n TECHNOLOGY March 2025 www.drivesncontrols.com 18 THE CNC MACHINERY specialist Danobat has entered the robotics market with a family of precision robots that, it says, set new benchmarks in accuracy and eciency, combining the exibility of a robot with the stability and precision of a machine tool. Danobat is aiming to transform manufacturing processes with the robots that have been engineered for operations requiring high precision and dynamic performance. It describes the development as “disruptive” and predicts that it will “redene industry standards”. The DMTR robots are claimed to achieve three times the pose accuracy of rival technologies, and to deliver “exceptional” levels of pose repeatability in critical operations such as drilling, riveting and tapping. In addition, their ability to follow paths with three times better accuracy makes them ideal for complex machining and precision additive manufacturing applications. A key di erentiator is the robots’ programming, which uses CNC (computer numerical control) techniques, simplifying integration for companies that are already familiar with this technology. Danobat claims that the robots’ dynamics and control capabilities go beyond the current state-of-the-art – such as reducing vibrations by a factor of ten, and cutting machining cycle times by 20%. This not only enhances productivity, but also ensures superior quality in critical applications. Potential applications for the robots range from depositing composites or steel, to riveting, assembly and 3D printing. They are said to excel in exibility and adaptability to a wide range of industrial applications. The smallest version has a payload of up to 70kg and a reach of 2.2m, while the largest handles up to 520kg and has a 3.6m reach. “The DMTR range combines the accuracy and stability of a machine tool with the agility and exibility of a six-axis robot, opening new production possibilities for key sectors like aerospace, automotive and energy,” says Danobat CEO, Xabier Alzaga. “This achievement merges Danobat’s deep expertise in high-precision technology with the know-how of our specialised team in precision robotics based in Switzerland.” www.danobat.com/en/ dmtr-cnc-precision-robot p SEW-Eurodrive is o ering “Digital Twin as a Service”, allowing its customers to simulate and test machines and applications virtually, before they are built. It encompasses everything from cycle rates and conveyor belt lengths, to optimising machine performance. It custs development costs and time-to-market. Things that were previously possible only after a machine’s start-up can now be done digitally in advance, or in parallel with, the implementation process. SEW says this will open up opportunities for machine operators, programmers, engineers and end-users to plan and optimise projects faster and more eciently. www.sew-eurodrive.de/home pThe German rm Würth Elektronik has combined Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) and Power over Data Lines (PoDL) technologies, allowing 10 Mbit/s Ethernet data transmission to be combined with a power supply on a single twisted pair of wires. It says that the EMC-safe reference design – which it calls Single-pair Power over Ethernet (SPoE) – will cut cabling costs and save space in industrial and IoT applications. It also reduces weight and halves the use of copper. www.we-online.com/en pThe International Society of Automation (ISA) has published ANSI/ISA-62443-2-1-2024, Security for Industrial Automation and Control Systems (IACS) – the latest update to the ISA/IEC 62443 series of automation and control cybersecurity standards. The standard states requirements for establishing, implementing, maintaining and continually improving security programmes to reduce IACS risks to tolerable levels. Asset owners can choose the approach most suitable to their needs. This update of the 2010 edition includes signicant technical changes. www.isa.org/62443standards pAt this month’s Embedded World show in Germany, the Italian digitalisation specialist Seco and Raspberry Pi will be showing an HMI, powered by low-cost Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 board. The Seco Pi Vision 10.1 CM5 is a modular 10.1-inch HMI which integrates Seco’s Clea IoT Software suite with the module. They will demonstrate a Clea Portal app displaying real-time data collected from industrial sensors, and providing actionable insights into system performance and eciency. www.seco.com p Safran Electrical & Power has become the rst the rst electric motor manufacturer to have a machine certied to power aircraft. After 1,500 hours of testing and more than 100 ight hours on aircraft in real-world conditions, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (Easa) has certied Safran’s ENGINeUS 100 motor. It is the result of four years of collaboration with Easa to dene airworthiness rules for electric propulsion, and to design methods to assess and certify it. The motor, with integrated power and control electronics, can produce up to 125kW, with an “unrivalled” powerto-weight ratio of 5kW/kg. Safran plans to massproduce the motor from 2026 on four semi-automated lines in France and the UK, with the capacity to produce more than 1,000 motors per year. TECHNOLOGY BRIEFS CNC specialist enters robot market with ‘disruptive’ tech Danobat claims that its high-precision industrial robots will redene industry standards. SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC HAS announced an OT (operational technology) cybersecurity technology that, it says, will allow users to manage access to RTUs (remote terminal units) in harsh environments as easily as managing employees’email access. Its ScadaPack 470i and 474i RTUs are said to be the rst on the market with role-based access control (RBAC), helping to comply with edge cyber regulations. Cyber-threats to critical infrastructure continue to grow, so controlling access to RTUs in remote and dicult environments is vital to ensuring OT security. But this can be dangerous and time-consuming. Schneider’s newly enhanced RTUs o er a single smart device for all remote control and computer operations. Users can manage access to the RTUs securely using standard IT tools such as Active Directory. The devices, which combine a rugged RTU platform with the exibility of Linux, can host edge services, protocols, and applications for ecient OT security for all remote control and computer operations. The ScadaPacks integrate with standard IT and OT security tools, with support for IP rewall, NAT, DNP3 secure authentication and more. “We can see the growing vulnerability of critical infrastructure, like water and wastewater systems and energy pipelines, to cyberattacks,”says James Redmond, Schneider’s global o er manager for ScadaPack.“That’s why enhancing OT with standard security features from the IT world is imperative. For a negligible cost, enabling RBAC on smart RTUs helps to protect this critical infrastructure, enabling continuous safe and protable operations.” Cybersecurity for remote critical systems is ‘as easy as email’
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