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B&R has joined the OPC UA TSN testbed of Chinese network equipment vendor Huawei. The Austrian automation specialist is now participating in all three of the world's most significant platforms for practical testing of the new communication…

B&R India has World Class Support – a dedicated support hotline that serves as a single point of contact for its customers nationwide.

A single device to acquire data, evaluate it and send it to the cloud – that's now possible with B&R's Edge Controller. Simultaneously, the powerful and rugged PC also serves as a full-fledged industrial controller.

B&R combines the flexibility of the intelligent ACOPOStrak track system with the low cost of a conventional conveyor system – the perfect recipe for more cost-effective mass customization.

Automation PC 2200 is the latest generation of B&R's successful 2000 series of compact industrial PCs. Equipped with Intel Atom processors from the Apollo Lake generation, the Automation PC 2200 is available in either box PC or panel PC format.

B&R presents version R4.2 of its APROL process control system at ACHEMA. Other highlights at Booth A63 in Hall 11.1 include an Edge Controller for cloud communication and the ACOPOStrak transport system.

The new module with a compact housing is used in combination with an X90 controller for remote I/O expansion.

One year after announcing its acquisition of B&R (Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH), ABB is to invest €100 million in Austria to build a state-of-the-art innovation and training campus at the home of B&R in Eggelsberg, Upper Austria.

The new software component mapp IO simplifies the task of managing variants of machinery and equipment. mapp IO lets you add I/O modules to your machine at runtime.

B&R has published a new major release of its APROL process control system. APROL R 4.2 contains numerous new functions, including improved cloud communication via OPC UA and MQTT.