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Beckhoff Automation Sdn. Bhd.

Petaling Jaya,  Selangor 
Malaysia
http://www.beckhoff.com
  • Booth: 501

Beckhoff: New Automation Technology

Overview

Beckhoff implements open automation systems using proven PC-based control technology. The main areas that the product range covers are industrial PCs, I/O and Fieldbus components, drive technology, automation software, control cabinet-free automation, and hardware for machine vision. Product ranges that can be used as separate components or integrated into a complete and mutually compatible control system are available for all sectors. Our New Automation Technology stands for universal and industry-independent control and automation solutions that are used worldwide in a large variety of different applications, ranging from CNC-controlled machine tools to intelligent building control.

Our solutions are represented in the entire spectrum of the semiconductor industry: whether front-end or back-end, whether chips or photovoltaics, from wafer transport to assembly systems. We have the right I/O modules, scalable controllers, powerful drive technology and compelling software solutions for all applications – naturally combined with EtherCAT, the must-have in this industry. 

Come and visit us at Booth 501, our team of industry experts will be there to discuss your applications and deliver game-changing solutions with hands-on demos and engineer-to-engineer answers. We can't wait to help you discover what the future holds for adaptive manufacturing! Harness our innovative power to bring your ideas to life and optimize existing processes and systems.


  Press Releases

  • The Vision hardware portfolio receives the Red Dot Award and the iF Design Award Gold

    Beckhoff Vision now includes a complete hardware portfolio in addition to the TwinCAT Vision software solution that was introduced in 2017. From the very beginning, its development was oriented around an optimal design and concepts for industrial use. The expert jury for the renowned Red Dot Award recently confirmed that these goals have been successfully achieved as they honored Beckhoff with an award in the automation category. This prize is only awarded to products that have an excellent design. This was further confirmed with the iF Design Award Gold, the highest distinction in this competition.

    The Beckhoff portfolio of Vision hardware includes area scan cameras, C-mount lenses, multi-color LED illumination, and complete vision units that meet industrial requirements perfectly, both as individual components and as an entire machine vision system. The Adrian und Greiser design agency has developed a consistent design concept for Beckhoff that gives this product range a look and feel that marries sophisticated optics and electronics with industrial robustness. Relevant design aspects include the IP65/IP67 anodized aluminum and tempered anti-reflective glass housing, smooth glass surfaces that provide high resistance to cleaning agents and other chemicals, various options for flexible mounting and application, and optional shatter protection. For example, the lenses have a sleek and streamlined look, and are very easy to mount, with reliable, lockable adjustment options.

    This product design, which is perfectly suited to its application, also won over the Red Dot jury, consisting of around 50 international product design experts. Every year, this award honors industrially manufactured products which are outstanding in terms of their design quality: the products must be aesthetically pleasing, functional, smart, or innovative. Beckhoff Vision prevailed, winning the "Red Dot Winner 2023" label.

    The following statement was made regarding the iF Design Award 2023 Gold: "The strong but sensitive type: Beckhoff vision system combines the precision of a laboratory instrument with the robustness of an industrial machine. These products are all about control, and this is reflected in the solidly attractive design language.”

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  • Fast and efficient through AI-supported engineering

    With TwinCAT Chat, large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT from OpenAI can conveniently be used in the TwinCAT XAE engineering environment to develop projects. Efficiency potential can thus be exploited, from control programming to corporate management.

    Large language models offer a number of benefits for both automation engineers and enterprise management. For automation engineers, LLMs have the potential to revolutionize the development process by automatically generating and completing code. This speeds up the entire process. In addition, you can even have LLMs create personal tutorials and specifically ask for solutions to problems that arise. From an enterprise management perspective, LLMs promote knowledge transfer within the organization. They can act as a central knowledge base, storing valuable information and making it available when needed. In addition, LLMs can relieve the pressure on the support team by serving as the first point of contact for customer inquiries.

    TwinCAT Chat was developed to deeply integrate LLMs into control engineering, giving users a clear benefit when compared to using ChatGPT traditionally in a web browser, for example. This greatly simplifies the development process, as communication and code exchange are seamlessly integrated. Furthermore, the basic initialization of the LLM has been tailored specifically to TwinCAT requests. You can thus ask specific questions directly and don’t have to tell the LLM that you are using TwinCAT first and that the code examples are expected in Structured Text. In addition, the generated code can easily be transferred, which not only saves developers time but also prevents the errors that occur when transferring code manually. For efficient interaction with TwinCAT Chat, simple one-click pre-tested requests can be used that are specifically designed to improve the user's workflow. Other current development work includes automated creation of TwinCAT HMI controls and a chatbot interface to the extensive Beckhoff documentation system.

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  Products

  • Beckhoff Vision
    - complete image processing system from software to illumination, integrated into one universal system
    - direct integration with the machine controller simplifies projects and lowers costs
    - robust design, high scalability and long-term availability...

  • As a specialist for PC-based control technology, Beckhoff consistently aims to integrate all machine functionalities into one control platform. With TwinCAT Vision, this has included image processing within software since 2017. The machine vision product spectrum is now complete thanks to the introduction of the comprehensive hardware range from Beckhoff. Machine builders and end users thus have a complete image processing system at their disposal that covers all the necessary components from software to illumination which, integrated into the system, provides users with significant competitive advantages.

    Seamless system integration with

    • - cameras
    • - optics
    • - illumination
    • - complete units
    • - software
    • - training and support

    With Beckhoff Vision, real-time image processing can be easily integrated into both new and existing control environments, as well as optimally synchronized with all machine and plant processes. Here, the previously strict separation between vision and automation technology is further eliminated through system integration in all environments. At the same time, Beckhoff Vision components win users over with their robust, attractive design as well as high scalability and long-term availability. 

    Learn more: https://www.beckhoff.com/ms-my/products/vision/

  • XTS with No Cable Technology (NCT)
    Beckhoff achieves a further quantum leap in terms of machine flexibility with a new type of technology for the XTS:
    No Cable Technology (NCT) enables contactless, continuous power supply and synchronous real-time data transmission to the XTS movers...

  • With XTS linear transport system, Beckhoff offers a proven drive solution in which magnetically driven movers move along a travel path of fully integrated motor modules.

    The No Cable Technology (NCT) extension of the XTS system is the basis for a new leap in terms of machine flexibility. 
    For the first time, a power supply and synchronous real-time data communication are available on the moving XTS movers, with which individual XTS movers can be expanded into mobile handling and processing stations. In addition to the previous pure product transport, NCT enables additional process sequences directly on the mover itself.

    With NCT, processing steps and quality control are possible for the first time directly on the mover during the running process. Sufficient power and fast communication with the TwinCAT control system make the connection of sensors and actuators easy. Data communication with each mover is real-time capable and, in conjunction with EtherCAT, synchronizes system-wide events with µs precision so that a specific event can be triggered at an exact position. Especially in the areas of product handling, processing and measuring parallel to transport as well as machine adaptations for quickly changing production batches, NCT offers users new solution possibilities.

    Learn more: https://www.beckhoff.com/ms-my/products/motion/xts-with-nct/ 

  • I/O and fieldbus components
    Beckhoff supplies an extensive range of I/O components. With the Bus Terminals in the IP20 protection and the Fieldbus Box modules in IP67, all important signal types and fieldbus systems are covered and the right product is offered for every application....

  • The extensive Beckhoff I/O portfolio includes products for all areas of use and environmental conditions. The classic KLxxxx and ELxxxx Bus and EtherCAT Terminals in IP20 protection offer a wide variety of fieldbus protocols and signal types. The terminals are plugged into one another and are primarily used in terminal boxes or in the control cabinet, where they are protected against external influences. Their low housing width in combination with a high channel density make them a space-saving solution in the control cabinet.

    The EtherCAT product range is extended still further in the IP20 area by the EJxxx EtherCAT plug-in modules, which are mainly suitable for the series production of machines and plants. Based on the EtherCAT I/O system, the design of the EJ modules allows them to be plugged directly into a PCB. This is called a signal distribution board and distributes the supply of power and the signals to the application-specific connection technology. Dispensing with the classic individual wiring considerably reduces the installation time in series machine production.

    The Fieldbus, IO-Link, and EtherCAT Box modules in IP67 protection allow use in harsh environmental conditions. With their compact and watertight design, they are suitable for direct installation in the machine.

    Learn more: https://www.beckhoff.com/ms-my/products/i-o/

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