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. 

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.

ARC Advisory Group releases Fire and Gas Systems market research report

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Fire and Gas Systems market reveals that manufacturers are switching to cloud-based systems to be able to provide employees with remote access to their gas detection systems.

e-Magic announces joining of Digital Twin Consortium

Digital Twin Consortium is a global ecosystem of users who are accelerating the digital twin market and demonstrating the value of digital twin technology.

Leveraging the Digitalization Toolbox to Distance Workers in the COVID-19 Era

By Bill Lydon
Running a manufacturing plant in the COVID-19 pandemic era means distancing coworkers and minimizing their interactions. Fortunately, there are a range of industrial automation solutions available that can help organizations achieve these new goals while also being consistent with digitalization investments to improve productivity. 

TT Electronics announces Speed to Connect end-to-end IoT framework

• TT Electronics

Bosch Rexroth introduces ctrlX AUTOMATION control platform

168 Manufacturing introduces FullShop Automated Coolant Delivery System

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.

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.

Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - January 2020

The winning caption for this comic caption contest was submitted by Frank K, in Pennsylvania. Congratulations, Frank!