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Headquarters South Africa
Beckhoff Automation (Pty) Ltd

7 Ateljee Street
Randpark Ridge, Randburg
Gauteng
2169, South Africa

+27 11 795 2898
info@beckhoff.co.za
www.beckhoff.com/en-za/

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TwinCAT PLC++

TwinCAT PLC++

Next generation PLC technology
2024
TwinCAT L

TwinCAT L

Linux®-based real-time control with TwinCAT
2023
TwinCAT MC3

TwinCAT MC3

Multi-core and multi-task solution for motion control
2023
TwinCAT Chat

TwinCAT Chat

More productivity with AI-assisted engineering
2022
TwinCAT Controller Redundancy

TwinCAT Controller Redundancy

The software solution for increased plant availability
2022
Vision

Vision

Complete and system-integrated industrial machine vision
2022
ATRO

ATRO

Automation Technology for Robotics – the modular industrial robot system
2021
MX-System

MX-System

The automation solution without control cabinet
2021
NCT

NCT

No Cable Technology: Power supply and synchronous real-time data communication on XTS movers
2021
AA3000

AA3000

Electric cylinder
2020
AL8000

AL8000

Highly dynamic linear servomotors
2018
AMP8000

AMP8000

Distributed Servo Drive system
2018
XPlanar

XPlanar

Flying Motion
2020
PSxxxx

PSxxxx

Power supplies for 24 V DC and 48 V DC
2019
C70xx

C70xx

Multi-core Industrial PCs in IP65
2014
AX8000

AX8000

Multi-axis servo system
2018
CX7000

CX7000

Embedded PCs with Arm® Cortex®-M7 and integrated multi-function I/Os
2013
Ultra-compact servo terminals

Ultra-compact servo terminals

Servomotors directly integrated into the I/O system
2017
C60xx

C60xx

The ultra-compact IPC generation
2014
Many-core control IPCs

Many-core control IPCs

Industrial server maximizes industrial computing power
2018
EtherCAT G

EtherCAT G

Ultimate I/O performance
2012
Multi-touch Control Panels

Multi-touch Control Panels

Panel PCs and Control Panels with multi-touch technology
2017
Ex i EtherCAT Terminals

Ex i EtherCAT Terminals

System-integrated solutions for explosion protection requirements

2016
EtherCAT measurement modules

EtherCAT measurement modules

System-integrated high-end measure­ment technology
2015
EtherCAT P

EtherCAT P

One Cable Automation
2020
TwinCAT/BSD

TwinCAT/BSD

Operating system for industrial PCs
2007
CBxxxx

CBxxxx

Industrial motherboards – made in Germany
2012
XTS

XTS

eXtended Transport System
2014
EtherCAT plug-in modules

EtherCAT plug-in modules

Bus Terminals for circuit boards
2020
TwinCAT Cloud Engineering

TwinCAT Cloud Engineering

Smart engineering directly in the cloud
2011
AM8000

AM8000

Synchronous Servomotors with One Cable Technology
2020
TwinCAT Machine Learning

TwinCAT Machine Learning

Scalable, open and in real time
2006
AX5000

AX5000

EtherCAT Servo Drives for fast positioning tasks
2009
HD Bus Terminals

HD Bus Terminals

16-channel terminals in 12 mm
2017
TwinCAT Vision

TwinCAT Vision

Machine vision integrated into automation technology
2002
CX1000

CX1000

Modular Embedded PCs for DIN rail mounting
2005
TwinSAFE

TwinSAFE

The compact safety solution
2016
TwinCAT Analytics

TwinCAT Analytics

Recording and analysis of process data
1999
Fieldbus Box

Fieldbus Box

The I/O system in IP67
2003
EtherCAT Terminals

EtherCAT Terminals

Ultra high-speed communication
2015
TwinCAT HMI

TwinCAT HMI

For platform-independent user interfaces
1995
Bus Terminals

Bus Terminals

Fieldbus technology in terminal block format
1998
Control Panels

Control Panels

Remote IPC Control Panels
2003
EtherCAT

EtherCAT

The real-time Ethernet fieldbus system
2015
TwinCAT IoT

TwinCAT IoT

For simple cloud communication
1992
Lightbus M14xx, M16xx

Lightbus M14xx, M16xx

Aluminum I/O modules
2014
Many-core control software

Many-core control software

TwinCAT 3.1 for maximum performance levels
1990
All-in-one PC motherboard

All-in-one PC motherboard

2010
TwinCAT 3

TwinCAT 3

eXtended Automation Technology (XAT)
1989
Lightbus

Lightbus

High-speed fieldbus utilizing optical fiber
1990
C2000

C2000

LCD compact IPC
2008
XFC

XFC

eXtreme Fast Control Technology
1986
PC Control

PC Control

First PC-based machine controller
2005
TwinSAFE

TwinSAFE

The open and scalable safety technology
1984
B10

B10

Screen control
1996
TwinCAT

TwinCAT

Real-time software package under Windows with PLC and motion control functions
1982
P1000

P1000

Single-board motion controller
1988
S1000

S1000

Software PLC/NC on a PC (DOS)
1981
P210

P210

Positioning control
1980
Foundation of the company

Foundation of the company