Abstract: A winding machine for winding thread-shaped winding material has a winding motor, a positioning drive and a control device. The winding motor has a motor housing and a motor shaft, wherein the motor shaft can rotate about a rotation axis. The motor shaft is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a spool holder, on which at least one reel is arranged. The winding machine has at least one thread-feeding means per reel, by means of which thread-feeding means the thread-shaped winding material can be fed to the respective reel. During the rotation of the motor shaft about its shaft axis, the spool holder can be position axially along the shaft axis relative to the motor housing by means of the positioning drive. The winding motor and the positioning drive can be actuated in a coordinated manner by means of the control device.

Abstract: A winding machine for winding thread-shaped winding material has a winding motor, a positioning drive and a control device. The winding motor has a motor housing and a motor shaft, wherein the motor shaft can rotate about a rotation axis. The motor shaft is connected fixedly in terms of rotation to a spool holder, on which at least one reel is arranged. The winding machine has at least one thread-feeding means per reel, by means of which thread-feeding means the thread-shaped winding material can be fed to the respective reel. During the rotation of the motor shaft about its shaft axis, the spool holder can be position axially along the shaft axis relative to the motor housing by means of the positioning drive. The winding motor and the positioning drive can be actuated in a coordinated manner by means of the control device.

Abstract: The invention concerns a heterogeneous automation system (10) including a first physical network (15, 17, 20) in which all connected devices can communicate on the basis of a first communication protocol and at least one second physical network (52, 58, 59; 54, 56, 57, 60) which is connected to the first network (15, 17, 20) by way of a first control device (25, 30) functioning as a gateway, and in which all devices (54, 56, 57, 60) connected thereto can communicate on the basis of a second communication protocol, wherein the first and second networks and the first and second communication protocols are different. The object of the present invention is to provide a system and a connecting apparatus, by means of which communication is simplified, in particular upon start-up, configuration and maintenance of the system, in the entire automation system.

Abstract: The invention concerns a heterogeneous automation system (10) including a first physical network (15, 17, 20) in which all connected devices can communicate on the basis of a first communication protocol and at least one second physical network (52, 58, 59; 54, 56, 57, 60) which is connected to the first network (15, 17, 20) by way of a first control device (25, 30) functioning as a gateway, and in which all devices (54, 56, 57, 60) connected thereto can communicate on the basis of a second communication protocol, wherein the first and second networks and the first and second communication protocols are different.