F.Fonseca presents Mitsubishi Electric solutions for the water sector. Mitsubishi Electric is a reliable partner for its Automation Solutions in this area, with over 50 years of experience. Mitsubishi Electric in Asia is synonymous with having high quality and reliable automation solutions in the Water Distribution and Treatment sector, Wastewater Treatment and Irrigation with highly robust products and complete solutions both in the field, in processing and monitoring and control. For all projects in this area, Mitsubishi Electric has a wide range of products developed with specific functions for this sector in the case of high-energy Variable Speed ​​Drives, Mitsubishi Serie iQ-R and iQ-F automata that are tailored installation according to the processing of each unit and the SCADA MAPS 4.0 control and monitoring system. Mitsubishi's SCADA allows us to use industrial networks with open protocols, this feature makes us different in the market, as this feature allows us to integrate several processing and control systems in a transparent way, with the ability to expand preparing your installation for the future. Mitsubishi Electric, combining all the advantages of its systems, allows us to optimize water treatment installations, not only minimizing initial implementation costs but also contributing to a more efficient and effective operation of each installation.

Another year, the 6th in a row, that F.Fonseca brings the PME Excellence home! In difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public recognition of the PME Excellence 2019 statute, attributed by IAPMEI, is something that motivates and reminds F.Fonseca that the effort, discipline and dedication are mostly rewarded and that lowering arms is not an option for this company. In recent years F.Fonseca has maintained a well-paced performance, with 11% growth compared to the previous year, getting closer and closer to the 12 million euros mark! The commitment to new brands, trends and technologies based on high tech solutions has been a constant, combined not only with the strengthening of the skills of its human assets through training and well-being, but also with the reinforcement of teams with new hires. Aware that the year 2020 will represent one of the greatest challenges in the history of the company, F.Fonseca sought to reposition itself and adapt to this new reality in order to meet and exceed the expectations of its customers, partners and suppliers through an innovative and consistent posture.

F.Fonseca presents palletizing TM Operator from Techman Robot Techman Robot offers TM Operator, an all-in-one application-based solution, as a ready to-use and proven automation solution for businesses to quickly and effectively deploy collaborative robots in the workplace, without over-investing.   Our application-based cobot solution minimizes businesses’ efforts and costs while automating production lines, providing a competitive total cost of ownership. With TM Operator, we provide businesses a more sensible investment and easy deployment to increase production efficiency and flexibility - taking away the high cost and complexity of assembling a solution from numerous sources. By minimizing cost and effort, we are helping many businesses to maximize their return on investment. Application-based cobot solutions come with TM Robot(s), as well as task-compatible end effectors, an application-based software and hardware peripherals that work together seamlessly.

F.Fonseca presents datalogger industrial multichannel FieldLogger from Novus   FieldLogger is a module for reading and recording analog, digital and other variables, with great speed and resolution. It is a high performance and connectivity device, but easy to operate and configure. It allows various types of visualization, registration and information processing. It can also be used as an analog + digital I/O expansion for PLC's in monitoring and control applications.   The FieldLogger has 8 software configurable analog inputs for voltage, current, thermocouple, Pt100 and Pt1000 signals. It has 2 relay outputs and 8 digital ports individually configurable as input or output. It has up to 128 channels for calculating quantities from the measured information. The 32 alarm events allow the triggering of outputs, sending emails or SNMP traps. The RS485 interface works with Modbus RTU protocol and can be configured as a master or slave, which allows the acquisition of up to 64 external channels for registration. The Ethernet interface allows access to the equipment by browser (HTTP), FTP (client or server), SNMP and Modbus TCP. One of the USB ports allows you to connect to a computer for configuration, monitoring or data collection. The other makes it possible to connect a Pen Drive for data collection. Its 512k memory can be expanded by SD card. For viewing or local configuration, the exclusive HMI (optional) with color display can be used, which can be attached or installed remotely. The user-friendly configuration software allows you to change the settings, whether via Ethernet, USB or RS485, in addition to online diagnostics, collection of records and export to different formats.

F. Fonseca informs that as of Monday, March 16, it will further reinforce its contingency plan to prevent the spread of the new corona virus (COVID-19).   This reinforcement will imply: 1. The adoption of teleworking by most employees. The employees who will be essential to the normal functioning of the activity will remain in the company; 2. Until the end of the alert state decreed by the Portuguese government (April 9), all meetings at the company with external persons as well as commercial and / or technical visits will be canceled, except in very exceptional situations, duly justified and with the safeguarding of all necessary protective measures. Alternatively, remote communication tools will be adopted (email, telephone, Skype, WhatsApp, among others); 3. All face-to-face service at the company's facilities, including parcel delivery, will be suspended during this period; 4. The logistical services will be in operation, receiving goods and dispatching orders, all of which will be sent by carrier.   These are preventive measures that aim to safeguard the health and safety of everyone at F.Fonseca and above all, everyone in our community. On our part, we will make every effort to keep all our services active, regretting right now any delay that may arise from this absolutely extraordinary situation. F.Fonseca reminds and appeals to all its customers to follow the recommendations of the DGS. We have no doubt that we will all be able to overcome this serious public health crisis that we are currently experiencing!

With the support of all, F.Fonseca managed to plant 1001 trees in Australia!   Since January 9, 2020, F.Fonseca has dedicated itself to bringing together its customers, employees, suppliers and the general population, around the solidarity cause Let’s help Australia? With the objective of raising funds for the planting of trees in that country which, unfortunately, suffered a heartbreaking tragedy.   The campaign was developed through PPL, a crowdfunding platform, dedicated to supporting fundraising. This initiative, which was published in the Diário de Aveiro newspaper, on the various social networks and on the company's website, appealed to everyone to join and had an incentive of € 1 = 1 tree, highlighting the fact that “together we are stronger” and that each € makes a difference!   The organization chosen for the execution of this action was OneTreePlanted, focused on global reforestation, non-profit. With the support of everyone who believed in this cause, it will be possible to donate the amount raised until the end of the campaign that ended, on February 17th, with a total of 1001€. This means that F.Fonseca was able to raise enough funds to plant 1001 trees, help with reforestation, habitat restructuring and increased food available for animals in Australia!   It was not an easy task. The start of the campaign was shaky and uncertain, due to the slowness with which the contributions were arriving. However, there was great support, a great lesson in team spirit, citizenship and solidarity, which filled the hearts of all those involved! “There are gestures that make us believe that we are contributing to a better world and, above all, cultivating citizenship, whether here or thousands of kilometers away.” This initiative joins so many others already organized by this company, with great social and environmental awareness, always with a view to a better world!   F.Fonseca was only the vehicle that brought this campaign to a successful conclusion, but the real merit is of those who gave their contribution and committed themselves to helping to give hope back to Australia.   When we believe in a cause and give everything for it, success is guaranteed! Our special thanks to Diário de Aveiro, Publindústria, the Tensai Indústria team, Associação de Assistência de Eixo and Patronato Nossa Senhora das Dores.

F.Fonseca presents mechanical bolt for rugged door safeguarding MB1 from SICK   The MB1 mechanical bolt is the ideal addition to non-contact safety switches and safety locking devices from SICK. Precise guiding of the actuator increases the tolerance to door offset and ensures correct functioning of an installed safety switch at all times. In addition, a mechanical bolt effectively prevents actuator breakage. The fault exclusion realized in this way enables a high performance level for the overall structure. Additional options such as a mechanical lock with padlock receptacle lock or an emergency release reliably protect maintenance staff from accidental entrapment. The bolt for safety switches is an accessory that is combined with a safety switch (with or without a locking device). The safety switch is mounted on the frame plate. The actuator of the safety switch is mounted on the door bolt unit. If the door bolt unit is moved into the locked position, the actuator moves with it and operates the safety switch.

A F.Fonseca apresenta visão artificial na robótica, 8 de maio.   Os sistemas de visão para a robótica têm desempenhado um papel vital na otimização dos processos de produção industrial. Conscientes dessa realidade a F.Fonseca e a Sick promoverão seminário sobre Visão artificial na robótica.   Esta ação dotará os participantes de conhecimentos sobre as diferentes tecnologias de visão utilizadas nesta área, permitindo-lhes identificar as diferentes soluções de visão artificial da Sick no campo da robótica.   Gerard Ester, gestor de produto das áreas de Visão Artificial, Identificação e Medição na Sick Espanha e Tiago Carvalho, gestor de produto das áreas de Segurança, Medição e Identificação Automática na F.Fonseca, assumirão a responsabilidade de dinamizar este evento bastante prático onde todos os presentes poderão testar e comprovar em primeira mão a fiabilidade, inovação e simplicidade das soluções Sick.   O seminário realizar-se-á no dia 8 de Maio na sede da F.Fonseca. A inscrição é gratuita e as vagas são limitadas.   Para mais informações aceda ao plano de formação da F.Fonseca em https://www.ffonseca.com/pt/plano-formacao.php ou consulte-nos diretamente através do correio eletrónico formacao@ffonseca.com.

F.Fonseca presents sensor integration Gateway SIG100 from SICK   The SIG100 Sensor Integration Gateway is an IO-Link sensor hub which makes collecting and monitoring digital standard signals easier than ever.   Logical decisions are made based on the user configuration, and the results are transmitted via IO-Link to any IO-Link master. Devices are parameterized quickly and easily via an integrated USB interface and the SOPAS ET graphical user interface. For various applications, a drag & drop logic editor enables the quick and easy creation of an autonomous sensor system which can be operated separately from the central controller (PLC).

F.Fonseca presents the ideal solution for integration in AGVs and other mobile vehicles from Techman Robot   Techman Robot's TM-M mobile series, comprising the versions TM5M-700, TM5M-900, TM12M-1300 and TM14M-1100, are powered at 20-60V DC, making them compatible with most brands of AGVs and others mobile vehicles. Through the use of “TM - Landmark”, mobile robots can orient themselves in a 3D space, as an automatic data sequence, to serve several machines. This allows the TM-M to operate between two or more positions without problems. With the investment in this mobile series, with integrated vision system, Techman offers customers a complete solution that allows greater versatility and provides high performance automation solutions for industrial production. The main features of this series are the DC power supply from 20VDC to 60VDC, the integrated view that, through the use of the “TM - Landmark”, allows the robot to orient itself in a 3D space, being available in the TM5M-700, TM5M-900 versions, TM12M-1300 and TM14M-1100. Simplicity, intelligence and security are the absolute advantages of this solution. Simplicity at the level of revolutionary user interface system and easy to implement, intelligence with the integrated vision system (master in robotic vision) and the security adequate to the requirements of ISO10218-1 & ISO / TS15066. The Techman Robot TM-M mobile series is suitable for different applications that include, among others, logistics, handling, palletizing, deburring and the electronics industry.

F.Fonseca presents new possibilities for industrial wireless solutions from HMS HMS presents a new and updated version of the popular Wireless Bridge Gateway. Anybus® Wireless Bridge II supports wireless communications, reliable, up to 400 meters and can communicate via Bluetooth or WLAN. It is ideal for replacing Ethernet cabling in locations that are difficult to access, dangerous or where it is even impossible to install.   Replacement of cable or access point With the Anybus® II gateways implementation, automation engineers are able to achieve new and smarter infrastructures for their networks. Often used as an Ethernet cable replacement (as point-to-point communication), Wireless Bridge II can also be used as an access point for several WLAN / Bluetooth nodes such as smartphones or tablets. In this process we have achieved great savings thanks to the reduction in the use of Ethernet cabling.   What's new? The new Anybus® Wireless Bridge II supports a greater range in the wireless network (400 meters) and includes an even more powerful wireless antenna in its construction. This gateway is easy to configure, either by buttons or via the new integrated web interface.   Network troubleshooting for system integrators By connecting industrial devices and networks wirelessly, Anybus® Wireless Bridge II makes life easier for system integrators and automation engineers who sometimes need to create connections across high-risk, local areas difficult to access or mobile installations where cables are not desirable. This wireless gateway is a proven solution for establishing communications on the most common industrial networks such as PROFINET, EtherNet / IP, BACnet / IP and Modbus TCP, providing users with a robust and maintenance-free wireless connection.   This gateway is suitable for application in any industry, regardless of the industry.

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.     Update: See the results of the campaign here!

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!  

A  F.Fonseca ajuda-o a poupar tempo e dinheiro numa instalação elétrica! Com o GESIS® CLASSIC da Wieland Electric pode chegar a poupanças de 55% em tempo e 20% em custos. O GESIS® CLASSIC da Wieland Electric apresenta inúmeras vantagens, destacamos a conexão rápida entre todos os elementos do sistema – blocos distribuidores, cabos pré-assemblados, conetores e caixas de distribuição. O GESIS® CLASSIC da Wieland Electric permite-lhe construir uma rede elétrica de forma fácil, rápida e segura. Este sistema simples proporciona uma flexibilidade ilimitada nas alimentações elétricas. Esta solução é ainda revolucionária pois todos os artigos são fabricados com índices de qualidade industriais, garantindo uma fiabilidade e durabilidade inigualáveis. Vamos trabalhar juntos?  

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.