Press Room

At the Hannover Messe, B&R announced its membership in the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC).

OEMs now have a much easier way of managing the many variants of their machines. With mapp CodeBox, they can program options in ladder logic without affecting the machine's primary application.

B&R made an announcement at the Hannover Messe confirming development of the first field device for OPC UA. This now makes it possible to implement OPC UA communication from the sensor layer to the ERP layer without any interfaces whatsoever.

B&R continues to open up new possibilities in mobile automation with its innovative X90 product line for mastering mobile control and I/O tasks. X90 products are designed to maximize the flexibility required by mobile machinery.

At the 2016 IEEE Industry Forum, representatives from industry, academia and politics met in Taiwan to discuss the topics of automation and smart manufacturing. B&R outlined ways that the requirements of tomorrow's intelligent production technology…

With POWERLINK, it's easy to integrate many different 3rd-party devices into B&R automation solutions. The same now applies to safety components with an openSAFETY interface as well as modular devices.

The road to Industry 4.0 leads through uncharted territory. With the innovations and updates B&R will be presenting at the 2016 Hannover Messe (Hall 9, Booth D28), the automation specialists offer a vision and a roadmap to get there quickly, smoothly…

B&R's web configurator allows you to generate CAD data for hundreds of thousands of motor and gearbox configurations – which can then be used in all common CAD programs.

B&R has further expanded its portfolio of modular mapp software components. The new mapp RoboX and mapp Teach make it faster and easier than ever to get robotic systems configured and ready for operation.

At this year's bauma, B&R will be presenting its newly developed modular control and I/O system for mobile automation. Another highlight at Booth 314 in Hall A3 will be B&R's revolutionary mapp technology.