By the end of the year, major industrial automation companies have also accelerated the pace of cooperation and acquisitions. Rockwell Automation, Emerson, Honeywell and other companies have a new trend. Industry News 2017 World Smart Manufacturing Conference Held in Nanjing On December 6-8, the 2017 World Smart Manufacturing Conference was held in Nanjing. More than 20 Chinese and foreign academicians, 300 well-known personalities and 10,000 guests from nearly 20 countries and regions co-operated in Nanjing and 306 exhibitors attracted. 95,000 viewers visited the exhibition; 16 smart manufacturing major projects were signed and officially landed in Nanjing. Among them, many smart manufacturing benchmarking companies such as Siemens, GE, KUKA, Mitsubishi, Yaskawa, and Phoenix Contact demonstrated the latest solutions for smart workshops and smart factories. During the period, iianews presented the event for everyone through live broadcast. Click on “Read the original text†at the end of the article to review. Smart Industry Ecology Summit Forum held On December 6th, the “Intelligent Industry Ecology Summit Forum†was held at the same time in Nanjing World Smart Manufacturing Conference. Phoenix Contact organized eight ecological organizations and initiated the establishment of “Smart International Industrial Alliance for Smart Manufacturing Industry†to jointly focus on and explore the industrial upgrading of smart manufacturing, and build industrialization, marketization, platformization, and ecological operation platforms and mechanisms for smart manufacturing. Development and the transformation of the industrial Internet contribute important forces. Central Control Industry Operating System officially launched supOS On December 8th, at the 2nd World Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing in Nanjing, Prof. Jian Jian, the founder of Zhongguan, personally released the upOS industrial operating system supOS. supOS is an industrial operating system that integrates industrial big data full integration platform, industrial intelligent APP configuration development platform, and industrial big data analysis platform, and realizes a unified architecture of cloud, enterprise, and end-to-end, enabling integrated control and control interaction. On this platform, plant information integration, APP configuration development, and a smart decision analysis platform are all open to all partners. Rockwell Automation Acquires 3D Imaging Expert Odos Imaging Recently, Rockwell Automation successfully acquired Odos Imaging, a British company that provides 3D TOF sensor systems for industrial production. Details of the transaction are not yet announced. This acquisition is beneficial to Rockwell Automation's addition of smart sensors and security products to expand its automation capabilities. Emerson Announces Completion of Acquisition of Paradigmm On December 4, Emerson announced that it had completed the acquisition of Paradigm, a provider of software solutions for the oil and gas industry. The combination of Paradigm and Emerson's Roxar software business creates a comprehensive portfolio of software products for exploration and production. The company offers a range of tools that enable customers to better understand underground conditions, reduce uncertainty and support responsible asset management. . Hitachi Acquires Mitsubishi Electric Particle Line Treatment System Business Hitachi, Ltd. and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced that Hitachi will acquire Mitsubishi Electric's particle line therapy system business. Next, the two parties will carry out the follow-up work on the details of the agreement and review and approval of relevant departments. It is expected that Mitsubishi Electric's particle line treatment device will be fully integrated including design, manufacturing, sales, maintenance and other operations in April 2018. . Honeywell invests in supply chain software providers and forms joint ventures Honeywell announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Fuller Technology to announce the acquisition of 25% of its equity. At the same time, both parties will also establish an overseas joint venture to serve overseas customers. Honeywell will hold a 75% stake in the new joint venture company, which initially focused on expanding its operations in the Asia Pacific region. The acquisition of Fuller Technology has yet to be approved by the Chinese regulatory authorities and is expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter. Siemens opens the first smart city digital center in Hong Kong On December 7, Siemens and Hong Kong Science and Technology Park Corporation announced the official opening of the Smart City Digital Center. The center is designed with an open laboratory, equipped with a smart traffic test platform and a smart energy laboratory, allowing experts to focus their research and development on data analysis, internet of things, connected systems, smart buildings, smart energy and smart transportation. Using MindSphere's cloud-based open IoT operating system, the center will initially focus on five areas, including Green City Development Assessment Tool (CyPTAir), Connected Urban Planning Solution, Cyber ​​Security, Data Analysis Suitcase, and MindSphere Open IoT Platform . Bosch opens Thailand's first smart factory Recently, in order to cater to Thailand's rising market demand, Bosch has opened a new factory in Hermara. This is Thailand's first smart factory and the second Bosch Mobile Solutions factory. The smart factory covers an area of ​​10,000 square meters and focuses on injection valves, interconnect technologies, knock sensors and other components. In addition, Bosch has established a research and development center in Hermara. Nearly 60 production assistants are dedicated to the further development of in-cylinder direct injection gasoline systems. Inventronics and Edelman Sign Cooperation On December 6th, Inventronics and Zhejiang Edelman hydrogen energy equipment signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The two parties will carry out strategic cooperation in the two fields of hydrogen fueled vehicle engine and hydrogen fuel vehicle powertrain assembly, and cooperate with technological research and product development. Sharing of market resources and other aspects, cooperation in the industrial application and promotion of the market. China Shipbuilding 11 and Xinsong Robot Sign Strategic Cooperation In December, Xinsong signed a cooperation agreement with China Shipbuilding No. 11. The two sides will carry out in-depth cooperation in various aspects such as welding, hull blasting, and profile cutting in the frame, giving full play to their respective advantages to provide users with complete system solutions. China's shipbuilding enterprises' equipment upgrades. The two sides will vigorously promote the replacement of robots by manpower and strive to create "smart shipyards." ABB Shenzhen New Energy Technology Center established On December 6, ABB Shenzhen New Energy Technology Center officially sailed. ABB will increase its investment in high-power power electronics, embedded cloud platforms, and thermal management technologies, implement the ABBAbilityTM digital strategy, and better support ABB's development of solar and electric vehicle charging infrastructure in China and globally. Mouser Electronics and Rigado Sign Global Distribution Agreement On December 8, Mozilla Electronics announced that it has signed a global distribution agreement with Rigado and will start selling Rigado's wireless module, development kits and gateway products. Rigado's Edge Connectivity Solution Suite for IoT enables engineers to design, deploy and extend low-power wireless architectures, reducing the cost and risk of commercial IoT deployments. The Rigado product range supplied by Moser Electronics includes the R41Z and BMD-300 series of wireless modules and development kits. Western Digital wants Toshiba Semiconductor shares On December 4, according to foreign media reports, Western Digital is no longer trying to block Toshiba’s sale of its semiconductor subsidiary and the two sides tend to move toward reconciliation. It is reported that after the Toshiba Semiconductor business was sold and listed, Western Digital intends to acquire a portion of the shares of the business. And Bain Capital, the main buyer of Toshiba Semiconductor, is in final negotiations with Western Digital. If agreement is reached, Western Digital will no longer prevent Toshiba from selling. At the same time, Toshiba will also revoke lawsuits hampering the Western Digital’s data. New product news Vann Electric Introduces M12-D-Code Anti-rotation New Structure On the market demand, Weien Electric has introduced a new anti-rotation mechanism for the M12-D-Code nut. This structure solves the following problem: One end of the shield ring is provided with raised teeth as an anti-rotation device corresponding to the anti-rotation structure; anti-rotation card The spring is provided with at least one anti-rotational bump corresponding to the groove of the shield coil tooth, or is provided with at least one fixed bump. The product can be applied to relatively harsh environmental applications such as petroleum, steel, electric power, and automobile manufacturing. Siemens and Qingdao Aucma build laboratory to release first robot On December 5th, Siemens and Aucma, Qingdao, China, set up a joint robotics laboratory and released the first intelligent robot. The robot is mainly used in the field of special firefighting. It is applicable to all kinds of complex working environments and can replace fire rescue personnel to collect, process, and feedback data from hazardous accidents such as flammable, explosive, toxic, oxygen-deficient, and heavy smoke. Work efficiency and avoid the casualties of firefighters. NI Introduces New PXI FlexRIO Architecture On December 5, NI announced the new PXI FlexRIO architecture hardware platform that integrates the Mezzanine I/O module with the Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA. The first products based on this new architecture include two high-resolution PXI FlexRIO oscilloscopes, three dedicated PXI FlexRIO coprocessor modules, and a module development kit that assists with custom front-end development. The new FlexRIO module uses the highest performance FPGA and A/D converter technology and is ideal for advanced applications such as remote sensing, signal intelligence, communications and particle physics. C&K Introduces New Optical Encoder ENC Series On December 8th, C&K announced the introduction of the ENC series of optoelectronic encoders to provide rugged products and customizable switching solutions for automotive, industrial, medical and instrumentation engineers. The new ENC switch uses C&K's optocoupler technology, which offers lower cost than similar solutions on the market and provides an output signal that is compatible with modern digital devices. C&K's optical encoders are designed specifically for space-constrained, key products and perform well in high shock and vibration environments. HARTING edge computing system MICA integrates wireless sensors Recently, HARTING and Arrow Electronics have jointly developed a new MICA wireless sensor network solution that adds wireless communication capabilities to the machine monitoring system. Arrow Electronics has developed modules that communicate with sensors through various wireless protocols. With the add-on module, HARTING MICA can now capture and process data through Smart Wireless (DUST), Bluetooth LowEnergy Bluetooth, and XBee slots for Smart Wireless, regardless of existing machine controls. Omron Machinery Automation Controller NJ/NY Series New Release In the fourth quarter of 2017, Omron announced the release of [NC integrated controllers NJ501-5300 and NY532-5400] that integrate NC and PLC functions, and will be available for sale for the first time in the Chinese market. The NC integrated controllers NJ501-5300 and NY532-5400 were developed to perfectly combine NC functions and PLC functions. 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