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Balluff Offers Simplified I/O Hubs with Lightweight, Sustainable Housings

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New Hubs Deliver Essential Functions Without Complex Add-Ons for High-Volume Needs

FLORENCE, Ky., Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Companies wanting to add IO-Link to their production have a new option – Balluff’s simplified I/O hubs.

Balluff’s simplified I/O hubs provide fast, effective signal transmission and reduced signal runtimes. They have 16 digital inputs or eight digital inputs and eight digital outputs, allowing for flexible exchange and easy project expansion.

An extension of Balluff’s broad IO-Link portfolio, these new networking blocks offer simple handling and basic I/O functions in compact, lightweight, and sustainable housing.

The most notable difference is the optimized plastic housing made with recycled materials and without epoxy potting. Still, it meets the same high standards for vibration, fall, and shock as the other I/O hubs in the portfolio, but with a view of the module’s inner workings. A QR code printed on the body provides quick access to documentation.

Don’t let the “simplified” description fool you. They offer plenty of functionality and some enhanced features. They provide fast, effective signal transmission and reduced signal runtimes. They have 16 digital inputs or 8 digital inputs and 8 digital outputs. This allows for flexible exchange and easy project expansion. They provide eight standardized M12 ports, four of which can be configured variably.

Variants with NPN, PNP, and an extension port are also available.

With an IP67 safety rating and a temperature range of −20…60 °C, they can be used in most industries, but are especially well suited for automotive, including battery assembly and production lines; assembly machines, robotics, metalworking, and general automation. Status LEDs provide an easy view of their diagnostics.

Designed with deliberate simplicity, these new hubs deliver I/O functions without complex add-ons that aren’t needed for some applications. This makes them an excellent choice for an entry into IO-Link. And the strong cost-to-performance ratio makes them an ideal choice for those with high-volume needs.

Like all Balluff I/O modules, these enable the integration of standard sensors and actuators in IO-Link topologies. Additionally, they deliver high savings potential because they reduce the number of fieldbus modules and enable efficient scaling of the application.

Simply put, they are a solid solution for getting started with the IO-Link standard or for completing versatile applications in a cost-effective manner.

Learn more at https://www.balluff.com/en-us/news/simple-and-good-new-generation-of-io-link-sensor-actuator-hubs

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Stay Better in China: Civilization is Colorful for Communication

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NANCHANG, China, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — A report from Jiangxi International Communication Center(JXICC):

 

Moses, an international student from East China University of Technology, has stayed in China for four years. He experienced the speed of China and the colorfulness of Chinese civilization.

Themed on Chinese-style modernization, Moses shares his wonderful lives and touching stories in China from various aspects such as cultural construction, industrial development, ecological protection, and rural revitalization. He is eager to bring Chinese-style modernization experience back home for contributing to the prosperity and development of their countries. He also expects China to play a more active role on the global stage and contribute more wisdom and strength to world peace and development. He believes that these beautiful visions will certainly become reality as China continues to develop and make progress.

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The AI solutions for Japanese businesses make a global splash with the NVIDIA promotion campaign

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The tech giant NVIDIA highly appreciates the AI solutions developed by FPT Smart Cloud in elevating customer experience and optimizing workforce competency.

HANOI, Vietnam, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In April 2024, NVIDIA joined forces with FPT Corporation in the global initiative of AI and Cloud advancement. After 6 months, the AI solutions of FPT Smart Cloud – a subsidiary of FPT Corporation, have positioned themselves amidst the world’s 52 outstanding success stories featured by NVIDIA. FPT is currently offering more than 15 state-of-the-art AI solutions built on the natural language model for Japanese.

Enabling the intelligent call center 

In the digital age, AI virtual assistants are integrated into the contact center to automate simple to sophisticated tasks.

According to NVIDIA, FPT Smart Cloud has enabled seamless communication through the development of FPT AI Engage – the virtual agent for call center. The virtual agent can interact naturally and automate inbound calls, outbound calls, and voice-based call transfer (IVR). Operating on NVIDIA’s most advanced infrastructure, the AI vendor has been able to accelerate the speech synthesis model by 4 times and increase virtual agent efficiency.

The AI capabilities of FPT Smart Cloud have attracted a wide range of banking and financial institutions, particularly Home Credit Vietnam. The consumer finance company has been applying FPT AI Egnage since 2019. In the first year of operations, the virtual assistant can automatically process up to 12 million calls per month, allowing Home Credit to save 50% in operating expenses and attain a success call rate of 98%.

Building the AI-powered workforce of the future 

With the support of NVIDIA A100 and H100 GPUs, FPT Smart Cloud has developed FPT AI Mentor, fostering the next-generation employee training through automation and personalization. FPT AI Mentor applies the large language model (LLM) developed on NVIDIA DGX H100 and supported by NVIDIA NGC and PyTorch to generate and customize learning content based on the business knowledge base.

Long Chau, a pharmaceutical chain with 1,700 stores, has successfully integrated FPT AI Mentor into the daily training process for pharmacists, increasing employee knowledge quality by up to 55% while reducing 30% of resources compared to the traditional method.

NVIDIA further appraises the excellent efforts of FPT Smart Cloud in leveraging AI technologies to transform traditional call center operations and business training processes. In the past three years, FPT Smart Cloud invested on R&D initiatives for Indonesian and Japanese natural language processing technologies. In 2023, FPT Smart Cloud with the bilateral collaboration with Home Credit Indonesia, marking a crucial milestone as the first made-in-Vietnam AI solution to successfully attract and win over large enterprises in the global landscape. For the year 2024, the vendor aims further to conquer international markets, including Indonesia and Japan.

The original blog about FPT Smart Cloud solutions on the NVIDIA website can be found here: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/case-studies/fpt-smart-cloud-levels-up-customer-service-operations/

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Husqvarna Group appoints Maha Elkharbotly as President of the Gardena Division

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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Maha Elkharbotly has been appointed President of the Gardena Division and will also be a member of Husqvarna Group’s executive management team.

Maha Elkharbotly holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Illinois and is currently President at I-Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of DSM Firmenich. Maha has previously held multiple executive positions at DSM Firmenich, LIXIL, Grohe and Whirlpool.  

“I am very pleased to welcome Maha to Husqvarna Group. Her broad experience and strong knowledge in sales, marketing, channel management and leadership will be valuable assets in the continued journey of Gardena. Maha brings vast experience from building brands as well as driving international expansion, innovation and business transformation. This expertise will be central to continue building Gardena’s position as a global leader in watering, as well as advancing smart garden systems including robotic mowers for passionate gardeners”, says Pavel Hajman, CEO of Husqvarna Group.  

Maha Elkharbotly will be based in Ulm, Germany and assume her new position within the Gardena Division on January 1, 2025.

For additional information, please contact:
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Henrik Sjöström, Head of External Communications
+46 727 15 77 85
press@husqvarnagroup.com

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Johan Andersson, Vice President Investor Relations
+46 702 100 451
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