B&R says that integrated portfolio will reduce complexity and optimise synchronisation between the products. It will also mean that machine-builders will now be able to buy their robots and machine control systems from a single source.
At SPS, B&R is also demonstrating a wide range of products that support the open, real-time OPC UA over TSN technology, claiming that these products – which include PLCs, bus controllers, industrial PCs and Ethernet switches – will allow the creation of standardised networks for modular adaptive machines. A single interface will be able to exchange standardised data between all of the nodes in a network, making machines easier to develop and operate.