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ADVANCING MACHINE TOOL AUTOMATION WITH FUTURE-READY SOLUTIONS
The Machinist
|February 2025
At IMTEX 2025, Amit Shanbaug of ET Now Machinist spoke with Ajey Phatak, Country Manager - Marketing, Beckhoff India, and Pavan Sardarjoshi, Senior Application Manager & Motion Product Specialist about their latest automation technologies, sustainable solutions, and future plans for the Indian market.

Beckhoff, a global leader in PC based automation, showcased its cutting-edge CNC and NCI solutions at IMTEX 2025, reinforcing its commitment to next generation machine tool technology. Powerful industrial grade PC as a controller, TwinCAT software is the foundation of the high machine performance machines.
Optimising selection of servo motor sizes matching the mechanics of machinery is the first step and hence Beckhoff displayed Motion Designer Software. Further to bring in flexibility, Distributed Motion Control with motor integrated drive was another technology that was displayed. Vision based Inspection system is the best way to minimise rejections and reworks. Beckhoff vision hardware and software in automation control system was displayed.
This story is from the February 2025 edition of The Machinist.
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