BISTel Dynamic Fault Detection
BISTel has announced an adaptive AI-based application to help support smart connected factories and Industry 4.0. Called Dynamic Fault Detection (DFD), the company’s fault detection system offers users sensor trace data analysis capabilities to detect a range of faults and provide trace analysis.
DFD establishes trace references dynamically and does not rely on the traditional control limiting methods used by FDC. It also eliminates manual modeling and uses more efficient algorithms to distinguish between real alarms and false alarms.
For more information, visit BISTel’s website.
Honeywell Safety Manager Platform
Honeywell has released its Safety Manager SC, the next generation of its Safety Manager platform. Its modular, scalable design allows it to function as a single platform for all enterprise safety applications.
Safety Manager SC incorporates a Series C-based controller and technologies such as LEAP, Universal Safety IO, offline simulation and Experion integration for safety system engineering, development and testing.The platform is SIL2 and SIL3-certified and supports small to large distributed safety applications requiring varying levels of redundancy.
For more information, visit Honeywell’s website.
OnRobot Gripping Technology
OnRobot has launched several gripping systems: the Gecko Gripper, Polyskin Tactile Gripper, RG2-FT gripper and a technical upgrade of the HEX force-torque sensor line. The Gecko Gripperis inspired by nature and uses the same adhesive system for gripping as the feet of a gecko, with millions of fine fibers that adhere to the surface of the workpiece and generate strong van der Waals forces.
On the other hand, the Polyskin Tactile Gripper specializes in sensitive gripping. Both fingers can be individually aligned and have integrated tactile sensors at the fingertips. This allows the gripper to measure the condition of the surface of workpieces and align its gripping processes accordingly.
For more information, check out the article Human Collaboration a Focus for New Grippers Across Industry.
Pepperl+Fuchs Photoelectric Sensors
Pepperl+Fuchs has announced the R200 and R201 photoelectric sensors.Just like its predecessors (the cR100, R101 and R103 series), both sensors provide all photoelectric functional principles in a design that is now larger and more suitable for specific mounting situations.
The R200 and R201 series offer several photoelectric functional principles: thru-beam sensors, retroreflective sensors with a polarization filter or for clear object recognition, energetic diffuse mode sensors, sensors with background suppression and foreground suppression, measuring light barriers with two switch points and distance sensors.
For more information, visit Pepperl+Fuchs’ website.
TrendMiner Industrial Analytics Platform
TrendMiner has released its TrendMiner 2018 Industrial Analytics Platform. TrendMiner is a self-service industrial analytics platform for time-series processes and enables process and asset engineers to analyze, monitor and predict operational performance. The latest TrendMiner release allows users to discover the root causes behind process issues, identify optimal process conditions and maintain best practices.
Using algorithms similar to those employed by Amazon to supply recommendations based on user behavior, TrendMiner can track entire process lines to provide users with the quick-fire recommendations necessary to efficiently diagnose the core causes behind process issues.
For more information, visit TrendMiner’s website.
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