main player in the initiative to develop and standardize OPC UA over TSN for communication [...] leading role in the corresponding standardization organizations: OPC Foundation, IEC/IEEE and VDMA. B&R also actively participates in testbeds such as those conducted by the Industrial Internet Consortium

B&R joins Huawei's OPC UA TSN testbed

Practical testing for seamless smart factory communication B&R has joined the OPC-UA-TSN testbed of Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei. The Austrian automation specialist is now participating in all [...] testbed gives us the opportunity to advance the standardization of OPC UA TSN in Asia," explained B&R Marketing Manager Stefan Schönegger during the presentation of the testbed at the Hannover Messe. "In

KHS and B&R take the "iF gold award"

win over the jury for the "iF communication design award 2011". Developed in close cooperation with B&R and based on advanced Power Panel technology, this innovative machine operator panel can handle all [...] level of operating comfort for personnel is provided by the 4:3 resistive touch screen as well as the B&R illuminated ring keys with multi-color LEDs. Its colorful imagery, icons and interactive operating [...] a production line that used to be handled separately. As a central operating and control unit, the B&R Panel PC combines control, visualization and drive technology into a single device, making it possible

B&R advances ACOPOStrak technology for increased load and higher precision

ACOPOStrak from B&R, ABB’s Machine Automation Division, is a modular and flexible product transport system powered by shuttles on a long-stator linear motor. The new Metal-to-Metal (M2M) upgrade enables [...] forces. The higher the speed and the dynamics of the movement, the higher the forces. This is where B&R’s ACOPOStrak Metal-to-Metal upgrade steps in. This is particularly relevant for assembly automation [...] forces. The higher the speed and the dynamics of the movement, the higher the forces. This is where B&R’s ACOPOStrak Metal-to-Metal upgrade with its Compact Curve steps in. The combination of these two

ABB appoints Joerg Theis President of B&R

track record in strategic business development, he is the ideal leader to expand B&R’s profitable growth, continuing B&R’s successful customer and innovation focus, while driving our geographical and portfolio [...] Automation Division ABB has appointed Joerg Theis as President of ABB’s Machine Automation Division (B&R), effective April 1, 2021. He succeeds Clemens Sager, who managed the division ad interim since January [...] Automation Division for Energy Industries, based in Singapore. He will relocate from Singapore to B&R’s global headquarters in Eggelsberg, Austria. “Joerg has impressive global experience in automation

ABB and B&R launch first fully integrated Machine-Centric Robotics solution

ABB robots will be integrated into B&R’s automation portfolio B&R, a unit of ABB’s Robotics and Discrete Automation business, announced the integration of ABB robots into its automation portfolio. With [...] systems means that B&R will now be able to supply machine builders with machine automation and robotics from a single source. Machine builders will be able to buy their robots from B&R along with all their [...] their control, I/O and drive components. “The integration of ABB’s robot fleet into the B&R portfolio makes us a true one-stop-shop. We are the only company to offer industrial automation customers the entire

B&R reports strong growth

11 percent revenue increase to €475 million B&R continues to enjoy steady growth. Using the occasion of the Hannover Messe, managing director Hans Wimmer presented the final numbers for the past year. [...] plants will rely heavily on modular and networked machines." Wimmer also highlighted the fact that B&R was able to achieve considerably higher growth than the industry average in all active sectors. The [...] India has also seen massively increased investment, as new training centers began opening up in all of B&R's offices there. This has been complemented by a new warehouse in Pune with a capacity of over 20,000

B&R keypad module with E-stop

Decentralized machine operation – Easy and safe B&R's illuminated ring keypad modules with IP65 protection are designed for installation directly on the machine. First introduced in early 2012, the latest [...] via SafeIO modules into an integrated safety network such as openSAFETY. Ergonomic machine operation B&R E-stop keypad modules meet the most stringent requirements for ergonomics and are extremely easy to

High potential for energy savings with B&R servo technology

effort," states Alois Holzleitner, Business Manager for Motion Control at B&R. Optimal drive sizing reduces energy consumption B&R ensures that drives can be sized in a targeted manner using the SERVOsoft [...] 80% of the energy previously lost as heat in the resistors. Energy-saving measures are supported by B&R through cold-plate control cabinet installation. This provides the option of using the energy from [...] of the infrastructure costs by reducing the size of wires, feed components and fuses," explains the B&R business manager.

B&R at the 2013 SMART – Automation Austria

SMART – Automation Austria will take place from Oct 1st to the 10th in Linz. In hall DC, booth 231, B&R will be presenting their entire range of products and services. The exhibit will focus on four current [...] APROL EnMon helps users improve their energy efficiency. This ready-to-use solution, which runs on B&R's Automation PC 910, is a simple way to implement the requirements specified in ISO 50001. The solution [...] machine and system failures reduces costs and increases availability. Condition monitoring modules from B&R precisely detect cases when service work may be needed and are also extremely easy to configure. All

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