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Ash Sharma

Ash Sharma is the chief commercial officer for Interact Analysis and vice president of Research for Robotics & Warehouse Automation. He brings 20 years of experience to the table in sectors ranging from industrial automation and smart manufacturing to drones, robotics and medical technology.

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  • Thumbnail for AVEVA helps Henkel achieve energy cost savings

    AVEVA helps Henkel achieve energy cost savings

    To achieve its goals, Henkel created an energy monitoring system leveraging Wonderware, part of AVEVA’s industrial software portfolio. Implemented as a digital, Industrial IoT platform, the company now has greater access to more data to improve operational flexibility and scalability.
    05 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for EPLAN announces opening of Shanghai office

    EPLAN announces opening of Shanghai office

    Eplan has been present in China since 2005 and continues to grow, with more than fifty employees in ten offices, including Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu and Shenzhen.
    05 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for ABB to help UK dockyard enhance green energy options

    ABB to help UK dockyard enhance green energy options

    ABB is supplying the SFC as part of a complete package including a dry-type 11 kilovolt (kV) to 6.6 kV transformer and control equipment to interface with the dockyard’s electrical management system. The project is scheduled for completion in 2019.
    05 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Siemens releases Siship BlueDrive Eco green propulsion system

    Siemens releases Siship BlueDrive Eco green propulsion system

    With its Siship BlueDrive, Siemens provides an environmentally friendly propulsion solution with emissions down as low as zero depending on the drive configuration.
    04 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for IBASE announces MAI602-M4D80 motion control system

    IBASE announces MAI602-M4D80 motion control system

    The MAI602-M4D80 motion control system can be used in various factory production applications such as automated optical inspection, semiconductor wafer handling, packaging and material handling systems.
    04 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Electromate introduces Tecnotion Torque motors

    Electromate introduces Tecnotion Torque motors

    Manufactured in volume, these Tecnotion Torque motors feature encapsulated windings and include two types of thermistors as standard features. Tecnotion offers motor sizes from 68mm to 160 mm diameters, to date, these motors will work with any servo drives.
    04 September, 2018
    Sponsored By Servo2Go.com Ltd.
  • Thumbnail for Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - August 31, 2018

    Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - August 31, 2018

    The winning caption for this comic caption contest was submitted by Kenny S. in Montana. Congratulations, Kenny
    04 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Zivid names Thomas Embla Bonnerud as CEO

    Zivid names Thomas Embla Bonnerud as CEO

    Thomas Embla Bonnerud arrives at Zivid from Nordic Semiconductor where he served for more than 17 years, most recently as Director of Strategy and Investor Relations, including the company’s overall product and market strategy.
    04 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for The 3 C's of Machine Safety

    The 3 C's of Machine Safety

    By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Improving facility safety is critical to safeguard staff, but did you know safety can impact productivity and machine effectiveness too? This article will share three tips for machine safety.
    04 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Coordinate Metrology Society releases digital library of technical papers

    Coordinate Metrology Society releases digital library of technical papers

    Developed in partnership with Quality Digest, publisher of the Journal of the CMSCsince 2006, the periodicalis distributed twice a year in the Autumn and Spring by the Coordinate Metrology Society. Each issue devotes its pages to the finest white papers presented by industry professionals at the annual CMSC.
    04 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • MSA introduces Apple iOS X/S Connect App for MSA ULTIMA X5000 and General Monitors S5000 gas monitors

    These detectors feature Bluetooth wireless technology and can now connect with MSA’s new Apple iOS X/S Connect App along with the previously released Android X/S Connect App.
    04 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for ABB announces UK Switch to Robots seminar

    ABB announces UK Switch to Robots seminar

    The seminar provides a step-by-step guide to the key issues around specifying, installing and operating a robot, including how to assess which processes can be automated and how to develop the right solution for specific needs.
    04 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for Redefine and Transform How You Execute Automation Projects

    Redefine and Transform How You Execute Automation Projects

    Improving on what has always been done can only result in incremental improvements at best or continued complications. We have to redefine and transform how we execute automation projects.
    By: Bill Lydon
    03 September, 2018 | 3 minutes
  • Thumbnail for NK Technologies releases AGT-FD Series ground fault sensors

    NK Technologies releases AGT-FD Series ground fault sensors

    The AGT's sensing window is large enough to monitor 100 amp circuits. It can also be used to measure and monitor any low-value AC circuit current by passing just one of the conductors through the sensing window.
    31 August, 2018
  • Thumbnail for AutoQuiz: How to Determine Cause of the Apparent Discrepancy in Flow

    AutoQuiz: How to Determine Cause of the Apparent Discrepancy in Flow

    Periodic visual inspection of orifice plates is required to ensure the integrity of measurement with a digital flow transmitter.
    By: Joel Don
    31 August, 2018 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Delta Industrial Power Supplies introduces MEG-2K1A6 configurable power supply

    Delta Industrial Power Supplies introduces MEG-2K1A6 configurable power supply

    The MEG series come with universal AC input from 90Vac to 264Vac and wide operating temperature of -20°C to +70°C (with full power up to 50°C).
    31 August, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Advancing Automation: Manufacturing Software, Volume XI

    Advancing Automation: Manufacturing Software, Volume XI

    Automation.com has teamed with some of the leading innovators and providers of manufacturing software in order to deliver this in-depth guide to the variety of software options that drive different aspects of today’s manufacturing operations.
    31 August, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for OnRobot announces acquisition of Purple Robotics

    OnRobot announces acquisition of Purple Robotics

    The Purple Robotics dual vacuum gripper can, so to speak, give a robot arm two “hands” and thereby the ability to handle several items simultaneously and solving multiple tasks in one movement.
    31 August, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Applying Apps in Industrial Automation

    Applying Apps in Industrial Automation

    By Don Pham, IDEC Smartphone and tablet users prefer apps to browser-based access for everyday tasks, and this preference is spreading to industrial automation.
    31 August, 2018 | 6 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Rockwell Automation to present on smart manufacturing at PACK EXPO

    Rockwell Automation to present on smart manufacturing at PACK EXPO

    This year, Rockwell Automation will conduct a series of presentations and demonstrations for end users, machine and equipment builders in packaging and related industries to share the most recent innovations in independent cart technology, analytics and network security.
    31 August, 2018 | 1 minutes
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