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CAN frequency inverter

Cloud solutions in times of IIoT and Industry 4.0

2021-06-01 The combination of hardware from electrical engineering and cloud-based software has resulted in all-in-one solutions at Knestel in recent years. This includes applications in agriculture or the fitness sector, for example.

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CANopen in the food and beverage industry

2021-03-09 Nord Drivesystems provides corrosion-protected solutions for the food and beverage industry without stainless steel. In those systems, CANopen frequency inverters are used.

In the event of an incident

Rescue stairs help on board of an aircraft

2021-02-26 A medical emergency, smoke in the cabin, or an evacuation - in the event of an incident on board an aircraft, action must be taken quickly. Rosenbauer has improved its rescue stairs for this purpose. A CAN system helps.

CAN-to-USB interface

A bridge to the bike’s telematic system

2020-12-07 The CAN-interconnected electric off-road motorbikes from Cake rely on Kvaser’s Leaf Light CAN-to-USB interfaces for programming and after-sales diagnostics.

Sensor series

Analyzing gas quality with CAN

2020-12-02 In this article, Patrice Flot from CMR, considers further sensor technology in the wake of the increasing specification of gas engines for power generation. Those sensors provide measurement data to the engine via CAN.

Electric firefighting truck

Providing 200-kWh battery capacity

2020-10-19 Rosenbauer (Austria) presented the worldwide first fully-electric firefighting vehicle on a serial chassis. The add-on equipment is interconnected via a CAN-based system.

Aerial ladder

Firefighting with CAN

2020-09-23 Rosenbauer presented the L27A-XS 3.0 aerial ladder with XS technology. The control system of the ladder comes with up to five CAN networks and enables equipping with latest floodlight and camera systems, for example.

Electrical systems

What exactly does retrofit mean?

2020-07-15 With electrified vehicles, terms and designations such as ‘retrofit’ are coming up and not everyone is familiar with them. STW explains the terminology. J1939 also plays a role in this.

Forklifts

CANopen interface in the fork

2020-06-16 Vetter (Germany) provides in its Smartfork sub-system CANopen interfaces for connecting sensors.

Individually-adaptable

Automation system for more comfort at home

2020-05-20 The TEM Group (Switzerland) developed the Mytem Smarthome solution comprising wired and wirelessly interconnected devices. All wired devices are networked via CAN.

Sensor data

CANopen helps on the way to the cloud

2020-05-14 Schmersal (Germany) offers the Smart Safety solution allowing to send safety sensor data to the cloud. On the fieldbus-level, the collected sensor data can be sent to the PLC (programmable logic controller) via CANopen.

Moving detection

Mining safety kit for working in dangerous environments

2020-04-30 To reduce the risk of accidents and equipment damage in quarries, mines, and construction sites, VIA is showcased the VIA Mobile360 AI Mining Safety Kit at the Conexpo-CON/AGG. Dynamic moving object detection is realized via CAN.

Telematics

CAN-based lifting machines connected

2020-04-21 Industrial Access (Romania), a rental company for construction machinery, has equipped 110 CAN-based machines with the Genie Lift Connect telematics solution by Terex.

Ambulances

CAN reduces cabling effort

2020-04-21 The German company C. Miesen has equipped its ambulances with a CAN network. It links the add-on devices, especially the keypads.

Coronavirus

Utilizing service robots to prevent the spread of Covid-19

2020-04-01 The Boxer-8110AI fanless embedded box PC from Aaeon is deployed to power automated service robots, helping to reduce person-to-person contact during the corona pandemic. It uses two embedded CAN networks.

Disinfection robot

Fighting against the coronavirus using CAN

2020-04-01 The robots by UVD robots (Denmark) are deployed in hospitals to disinfect rooms and equipment such as patient beds. They use embedded CAN networks.

Disinfection robot

Fighting against the Sars-CoV-2 virus

2020-03-24 Within one week engineers by Siemens and Aucma (China) made a normal mobile robot able to disinfect rooms and equipment against the novel coronavirus.

Covid-19

Corona pandemic and CAN

2020-03-18 The new virus goes around the world. CAN is not the right medicine against it, but CAN networks are used in medical equipment helping indirectly in the fight against the Covid-19 disease.

Place for two persons

Completing work-at-height jobs

2020-03-17 Genie S-80 J telescopic boom lift model from Genie (a brand of Terex) integrates a CAN-based control system. This lift model allows to work at the heights of up to 24,4 m (80 feet).

Farming applications

Latest Isobus-capable solutions

2020-02-18 Isobus is a CAN-based solution standardized in the ISO 11783 series. It finds a great acceptance in agricultural applications. This article informs about current Isobus-related developments.