Secure Remote PLC Maintenance & M2M Communication Platform

Extensive Remote Services for PLCs

For remote maintenance of programmable logic controllers, the internet is of prime importance. First priority was the access for the service experts of the machine manufacturer for troubleshooting. However, a modern remote service platform offers much more possibilities than pure connection management, thanks to web-based services for data acquisition, alarming, remote monitoring, and M2M communication.
The new remote service platform mbCONNECT24 V2.1 not only provides
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Optical, Electron, and Scanning Probe Microscopy: A Technical Deep Dive

Timeline of Microscopy Development

  • 17th Century: Optical microscope
  • 1884: Henry Le Chatelier develops the metallographic microscope
  • 1931/1933: Transmission electron microscope (TEM)
  • 1942, 1950: Scanning electron microscope (SEM)
  • 1981: Scanning tunneling microscope (STM)
  • 1986: Atomic force microscope (AFM)

Resolution in Microscopy

Optical microscopes have a resolution in the micrometer (μm) range, while electron and scanning probe microscopes achieve nanometer (nm) resolution.

Optical Microscopy

Rays passing

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