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Innovative Engineering Solutions Contribute to COVID-19 Medical Protection
By Bill Lydon
Many organizations in the manufacturing industry have shifted assets in order to innovate and produce solutions that are contributing to the protection of medical personnel on the front lines of the COVID-19 fight. In this article, we highlight two of these innovative engineering solutions that are keeping these crucial personnel safe
Guide to Improving Temperature Measurement Accuracy
You may be unsure whether accuracy is important for your particular application, or whether improving accuracy will make enough of a difference in your process results to justify the cost and effort. This article from the InTech FOCUS May 2020 edition, can help.
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4 Measures Organizations Can Take to Protect OT Systems from Ransomware Attacks
By James McQuiggan
Ransomware is no longer a hit and run type of attack. The criminals are utilizing phishing and other social engineering techniques to gain access to the IT network and pivoting through to the OT networks to copy and exfiltrate the data. It’s only a matter of time before criminal organizations are able to gain access to more OT facilities and organizations.
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Learn about the crucial tasks CSTs are responsible for and the skills they need when implementing a new system or plant.
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Case Study: Coffee Pod Maker Uses ERP to Double Business Volume
Pod Pack leverages DELMIAworks to automatically prompt line operators to run the appropriate inspections, trace and manage inventory, and achieve better utilization and uptime on existing equipment.
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Understanding IIoT Batteries and Power Protection at the Edge
Industrial batteries are evolving to meet the demands of the digital world. Lithium-ion technology offers numerous advantages over lead-acid batteries for backing up mission critical applications.
ONDO announces opening of South Africa office
The decision has come following the considerable interest towards ONDO agriculture automation solutions from local companies and the vast potential of the regional market.
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Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - May 2020
Submit a caption for this month's Otto Mation Comic. If your caption is selected as the winner, we will send you a newly-designed Automation.com & Otto Mation mug.
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Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - February 2020
Otto Mation is moving to the new Automation.com website! As we enhance our site, Otto still wants you to enhance his comics with your captions. If your caption is selected as the winner, we will send you a newly-designed Automation.com & Otto Mation mug.
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Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - January 2020
The winning caption for this comic caption contest was submitted by Frank K, in Pennsylvania. Congratulations, Frank!
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