New F.Fonseca Process, Instrumentation & Environment magazine, edition 2020   2019 was a busy year in which F.Fonseca celebrated its 40th anniversary with the representation of new brands, new products, new signings, various events and initiatives!   We seek to share them with you, together with the latest high tech solutions in process, instrumentation and environment, in the January 2020 edition, available in paper and online versions.   The brands presented are numerous. You can access news from Additel, Advantech, Detectronic, Impac, Industrial Scientific, Jumo, Kobold, Metrel, Mitsubishi Electric, Presys, SICK, Synergys Technologies, Teltonika, Teledyne and Testo.   Creating a long-range, low-consumption monitoring network using LoRa is one of the challenges proposed on the cover of this edition, learn how!   As a new brand in the process segment, F.Fonseca introduces you to Detectronic, founded in 2011 in the United Kingdom, which already has some awards and innovations in its curriculum. Detectronic designs and manufactures a variety of ultrasonic flowmeters for wastewater, water level and quality, for the intelligent monitoring of sewage, wastewater and commercial effluents. It uses ultrasonic flow measurement technology to help water companies manage their networks and processes effectively. Find out how to easily choose the flowmeter best suited to your application within this publication!   Also inviting you to access the 2020 training plan now, available online at www.ffonseca.com/plano-formacao, do not miss the opportunity to increase your knowledge and the productivity of your company!   If you have not yet received a copy of this magazine in your mailbox, you can request it for free via email marketing@ffonseca.com or consult it in digital format at www.ffonseca.com/downloads.  

F.Fonseca embraces the “Operação Nariz Vermelho” cause.   Keeping the bet of associating the annual satisfaction questionnaire with a solidarity initiative, in late 2019 F.Fonseca embraced a new cause, Operação Nariz Vermelho! For each questionnaire answered, within the announced deadline, they reverted 5€ to support this institution, totaling 715€!   The delivery of the solidarity check that symbolizes the donation was made at F.Fonseca headquarters on January 14, 2020, by F.Fonseca marketing director Solange Silva, to Alexandra Matos, institution north fundraiser.   Operação Nariz Vermelho main mission is to bring joy to hospitalized children, their families and health professionals, through the art and image of Doctors Clowns and whose donations become big smiles!   More than 46,000 children are visited each year, an incredible number whose viability is only possible through the various support received.   Associated with this first initiative F.Fonseca intends in 2020 to continue this partnership of support and contributions.   We continue to believe that together we are stronger, so the contribution to this and other institutions, which mostly survive from donations, is not only about direct support, but also about how important it is to assume this role in society, both by different entities and organizations, as well as the very People who constitute them.

F.Fonseca wants to help and needs your contribution! It’s not news anymore: flames up to 60 meters high are devastating Australia. More than 10 million acres have burned. Around 1000 million animals were killed and those who survived are still in danger because of dehydration, hunger and disease.   New South Wales is one of the biggest states in the country. There is the Koala Hospital’s headquarters, from where we recently adopted 2 young koalas, victims of the wild fires: Paul and Anwen.   Now, it’s time to recover their habitats and guarantee that they, and all the rest of the Australian animals, have homes and food again. We need your help to gather money to plant as many trees as possible!   1 euro = 1 tree.   We know how it feels, to watch your country burn. Years of effort and natural growth vanish in minutes. We feel it under our skin. And here, in Portugal, it didn’t happen with this magnitude.   Let’s help? We are counting on you! And so is Australia.   How can you make your donation? Through the crowdfunding campaign www.ppl.pt/causas/ffonseca you can donate the desired amount by the usual means of payment (ATM, bank transfer, credit card, PayPal or MB WAY).   All collected funds will be delivered to OneTreePlanted   Solidarity campaign valid from January 8 to February 8, 2020.

For a merrier Christmas to everyone!   One again, F.Fonseca launched a solidarity campaign, from the 3rd until the 20th of December. Its goal was the collection of food and hygiene products to those in need. The names of the associations we chose to help are “Obra da Criança” and “Associação Humanitária Mão Amiga”, both settled in our district. These associations shelter kids and young adults living in risk: orphans, targets of physical / psychological abuse and who were neglected. They also support families in a very precarious socioeconomics’ situation. Besides that, we were shocked by how difficult it is to match the basic needs of these children. It’s hard to imagine that they take baths without shampoo nor shower gel and that there’s no toothpaste or toilet paper enough for all. Also, it is important to mention how hard it is to feed all those kids, from 2 to 18 years old. Therefore, we felt the necessity to make this Christmas season a happier and cosier one to the children in these institutions. We opened our doors to all people who wanted to join our humanitarian and caring spirit. With the help of our employees, suppliers, partners and all the community around, we gathered more than 370 kilos of food and hygiene products, surpassing the number of packages collected last year.  Christmas is a synonym of solidarity, but these necessities exist all year long. We would like to thank all those who participated in this campaign, specially Rittal, who donated a big box full of hygiene products. This year, the administration of F.Fonseca doubled its donation, totalizing almost 83 kilos of products. We hope that this example mobilizes others to do the same in the future! In the end, our memory is carved with smiles and happiness, given to us by those who needed us most. And that’s all that matters. We are F.Fonseca!  

It’s official! Another F.Fonseca’s charity campaign has started!   We are collecting food and hygiene products. Our main goal is to give more comfort and happiness to children of two different institutions: “Obra da Criança” and “Associação Mão Amiga” (AHMA).   “Obra da Criança” gives shelter and helps children between 2 and 18 years old, who are in a social risk situation. Some of them are orphans, others were abandoned and some belong to very poor families. This institution guarantees that its youth fulfil all their basic needs and get access to a good education, helping them get a better future.   The main purpose of “AHMA” is to promote and defend the best interest of its children. It has a kindergarten, a Parental Counseling and Family Support Centre and a foster home. The foster home, “O Aconchego”, shelters 19 children with different levels of dependence, both physical and cognitive.   Until December 18th, our arms are wide open for anyone who wants to help us help! We count on suppliers, clients, partners, employees, family and friends!   It’s super easy to participate: select the products you want to donate and deliver/send them to our address in Aveiro.   We’re counting on you! Happy holidays everybody!

Smart Industries at F.Fonseca Day second edition   Helder Lemos from F.Fonseca and Jaume Catalan, SICK Industry Manager were responsible for the second panel of the day. Knowing a little more about what smart industries are and where they are going was the goal of these interventions. These were born to meet consumer needs, people need goods to improve their quality of life.   The idea of ​​investment so far has changed with the emergence of smart industries, and now these investments must go through technologies such as robotics, cloud and IoT. These investments mean that, by spending money on them, industries can produce more and grow. Helder Lemos highlighted 5 points where industries will evolve in the future: flexibility, especially with regard to personalization, one-on-one mass production; reaction time; efficiency; and cost optimization. Thus, it aims to increase productivity and quality of the final product, create new services, deliver added value, among other added value.   What prevents companies from betting on digitization? This was the question posed by Jaume Catalan to all present.   After discussion and presentation of the results, some reasons for this reality emerged on the table. According to one study, 65% of European companies consider digitization to be very relevant for their long-term survival. According to him, the digitization process of a company / industry must be done step by step, going through different steps until reaching a digitization degree that allows all processes to be self-optimized.  

Maintenance 4.0 in the F.Fonseca Day second edition   Helder Silva and Rui Vasconcelos from Renault Cacia were the next speakers and talked about the evolution of the industry and the new maintenance paradigm. “Industry 4.0 is based on the cloud, IoT, augmented reality, big data, and communication of all systems simultaneously, from the end customer to the production lines,” explained Hélder Silva, adding that reaching this stage requires bet on intelligent, autonomous and data-driven systems that can make decisions without human intervention. And what can you get with this? More efficient, increasingly intelligent factories that produce less waste.   “These days there is a waste of resources that means that regardless of whether the equipment needs maintenance or not, an operator will perform its maintenance on a regular basis. What can be gained from implementing Maintenance 4.0 in this reality? The machines will be so sensitized that they themselves tell the maintenance operator when they need intervention”, explained Rui Vasconcelos, making it clear that at Renault Cacia they are working to optimize the entire maintenance process.  

Robotics without limits in F.Fonseca Day second edition   Bruno Silva, Industrial automation technician, Hernâni Rodrigues, SAT director and Tiago Carvalho, product Manager from F.Fonseca, made the last presentation of the day, focusing on an increasingly present reality in all industrial processes, robots.   What is a robot? Where are the limits of robotics? Do we want robots to do the work we don't want to do? These were some of the questions asked by Bruno Silva to contextualize this theme, stating that, in the future, the robots will be: Intelligent; Simple; Insurance and Furniture;   Hernâni Rodrigues affirmed the importance of the “Safety Limits”, focusing on the principles and strategies for risk assessment and reduction in an industrial environment. According to F.Fonseca's SAT director, “the limits are the parameters that we have to define when designing a robotized solution”, which solutions should always focus on the Machinery Directive.   Tiago Carvalho continued to talk about security and vision solutions, advancing future trends that, according to him, will be: data fusion between 2D scanner solutions and 3D auxiliary equipment; detection solutions for collaborative robots; parcel delivery by drones; Flying cars; and assistant robots.  

“We live the best times humanity has ever lived,” is how Lourenço Medeiros, SIC editor of new technologies and host of the Future Today program, began his presentation.   THE FUTURE IS TODAY Focusing on new technologies and how they have changed our daily lives, Lourenço Medeiros stated that we have created a generation that can't live without everything, the “plenty” generation, not just teenagers but adults as well. During his presentation, he listed some examples of the latest technology in the world, such as the most common use of virtual assistants such as Google Assistant or Amazon's Alexa, the emergence of the Internet of Things, 5G with speeds that will change the reality of data transmission, new space achievements with some Space X projects, autonomous autos and airplanes, among others.   After his presentation, Lourenço Medeiros confessed that it is essential to address these themes of Industry 4.0 or digitization today. “I am very impressed that there is a company capable of hosting such an event. They are talking and showing the future in practice, not just in theory, they are talking about what will be the everyday life in factories and industry in Portugal. They are already talking about what exists, but also about what will still exist. Of all the events we see throughout the year, this is an event about the future, it's critical. ”   Asked about the fact that the Portuguese are prepared for this digital revolution, Lourenço Medeiros admitted that "nobody is ready". Our society runs at breakneck speed, assuming someone is prepared is a utopia. "We're riding the wave as much as possible, nobody's ready."  

“We see ourselves as the entity that moves technology from the world to Portugal”   F.Fonseca Day gathered at Montebelo Vista Alegre Hotel about 300 professionals and clients.   On October 8 and 9, 2019, Montebelo Vista Alegre Hotel in Ílhavo opened the windows to the future of industrial technology. The 2nd edition of F.Fonseca Day brought to this space the latest innovations in the sector and received over 200 participants and 30 brands in the showroom of the event.   The first edition of F.Fonseca Day was the genesis of this idea. It was in 2015 that this initiative came up with the goal of F.Fonseca show itself to its customers and potential customers, outside a circuit of the fairs. “We created our own fair so that we could give proper attention to our customers, have a morning with themes we considered of interest, and have a fairly large showroom so that people could touch the materials, try them on, expose them. your cases and we can help solve them” explained Helder Lemos, Business Manager at F.Fonseca. “This second came in this follow-up, we always refined some points in order to achieve the same goals, show ourselves to our customers, show solutions they do not know, provide a pleasant environment and an active showroom and interaction that day by day it's impossible,” he added.   The second day of the event was one of the major developments over the past edition, because it was the attempt to expose this kind of industrial solutions to those who will need them tomorrow, schools, universities, polytechnics. The aim was to show to those still in their academic period that tomorrow they will have to live with these solutions and that “they are here, they are real. Here is the state of the art of industrial automation in the world” said Helder Lemos.   The period of F.Fonseca Day would tend to be triennial, although this edition has been extended to take place in the year that F.Fonseca celebrates its 40th anniversary, thus joining the wide range of activities carried out by the company in 2019.   Earlier this year F.Fonseca convened an internal working group that discussed what might be interesting to show and discuss with Portuguese clients. The themes emerged from a consensus that allowed on the one hand to show technological issues outside the industrial world, and other more industrial themes, more linked to robotics, maintenance, safety, vision, among others. "We see ourselves as the entity that moves technology from the world to Portugal, and we think this is essential for industries to modernize, providing them with easy and simple solutions that we propose," said Helder Lemos, adding that the whole organization of this The event was for the same purpose, to move technology.   “We had a clear goal of overcoming the tremendous success we had in 2015 and we achieved not only the number of customers and partners present, the number of companies that are our suppliers, and our showroom that we planned to be larger than in the previous edition.”   The morning seminars were followed by the driving lunch, providing guests with the historical and scenic surroundings that this Montebelo hotel group offers in Ílhavo. Direct contact with the latest technological developments was the subsequent highlight in the showroom, with the support of much of F.Fonseca's technical and commercial staff, which allowed the demonstration of the operation and performance of the various equipment exhibited on site, wants the clarification of any questions posed.   The evaluation by the guests was acknowledged, totaling the feedback obtained between the very and fully satisfactory of 94% in speakers’ performance/ seminars and applicability / interest of the themes, 96% in the showroom and 99% in the event organization!   In the face of all these results, F.Fonseca's overall sentiment was of mission accomplished, confirming another great success, the 3rd future edition!  

The new edition of F.Fonseca magazine dedicated to the latest technological and high tech solutions in industrial automation area is now available.   This publication is not only about the news of the main brands represented by F.Fonseca in Portugal (Murrelektronik, Murrplastik, Rittal, Wieland Electric, Anybus, IXXAT, Mitsubishi Electric, Solcon, Weintek, Advantech, Teltonika, SICK, Techman Robot, MTS and TPL Vision), but also makes known the employees, initiatives, events and activities that are part of our daily lives!   The contents presented are subdivided into different segments, including the electrical panel, industrial networks, human machine interface, drives, control, detection, measurement, machine safety, automatic identification and artificial vision, with the promotion of new features, products, solutions and services.   If you didn’t receive a copy of this number in your mailbox, you can request it for free at marketing@ffonseca.com or view it digitally at www.ffonseca.com/downloads.

F.Fonseca presents compact vision system AIIS-3400 from Advantech   Advantech is pleased to announce the warm-up notice for AIIS-3400 compact vision system, which are with 4-CH PoE or USB3.0 ports for Machine Vision applications.   The AIIS-3400 compact vision system has the Intel Skylake-S platform with DDR4 memory and bring up the strong computing ability and grabbing performance for machine vision applications. The channels PoE or USB3.0 ports with dedicated controllers and rich I/O interface assembled in a compact size are both perfect features for automation related applications, as like automatic optical inspection, manufacturing process automation and others.

A F.Fonseca apresenta as mais poderosas soluções sem fios para uma fábrica moderna Nos dias de hoje, cada vez mais as soluções sem fios são recursos necessários nas nossas instalações. A exigência da transmissão de dados entre sistemas de gestão e os equipamentos tornam-se o nosso dia-a-dia, a HMS – Anybus Wireless tem um conjunto de equipamentos industriais que nos permitem essa integração sem fios   As soluções Anybus foram desenvolvidas tendo sempre em linha de conta a robustez dos equipamentos para os mais variadíssimos tipos de indústrias, onde muitas vezes existem ambientes agressivos para os equipamentos sem fios convencionais. A HMS – Anybus desenvolveu pontos de acesso de alto desempenho em versão para armário, com um IP30, e a versão para exterior com um IP67. Para aplicação direta em máquinas temos assim os equipamentos Anybus Wireless Bridge e Anybus Wireless Bolt.   Destacam-se as soluções Wireless Bridge II e Bolt pelo facto da maioria das aplicações poderem assentar nestes dois equipamentos, os quais permitem ser configurados como Access Point com 7 pontos de cliente em simultâneo. A Anybus teve em conta a capacidade de alcance e de estabelecer um tipo de conectividade fidedigna, conjugando nos equipamentos dois tipos de tecnologias sem fios, nomeadamente Bluetooth e LAN. Estas soluções permitem, de uma forma muito flexível, ligar os seus equipamentos, máquinas móveis (tal como AGV’s), máquinas em linhas de processo, ou quadros elétricos para gestão dos consumos de energia, de uma forma fidedigna, podendo partilhar desta forma os dados com o seu sistema de gestão. Para estas soluções, especificamente os equipamentos Anybus Wreless Bridge II e Wireless Bolt são peças fundamentais para esta interligação de sistemas, sendo robustos e simples de configurar.   Estas soluções sem fios da Anybus são indicadas para a aplicação em qualquer indústria, independentemente do setor de atividade.

F.Fonseca presents electrical tester MI 3108 from Metrel Combined photovoltaic tester and electrical installations safety tester model MI 3108 Eurotest PV. It enables complete testing of electrical installations according to EN 61557 standards and in addition performs all necessary tests required on single-phase photovoltaic (PV) installations. The instrument allows all the tests as required by EN 62446, but also includes I - U characteristic, calculation of STC values and power measurements on Inverter’s DC and AC sides. The unit is designed for the demanding working conditions (up to 1000 V, with 15 A DC). To greatly improve user safety, the MI 3108 EurotestPV comes with the PV Safety Probe which ensures safe disconnection every time. 

F.Fonseca presents system for localization of parts PLOC2D from SICK   The PLOC2D is a vision sensor system for localization of parts in 2D. The system is equipped with a high quality imager combined with high performance localization algorithm for reliable and fast part localization. The sensor system is self-contained in the IP 65 housing and connects directly to the robot controller or PLC and is out of the box ready to use. The user interface is designed and tailored for easy setup and maintenance in the production line.   With its intuitive and innovative user interface, the PLOC2D’s functionality can easily be tailored for use in any part localization application. With the PLOC2D, a new application can be configured in as little as five minutes, using the intuitive user interface and the EasyTeach function. The precise and rapid calibration and alignment functions ensure swift cloning and/or replacement of sensors, as configuration data can be re-used between devices.

F.Fonseca presents IoT LTE Router RUT955 from Teltonika In the IoT era there are several applications that normally require an internet access point, especially when they are remotely located without any infrastructure, usually outdoor. On the other hand certain machines may also need this type of equipment such as electric vehicle chargers, multimedia kiosks, etc ... RUT955 is a highly reliable and secure LTE router with I/O, GNSS and RS232/RS485 for professional applications. This router delivers high performance, mission-critical cellular communication and GPS location capabilities. RUT955 is equipped with connectivity redundancy through dual SIM failover. External antenna connectors make it possible to attach desired antennas and to easily find the best signal location.  

F.Fonseca presents electrical tester MI 3325 MultiServicer XD from Metrel The MI 3325 MultiServicerXD is a top-of-the-line multifunctional instrument covering diverse industrial applications, where ruggedness and reliability are a must.   In Metrel range of the instruments it is introduced as a successor of MI 3321 MultiServicerXA. The new platform integrated in the MI 3325 MultiServicerXD features support for colour touch screen technology, advanced memory organizer including large SD memory card storage media and state of the art AUTOSEQUENCE®s.

F.Fonseca presents area Protection Solutions Safe Robotics from SICK Flexible and efficient hazardous area protection for robots. Robots have become an indispensable part of modern industry. They make it possible to flexibly adapt to changing production conditions while keeping product quality at a consistently high level. To optimally enhance the performance of humans and to increase the productivity of plants, the robotic system should ideally be freely accessible. At the same time this must not pose any risk to the health or life of the employees. Safety is essential for the cooperation between humans and machines. SICK offers Safe Robotics Area Protection Solutions to enable free and safe access of the worker to the robot work area. These tailored complete solutions include hardware and engineering services: from planning to implementation through commissioning. The objective is to optimize the robotics applications by protecting hazardous areas in accordance with international standards. SICK safety solutions increase productivity, enable ergonomic processes and save time and money. Safe Robotics Area Protection Solutions prevent unnecessary robot stops. An automated restart can be implemented depending on the robot application.

F.Fonseca presents solutions Safe Entry Exit - SICK   Muting is now even easier. When it comes to the protection of machines and systems in the field of pallet conveyor technology, reliable and efficient differentiation between humans and materials is indispensable for maintaining productivity. Classic systems which detect these muting functions often need a large amount of mounting space and are very vulnerable to sensor displacement due to the protruding brackets for muting sensors. Safe Entry Exit from Sick is the TÜV-certified alternative to these safety solutions.   The Safe Entry Exit safety system is the alternative to the classic muting solution: Safe human-material differentiation which works without additional signal sensor technology and only needs one signal from the process control. As soon as the transport goods have passed the protective device, it is immediately ready again to protect humans from hazards. Safe Entry Exit is based on the proven Flexi Soft safety controller combined with every type 4 electro-sensitive protective device (ESPE) from Sick and is therefore very flexible and easy to adapt. A Flexi Soft safety controller assesses up to four material gates protected with Safe Entry Exit.

A F.Fonseca apresenta o reforço da parceria entre a Techman Robot e F.Fonseca    Recebemos nas nossas instalações, nos dias 25 e 26 de março de 2019, a Techman Robot, um dos maiores fabricantes mundiais de robôs colaborativos e parceiro da F.Fonseca em Portugal. Esta visita de trabalho teve como foco o conhecimento do potencial da indústria portuguesa e os próximos desenvolvimentos técnicos da família de robôs TM. A Techman Robot pensa, cria e produz robôs colaborativos equipados com um sistema de visão único, sendo os primeiros robôs colaborativos do mundo com visão artificial integrada!   A representar a Techman Robot estiveram presentes a diretora comercial Judy Chang, o responsável comercial para a Europa Jim Lin e uma das responsáveis técnicas Jennifer Lee.   Aproveitou-se a estadia da Techman Robot em Portugal para visitar algumas empresas, que lhes permitiu conhecer parte da realidade da indústria portuguesa.   Após esta visita, a parceria F.Fonseca e Techman Robot ficou ainda mais reforçada, perspetivando-se um incremento de utilização dos robôs colaborativos TM em Portugal.  

A F.Fonseca apresenta a Robotiq nas suas instalações para formação técnica e comercial Nos dias 16 e 17 de abril de 2019 acolhemos nas nossas instalações o líder mundial e nosso novo parceiro na área da robótica a empresa Canadiana Robotiq. Esta ação pretendeu dar formação técnica e comercial aos nossos colaboradores.   A Robotiq cria e produz soluções plug&play para robôs colaborativos, como por exemplo, pinças e sensores de força. É o líder mundial nesta área e desenvolveu soluções plug&play específicas para a gama de robôs TM da Techman Robot.   A formação comercial ficou a cargo do Responsável Comercial para Europa Stéphane Vigot e a formação técnica pelo Técnico Alain Trudel. Foi uma formação extremamente interessante em que foram abordados, entre outros assuntos, os produtos que compõem o portfólio da Robotiq e as aplicações tipo para cada uma dessas soluções. Um dos aspetos abordados foram os vários casos reais desenvolvidos em conjunto com os nossos parceiros e Clientes.   Como conclusão, foi uma jornada intensiva e cheia de boas novidades, a qual permitirá progredirmos mais e melhor nas soluções robóticas colaborativas que disponibilizamos na era da Indústria 4.0.

F.Fonseca promotes the 2nd edition of F.Fonseca Day - october 8th   After the success of the first edition in 2015, F.Fonseca holds, in commemoration of its 40th anniversary, the second edition of F.Fonseca Day. This event will take place on october 8th at the Montebelo Vista Alegre hotel in Ílhavo .   Showing the best and most innovative things to promote and do at F.Fonseca and the Portuguese industry, always with a look to the future, remains F.Fonseca Day's main motive and goal. Technology, integration and value creation always!   In addition to today's professionals, F.Fonseca Day opens its doors for the first time to tomorrow's professionals! During the morning of october 9th, students from schools and universities will have the opportunity to get to know the high tech and knowledge that F.Fonseca promotes daily.   It's time to challenge ourselves, we count on your presence! Visit the event page and register!  

F.Fonseca presents safety laser scanner outdoorScan3 from SICK The safety laser scanner for outdoor automation. With the outdoorScan3, SICK is once again underscoring its sustainable innovation and technology leadership. The world’s first safety laser scanner for outdoor use that is certified according to IEC 62998 facilitates simple and safe outdoor automation in entirely new dimensions. Whether in production and logistics processes, for monitoring hazardous areas, in mechanical engineering or docking passenger boarding bridges, outdoorScan3 ensures people are always kept safe. It works with the same level of reliability and efficiency as our customers have come to expect from our indoor laser scanners. Disruptive weather influences such as rain, snow, sunlight and fog are filtered out with ease by the safety laser scanner. As a result, it offers virtually limitless potential for increasing productivity and opening up new business fields. And as for how to handle it, this is no different to what you are already used to from our microScan3.   The outdoorScan3 safety laser scanner protects people in a wide range of mobile and stationary outdoor applications. Thanks to intelligent algorithms and the outdoor safeHDDM® scanning technology, operation is reliable even in harsh weather conditions, which considerably increases your productivity. The outdoorScan3 stands out thanks to the rugged housing, smart connectivity and advanced diagnostic functions. The Safety Designer configuration software from SICK also enables easy and intuitive operation.

F.Fonseca presents industrial touch monitor TPC-200/500 from Advantech The flexible modularized technology design allows users to change the monitor size or computer CPU performance according to their usage demands.   Industrial touch monitor TPC-200 and TPC-500 computing box modules are powered by 6th Gen Intel® Core™/Celeron® processors combined with an industrial-grade LED LCD module, providing compact and fanless control panel solutions that support high-performance computing. With a flexible modular design, they allow users to inter change video interfaces such as FPM 7000 industrial monitors, which can be used as an interface of two controllers simultaneously via the PiP (Picture-in-Picture) feature, or expand the signal transmission distance to 100m via iLINK technology.

A F.Fonseca apresenta a solução ideal para integração em AGVs e outros veículos móveis da Techman Robot.   A série móvel TM-M da Techman Robot, composta pelas versões TM5M-700, TM5M-900, TM12M-1300 e TM14M-1100, são alimentados a 20-60V DC, tornando-os compatíveis com a maioria das marcas de AGVs e outros veículos moveis. Através do uso dos “TM – Landmark”, os robôs moveis podem orientar-se num espaço 3D, como uma sequência de dados automática, para servir várias máquinas. Isto permite que os TM-M possam operar entre duas ou mais posições sem problemas.   Com a aposta nesta série móvel, com sistema de visão integrada a Techman oferece aos clientes uma solução completa que permite maior versatilidade e proporciona soluções de automação de elevada performance para a produção industrial.   Esta série apresenta como principais características a alimentação DC de 20VDC a 60VDC a visão integrada que através do uso do “TM – Landmark” permite ao robô orientar-se num espaço 3D, encontrando-se disponível nas versões TM5M-700, TM5M-900, TM12M-1300 e TM14M-1100.   Simplicidade, inteligência e segurança são as vantagens absolutas desta solução. Simplicidade ao nível de sistema de interface de utilizador revolucionário e de fácil de implementação, inteligência com o sistema de visão integrado (mestre em visão robótica) e a segurança adequada aos requisitos das normas ISO10218-1 & ISO/TS15066.   A série móvel TM-M da Techman Robot é indicada para diferentes aplicações que passam, entre outras, pela logística, manuseamento, paletização, rebarbagem e indústria eletrónica.