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Baumüller to Showcase Latest Control Technology at Hannover Messe, Combining PC and PLC
The b maXX PLC, Baumüller's new breakthrough in hybrid PLC and PC technology, will be unveiled on April 12th at the Hannover Messe Digital Edition.The Baumüller Group, headquartered in Nuremberg, is a German company that specializes in designing and producing industrial electric drive and automation systems.The company, which was established in 1930, now employs over 1,900 people in over 40 locations around the world. Baumüller is a top ten supplier of drive and automation engineering solutions and is ISO 9001:2015 certified. Baumüller provides dive and power engineering, shaft maintenance, servo motors, AC/DC motors, generators, and transformers, among other services.Installation, troubleshooting,...
Ransomware Attacks Continue to Disrupt Industrial Manufacturers in the United States
Ransomware attacks and other malicious attempts continue to target the industrial manufacturing sector.Molson Coors, a global brewing firm, disclosed a cybersecurity incident to the Securities and Exchange Commission this week (SEC).WestRock, a packaging firm, revealed last month that it had been the target of a ransomware attack. The attacks follow a year of threats and malicious attempts to profit from the COVID-19 pandemic's consequences. Molson Coors and WestRock have also been victims of cyber-attacks.Molson Coors filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11 detailing the attacks that interrupted routine operations.To put things in perspective, the...
Learn Why UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) are Critical to Control Systems
Learn about the functions and types of uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), as well as why they are critical in control systems. The first continuous power supply designs were developed in the early twentieth century, with the first UPS system patent issued in 1934.Several decades later, during the PC era, when hard drives were less resistant than they are today, the modern UPS emerged. Physical damage and corrupted directories in the hard disk were more likely to result from a sudden loss of power in a server rack. What exactly is a UPS?A UPS (uninterruptible power supply) is a system that...
Controllogix PLC PAC System
The ControlLogix controller supports a wide range of high-performance, low-power and low-power applications.
Bayshore Acquires GE OpShield to Enhance Security for Industrial Infrastructure Networks
Bayshore Networks announced an expansion of its partnership with GE Digital. As part of the new collaboration, GE Digital’s OpShield technology will be integrated into Bayshore Networks’ solutions. The expanded partnership aims to address the growing need for secure critical infrastructure networks in industrial scenarios. An Expanded Partnership Bayshore and GE Digital first started working together in 2019. At the time, the firms’ joint efforts focused on developing cybersecurity solutions designed to support installations of GE Proficy. An industrial worker using the GE Proficy Historian. Image courtesy of GE Digital. For context, the Proficy label refers to...