Beckhoff Automation is set to make its debut at APPEX 2024

For more than four decades, Beckhoff Automation has been implementing open automation systems based on PC control technology. Its product range covers Industrial PCs, I/O and fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software, control cabinet-free automation and hardware for machine vision.

APPEX 2024 will be the springboard for Beckhoff Automation’s latest generation of its TwinCAT automation software platform, which is designed to enable seamless integration of machine learning, vision, edge computing and cloud connectivity to open up new automation application opportunities.

TwinCAT 3 makes the convergence of IT and OT a reality. It fulfils the fundamental principles of an open, highly scalable control system and provides several key advantages, including the ability to develop, build and debug code on the go without the need for hardware. It enables proof of concept before committing resources and offers a wide range of interface options.

Included in its product line-up for APPEX is the XTS (eXtended Linear Transport System). This drive solution uses magnetically driven movers, which travel along a path of fully integrated motor modules. It makes use of an Industrial PC with TwinCAT automation software, enabling the independent control of movers with individual motion profiles.

Beckhoff’s XPlanar transport system will also be on show. It combines the advantages of conventional systems and supplements them with a unique magnetic levitation technology.

Visit Beckhoff Automation at APPEX (stand D025) in Melbourne from 12–15 March 2024.