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As part of the company’s Workforce Development Program, it aims to bring its equipment to schools, technical colleges, and non-profit organizations, and provide skills in programming, service, maintenance and operations. Mitsubishi Electric Automation granted a CNC Specialist Certification to those who successfully completed the program, which was offered during the week of August 26-30th.

By Josh Eastburn, Opto 22 For process control systems, improved hardware and software options can make system operations more effective and offer new methods for end users to access and monitor equipment. Here are some of the ways that standard process automation products and practices are transitioning to encourage more agile and capable systems.

During the Four Week IIoT Challenge, Altizon will work directly with participants to integrate a specific manufacturing process with Alitzon’s Datonis platform, with the goal of leveraging machine data to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) while delivering the foundation for a scalable enterprise-wide IIoT strategy.

The stage utilizes a custom design that utilizes a unique electromagnetic circuit design. This design allows for a minimal cross section of 1.20 inches [30.5 mm] by 1.00 inches [25.4 mm].

CrateDB is a distributed SQL database based on a NoSQL architecture that uses SQL for processing any structured or unstructured data type.

Powered by the 8th Gen Intel Core U-Series (Whiskey Lake) platform, EMBC-3000 and SPC-5200 feature system-oriented integration and industrial-grade reliability, aiming at embedded solutions for Intelligent control, machine vision, In-vehicle computing, factory automation, gaming, AGV/AGR and any Industrial 4.0 and AIoT applications.

The CPU Card delivers performance with intelligent security and hardware monitoring features for real-time applications in process control, surveillance or imaging in the field of automation, transportation, medical technology and digital surveillance markets.

The CALM solution provides capital program management capabilities as well as a simulation-driven approach to design, construction, and operations. By leveraging these simulation and optimization technologies, capital program stakeholders can initially monitor, then improve, their assets’ performance.

Tips and lessons on the use of anti-reset windup limits, override control, isolation valves, smart alarms, mass flowmeters, and the enforcement of low-flow limits.

By Edwin van Dijk, TrendMiner Business outcomes can be controlled at each level of an organization by using applied analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. It's all about aligning business objectives with direct business outcomes across departments, all while growing production knowledge.

This triple-redundant architecture, is intended to meet the performance, reliability and cost requirements of the automotive market including the areas of Autonomous Vehicles, Self-Driving Taxis/Delivery Vehicles. ADAS Systems, Electronic Stability Control, Lane Keep Assist applications, etc.

Xcelerator combines the full portfolio of Siemens’ software for design, engineering and manufacturing with an expanded Mendix low-code, multi-experience application development platform.

The TEQ 40WIR are a series of isolated railway DC/DC-converter modules with 4:1 input voltage ranges. The series is comprised of 21 models offering 9.5-36 / 18-75 / 43-160 V input ranges and outputs of 5 / 12 / 15 / 24 / ±12 / ±15 / ±24 VDC.

The challenges come from the areas of Manufacturing, Energy, Construction, Agriculture, Food Processing, Retail, Healthcare and Emergency Response. Until December 2nd, European SMEs can now apply to solve one or more of these challenges by developing a robotics application and receive funding of up to 200,000 Euros.

PLCopen joins with OMAC and the OPC Foundation at this event to show that the combined technologies and standards contribute even more to the industry. All three organizations have a focus to a different section of the production flow; however combine with their vision, standards, and activities.

Balluff's EtherNet/IP IO-Link master block insulates against inductive, conductive, and capacitive noise produced by electromagnetic interference (EMI) and its housing protects against welding environments.

SEV has invested in category leaders such as AutoGrid, Claroty, Element Analytics, and Sense. They recently closed on investments with Titan AES, a novel Li-ion battery management system, and Synapticon, a motion control platform for industrial robots, and anticipate investing in 10 or more new startups annually.

By Bill Faber, Delta Electronics The heart of the module consists of four motion axes: two to drive nip-rolls that control the speed and tension of the operation; and two for a linear flying, stamping and engraving process.

The event will take place at the Delta Hotels Burnaby Conference Centre in Burnaby, British Columbia. The Automation Fair is anopportunity to explore new technologies and see what's changing in the world of Automation and Motion Control.

A white-box vCPE appliance such as Lanner’s NCA-5220 monitors the performance in QoS and QoE over regional, national and global virtual enterprise networks but also monitors packet information in both current and historical data, including all the traffic from apps, network protocols, VPN-to-edge, cloud services and office Wi-Fi, enabling network diagnosis and troubleshooting.