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By Design News Staff -- Design News, January 9, 2006

› Beckhoff staunchly defended its concept of PC-based control and stands resolute in its drive to deliver all the necessary components its customers need to realize this genre of automation practice. Beckhoff's mainstay in intellectual property is its TwinCAT software, but its newest foray into hardware development focuses on new servo drives which it says are optimized for EtherCAT performance. The two-channel drives will allow its customers to connect a greater variety of servomotors into Beckhoff-based automation systems.

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