Electricity and Control June 2024

INDUSTRY 4.0 + IIOT : PRODUCTS + SERVICES

Automated creation of AI models

TwinCAT Machine Learning Creator from Beckhoff is de signed for automation and process experts and adds the automated creation of AI models to the TwinCAT 3 work flow. This allows users to handle the entire process, from data collection to the trained model, themselves – with out any AI expertise of their own. The finished model is optimally adapted to real-time requirements in the control environment in terms of latency and accuracy. A prime application for the versatile TwinCAT Machine Learning Creator (TE3850) is in AI-supported image pro cessing for quality assurance. This, as well as various other applications, taps into the ease and standardisation of creating AI models for automation through Beckhoff’s no-code development platform. It leverages open stand ards, interfaces, and best practices, and provides the trained models in the open standard format ONNX. The latency-optimised AI models for control applications are specially adapted to run on Beckhoff Industrial PCs and with TwinCAT products, although they can also be used as ONNX models beyond the Beckhoff product world. With TwinCAT Machine Learning Creator enabling fully automated creation of AI models, the potential of artificial intelligence is available to all – including smaller com panies – offering a competitive edge and a solution for the growing shortage of specialist skills. For seasoned AI Heavy duty connectors (HDCs) are robust industrial connectors designed to transmit electrical power, data and signals in harsh environments. In some production and processing plants, selecting suitable HDC connec tors can be a challenge. For such applications, Transfer Multisort Elektronik (TME) recommends the Han-INOX ® series from HARTING, one of the leading suppliers of industrial connectors for machines and industrial instal lations. The Han-INOX ® series is designed for chemical resistance and mechanical durability. TME has expanded the range of Harting Industrial HDC connectors it offers to include solutions from the Han-INOX ® series. The product group includes con nector hoods in sizes: 6B, 10B, 16B and 24B, which are compatible with other products from the supplier, such as Han ® inserts and Han-Modular ® frames. General specification The Han-INOX connector hoods are made from stainless steel and, consequently, can be used in environments where they may come into contact with corrosive sub stances. With a well-fitted cable gland, the connection provides a high degree of protection (IP65/67), which means it is fully dust-tight and resistant to water or mois ture ingress, as well as to pressurised water jets. Fully compatible with the Han ® industrial inserts and Han-Modular ® inserts, the Han-INOX ® hoods can support Robust connector hoods for HDC connectors

experts, this solution serves to streamline their workload considerably, and to minimise the potential for errors. The ability to speed up project development process es offers another clear advantage in that the develop ment tool provides extensive and transparent methods for displaying the behaviour of the models created and comparing them with each other. Users can also benefit from automated report generation, which supports audit ing processes for AI model creation. Another important aspect is that the required application-specific data re mains protected, as it does not leave the company. TwinCAT Machine Learning Creator facilitates the automated training of AI models for industrial applications.

For more information visit: www.beckhoff.com

several different solutions offered by HARTING: they can be used in signal, power and measurement applications as well as with data transmission cables (in industrial Ethernet systems, for ex ample) and compressed air hoses. For the toughest environments The use of stainless steel as a construc tion material provides a suitable re sponse to the requirements of the food processing, chemical and pharma

Harting’s Han-INOX connector hoods can be used in wide-ranging industrial applications.

ceutical industries, among others. Additionally, the high IP rating means the Han-INOX ® products can be used outdoors (and exposed to precipitation) and applied in heavy machinery, in the shipbuilding industry and ports, for example. Connectors that offer this level of durability can also be washed with pressure washers or used in automated car washes. The Han-INOX ® products across the range of sizes include hoods with a side or top cable entry. With this diversity and their compatibility with other types of HARTING connectors, the INOX hoods can be used for new installations or to update or modify existing installations.

For more information visit: www.tme.eu/za/en

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