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AUTOMATION

Open, PC-based control technology

AUTOMATION

TwinCAT offers many features and various software function blocks for all automation tasks.

PC-based automation with TwinCAT

TwinCAT3 automation software integrates PLC, NC, CNC features and real-time control into a single package. TwinCAT Runtime is a multitasking operating system that runs in parallel on the host operating system. 32-bit and 64-bit variants of Windows and TwinCAT/BSD can be used as host operating systems. In addition to high determinism, TwinCat real-time provides the possibility to fully utilize existing cores of PCs for multi-core operation.

TwinSAFE

In addition to supporting pure feature automation, Beckhoff offers a comprehensive solution for TwinSAFE’s safety technology. Twin-safe systems can maximize the flexibility of hardware and software to adequately address any challenges that may arise in the field of safety technology.

Key Products

TwinCAT

Open, PC-based control technology

The TwinCAT software system turns almost any PC-based system into a real-time control with multiple PLC, NC, CNC and/or robotics runtime systems.

TwinSAFE

Highly scalable, highly modular: safe automation with TwinSAFE

Highly scalable, highly modular: safe automation with TwinSAFE.