FLECS Blog
Baumüller and FLECS show the engineering of the future at the Hanover Fair
Together with the Baumüller Group (Hall 7/A28), we will be showing how flexibly machine builders and users will be able to work with PLC platforms, the digital twin and smart drive functions in the future at the Hannover Messe. Samuel Greising gives a brief insight...
A platform for the lot size-1 PLC
40 percent time savings on PLC installation and maintenance, including the option for customization. How is that supposed to work?Klaus Paukovits from AUTlook.at wanted to know the details and was eager to hear our answers. In his latest article, he summarizes the...
Zorro – the garden dormouse
You've all probably encountered him in the last few weeks. The cute rodent that graces our content. May we now officially introduce: The garden dormouse, our official mascot for v2 of FLECS. Every year, the German Wildlife Foundation chooses the animal of the year....
Industrial Transformation starts with FLECS at the Hannover Messe 2023!
With our App Marketplace, you can start your industrial transformation and save a lot of time setting up your automation system! Don't you believe it? Then let us prove it to you: At Hannover Messe 2023 you can see FLECS live in action and get to know the people...
Copy & Paste your PLC: FLECS 2.0.0-dormouse is here!
On March 9, we have released FLECS v2.0.0-dormouse! This new major release introduces an important new feature: Imagine you have finished commissioning your machine. You use 4 apps, everything works, your customer is happy.For the next order, you have to build the...
Interview with Samuel Greising
Sam answered Ciprian Rotarus questions for the easy engineering magazine. The main focus was on how our new business model, which we introduced in the summer of 2021, looks exactly and what advantages the automated installation and updating of industrial apps on a PLC...
Meet us at the All about automation in Friedrichshafen
Never before have you set up and kept an automation system up to date as quickly and easily as with FLECS! Don’t you believe it? Then let us prove it to you: At the "all about automation" you can see FLECS live in action and at the same time get to know the people...
Docker and its usage in industrial automation
Docker is a popular tool that allows developers to package and deploy applications in a lightweight and portable manner. In recent years, Docker has gained widespread adoption in the field of industrial automation, where it is used to deploy and manage applications...
How do I improve the real-time performance of Linux for industrial automation?
Industrial automation systems rely heavily on real-time performance to ensure smooth and accurate operation of equipment and machinery. However, achieving reliable real-time performance on Linux is quite challenging. In this blog post, we will explore some strategies...
How we gain extra performance with the power of the dragon
One question we asked ourselves from the beginning was how apps should talk to each other. After all, even the best app store is worthless if the apps you find in it can only communicate with each other poorly. We already know this comfort on the smartphone. Everyone...
The business models around open source
Open source has arrived in industry. The first business models based on open source are also emerging in the automation industry. Some of them are causing heated discussions in the scene. Robert Weber and the editors of Factory present three examples. One of the...
Interview with Patric Scholz
Patric answered Meinrad Happacher's questions for the SPS trade fair newspaper. The main focus was on how our new business model, which we introduced in the summer of 2021, looks exactly and what advantages the automated installation and updating of industrial apps on...
