Automation
Enabling Tomorrow’s Industrial Production and Smart Automation
Every day, the world’s factories are growing smarter and more connected. This is largely driven by developments in industrial computer platforms and IoT software frameworks, the central components for the control, interaction and connection of machines, data and processes.
As a global leader in IoT/Embedded Computing Technology, Kontron closely collaborates with its extensive network of partners and suppliers. Kontron offers individual and secure solutions in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 through a combined portfolio of hardware, software and services.
With its standard and customized products based on highly reliable state-of-the-art technologies, Kontron provides highly efficient and flexible automation platforms. As a result, customers benefit from accelerated time-to-market, lower total cost of ownership, extended product lifecycles and the best fully integrated applications.
Use Cases
Server Class Motherboard Provides Both Power and Performance in Confined Spaces
Meeting the rising demand for superior compute performance in tasks like robotic surgery and advanced diagnostics, the Kontron K9051-C ATX server class ...
moreTaking control
Robot manufacturer strengthens global reputation for quality with Kontron motherboards.
moreCOMe-bEP7
An industrial customer approached Kontron for a solution to replace current COMe module with one that increased performance, lowered cost, and supported ...
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Computing power for smart trains
High-performance PC with EN 50155 for the full range of train communication
moreCOM Express®: A RECIPE FOR IIOT SUCCESS
How Ectron is tapping into AI and machine learning to further modernize industrial baking, yielding greater efficiency for consistently delicious baked ...
moreComputer Vision made easy
No-Code AI solution with pre-installed software bundle and high performance AI Workstation
moreAutonomous Driving with Racing Feeling
Electric and Autonomous Driving are THE essential buzzwords for innovation in the automotive world. In Formula Student, they come to life by students ...
moreVehicle Diagnostics
Kontron helps leading vehicle diagnostics company Hella Gutmann keep pace with the ever-changing communications requirements of major car manufacturer. ...
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FabEagle® LC - Factory Automation
Line Controller for Combustion Engine Production at Textron Motors GmbH
moreAutonomous Driving
Read how our COM Express® Module is working perfect for application from b-plus with its flexibility, bandwith, reliability and the required graphics. ...
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EquipmentCloud® for DB Netz AG
Kontron AIS GmbH has successfully integrated the train formation system Seddin North-South into the EquipmentCloud®.
moreRobots for everyone
Kontron Embedded Box PC as control center in an innovative robot teaching solution.
moreReliable even in an emergency
Kontron 19“ Industrial PC as the heart of telephony gateways for mission critical communication and emergency call centers.
moreEctron Corporation
Kontron COM Express modules help Ectron reap the rewards from its new range of Industrial IoT Edge Computers.
moreComputer-on-Modules Invade HPC
Ready for Today’s Demanding Embedded & IoT Projects with compact and efficient computer-on-modules (COMs) to support some of the most sophisticated ...
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Future Perfect: Predictive Maintenance and AI
Kontron's powerful Rackmount Server KISS 4U V3 SKX helps realize growing potential of AI-enabled predictive maintenance for energy and automation.
moreSensor Network for the Smart Factory
KINEXON implements intelligent navigation for driverless vehicles
moreSmart Control over all Printing Processes
Kontron's Industrial Computer Platform is the heart of Heidelberg's new press control station
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Smart Factory Automation
Kontron puts KBox Industrial Computer Platforms to work on its paperless shop floor.
moreFrom idea to industrial reality
voxeljet uses Kontron's KISS Rackmounts for its industrial 3D printers 3D printing systems have revolutionized many industrial sectors. The automotive ...
moreHeidelberg Postpress relies on embedded technologies from Kontron
Working with Kontron, Heidelberg Postpress developed a high-quality control IPC to handle and coordinate its paper folding machines. The unit is easy ...
moreAdding IoT to Water Works Wonders for Malaysian Rice Growers
Kontron's Industrial Computing Platform enables innovative IoT precision farming solution. In Malaysia demand for rice puts the country's water reserves ...
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High-Performance Control for Mining Trucks
Mining trucks are huge transport vehicles used on open-cast mines all over the globe, and the T 282 C made by Liebherr is the most powerful model in the ...
moreIntelligent positioning systems
To enable faster and more precise positioning with less wear and tear of transfer carriages in automatic warehouses, the Automotive Aftermarket Business ...
moreKontron COMs help Glacier industrial computers keep their cool
CHALLENGE: Glacier Computer needed a powerful and rugged small form factor embedded computing solution for its industrialbased Everest products.
moreRobust and long-term available Panel PC in a cost-effective housing
In order to improve order picking for the large base of small warehouses and assemblies, SSI Schaefer developed an affordable Pick-by-Light (PbL) system, ...
moreLaser control in semi-custom design - TRUMPF migrates from VME to customized Computer-on-Module design
With the migration from VMEbus to a solution with Computer-on-Modules on tailor made carrier boards, the new laser control ...
moreiNOEX relies on Intel Atom processor-based HMIs with the Kontron Nano Client Panel PC
The Intel Atom processor-based Kontron Nano Client panel PC with stainless steel housing has been implemented as a visualization client and HMI ...
moreKontron Panel PC controls biogas plants with Open Source software from Awite
For the smooth operation and economic success of biogas plants, robust and durable components with long-term availability are essential factors.
moreSoccer player versus machine
The Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics (IML) in Dortmund, Germany has developed a robot goalkeeper with lightning fast reflexes that ...
moreAgent software from Asentics with multicore industrial servers from Kontron
The new agent-based software architecture from Asentics for industrial image processing on surface inspection applications, such as PCB inspection, takes ...
moreSophisticated Image Processing
Sophisticated image processing systems are becoming an increasingly indispensible part of quality control on automated filling and packaging lines that ...
moreSurviving in Death Valley
Before a vehicle reaches the mass production stage, countless measurements need to be made to coordinate all components optimally. Mobile measuring systems ...
moreProduction Planning and Control System in the Automotive Industry
The target of this project was to create the entire system that monitors the production process on the semiautomatic production machines, records all ...
moreRobust Control Technology in use Underground Worldwide
Eickhoff shearer loaders use modular CompactPCI hardware from Kontron and the CoDeSys Soft PLC together with Profibus and CANopen in a single-system solution. ...
moreExcavator
CompactPCI computers control automated systems in open-cast mining operations. The objective was clear: a control system on a bucket-wheel excavator for ...
moreHMI for the Printing Industry - Printing Press
Replacement of PLCs and NC controls by IPC based controls A customized HMI is integrated into the operating panel of a sheet fed offset printing press, ...
moreLaser Control
The laser is a universal tool for non-contact cutting, welding, marking, drilling, punching and forming materials. It is not subject to wear and tear. ...
morePartnerships
Intel®
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