Adhere to the road of innovation and development, digital empowerment of “Wei” Greater Bay Area——Interview with Yao Yafei, senior sales manager of Weidmüller South China

As the wave of digitalization accelerates, manufacturing transformation has become a strategic choice at the national level. How to get into the digital age and promote another jump in productivity has become an important proposition in the development of many enterprises. As a highly influential industrial exposition in South China and even the whole country,…

New Record: One Million Robots Work in Car Industry Worldwide

Frankfurt, Mar 22, 2023 — The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world: Operational stock hit a new record of about one million units. This represents about one third of the total number installed across all industries. “The automotive industry effectively invented automated manufacturing,” says Marina Bill, president…

ABB and Wellington Water win ‘Smart Water Project of the Year’ at Global Water Awards

The Global Water Awards recognize outstanding achievements in the water and wastewater treatment and desalination industries, with a focus on innovative technologies ABB used smart water management technology to improve the flexibility of Wellington Water’s water supply and drainage network, making it better prepared for the future, so it won the “Smart Water Project of…

KUKA Manufacturing Base in East China officially put into use

The KUKA East China Manufacturing Base in Kunshan, Suzhou was officially put into use in April this year. The base covers an area of about 43,000 square meters and has successfully realized the strategic transformation of localized production. KUKA’s manufacturing base in East China is strategically located. The new factory is located at No. 1…

Pilz: “Pocket key” maintenance protection system to prevent accidental restart of equipment

How to ensure the safety of personnel in the danger zone in the shutdown state? The “pocket key” solution from Pilz prevents unintentional restarting of machinery until the person leaves the danger zone. Before entering the safety protection area through the safety door, the operator (or several) needs to use the “personal key” to authorize…

Siemens will launch the next-generation PLC programming environment with ChatPGT

Siemens is working with Microsoft to use generative artificial intelligence tools to improve its industrial workflows. Microsoft’s library of generative AI tools, including AI chat and code generation, will be used to speed up and simplify Siemens’ design, engineering, manufacturing and operations processes. The two companies plan to use artificial intelligence to enhance communication between…

Belt Scale Parts Replacement

The problem of component damage during the actual operation of the electronic belt scale often troubles the on-site maintenance personnel. Because there are no spare parts, the electronic belt scale often results in outage.   01 When visiting a mineral processing plant, I saw that a belt scale has been out of service. This scale…

FC, FB and background DB of S7-300

Overview 1. The Chinese name of FC is “Function”, and the Chinese name of FB is “Function Block” (respectively called “Function” and “Function Block” in the blog) 2. FC and FB are equivalent to subroutines in 200 and 200Smart. The purpose of writing subroutines is to facilitate multiple calls 3. FB is more powerful than…