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Northrop Grumman announces Kathy Warden as chairman of board of directors
Warden succeeds Wes Bush, who has served as chairman since July 2011. As previously announced, Bush will retire from the company and resign from the board on July 31, 2019. Donald E. Felsinger will continue to serve as the company’s lead independent director. -
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Emerson introduces enhanced version of AMS Machinery Manager
New integration between AMS Machinery Manager and the Plantweb Optics asset performance platform enables automated workflows. -
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How Long Does It Take to Detect a Leak on an Oil or Gas Pipeline?
In pipeline leak detection, If we know upstream and downstream pressure and flow, we can make assumptions about what is happening on that piece of pipe. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: How to Calculate Uptime for an Automation System
The most important measure for production equipment support is operational availability, or “uptime.” -
FeatureWebinar Recording: Uncertainty in Calibration
Watch this webinar to understand how you can use statistics in measurement. -
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The Benefits of Kitting: Improving Assembly Efficiency
The benefits of kitting are well known because assembly workers immediately become more efficient. Manufacturers who do not utilize some form of kitting are bottle-necked in material flow. Kitting starts with the production team defining the kit of combined parts. -
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Reliable Controls announces Thomas Leslie Zaban as President
Mr. Zaban has taken the first half of 2019 to transition into the top position of the firm while continuing with his executive sales and marketing responsibilities. -
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HARTING announces innauguration of European Distribution Center
The 20-meter-high shelf warehouse can accommodate approx. 7,000 pallets and 120,000 containers. Installation work involved laying 100 kilometres of IT cabling, 40 kilometers of sprinkler piping and container conveyor technology with a total length of 1,000 meters. -
Industry Product
Rotork introduces CK Atronik control module
The CK Atronik control module houses a reversing contactor starter with mechanical and electrical interlocking, a Rotork design for electric actuation. Connection to a suitable power supply is all that is required for local operation of the actuator. -
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Siemens Summit Touts Digital Twins and Transformations
Disruption and transformation were twin themes the Siemens 2019 Automation Summit, with the digitalization of industrial processes promising the way forward to greater process stability, productivity, and maintenance efficiencies. -
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Moticont introduces HCDS-051-032-013-01-B1-30 and the HCDS-051-032-013-01-B1-01 Voice Coil Stages
The 1 micron resolution HCDS-051-032-013-01-B1-01 Voice Coil Stage features cross roller linear bearings whereas the 30 micron HCDS-051-032-013-01-B1-30 Voice Coil Stage uses linear ball bearings. -
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Quantum Water Services announces start of operations focusing on wastewater in oil & gas industry
The company looks to capitalize on this large and growing market focusing on comprehensive wastewater treatment generated during the on-shore production of oil and gas from either conventional or frac-drilled wells. -
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Phoenix Contact to host 4th annual Smart Communities conference
Phoenix Contact USA will host its fourth annual Smart Communities conference on Tuesday, August 20, at the company’s U.S. headquarters, 586 Fulling Mill Road, Middletown, Pa. -
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Yaskawa Motoman announces Beistle Company as winner of “Win a MotoMini” contest
The Smart Series suite of products, including the MotoMini robot, enables implementation of a robot system. Only weighing 7 kg, the MotoMini robot provides application flexibility in small part handling and assembly applications. -
Industry Product
Yamaha Motor Europe Factory Automation Section announces YK-XG and YK-TW orbital SCARA series
Yamaha’s SCARA robots are designed for noise immunity and reliability by eliminating the effects of contamination such as dust or grease that exist in industrial environments. -
FeatureProcess Plants Need New Approaches to Leverage Actionable Information From Big Data
Turning data into information requires process knowledge, but it should not require a high level of IT expertise and engagement. -
Industry Product
OSISoft and Petuum partner to announce Petuum Industrial AI Autopilot integrated with OSIsoft’s PI Web API
Petuum Industrial AI Autopilot is integrated with OSIsoft’s PI Web API, PI connectors and interfaces, PI Vision, PI Asset Framework and Asset Analytics. OSIsoft Cloud connect enables real-time inference and learning on streaming data. -
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Vuzix announces patent filing for waveguide-based augmented reality smart glasses
These smart glasses would incorporate multiple components of Vuzix IP and technology/ecosystem it has built around smart glasses -
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The SEMI Smart Manufacturing Initiative releases semiconductor industry’s Benchmark Survey
The survey was created by subject matter experts from the Americas Chapter of the SEMI Smart Manufacturing Technology Community. Member companies include Intel, Applied Materials, EMD Performance Materials, MAX International Engineering Group, Cimetrix, Jabil and SUNY Polytechnic Institute. -
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Renishaw announces opening of U.S. Fixturing Centre of Excellence for inspection machines
The Centre of Excellence for metrology fixturing design and manufacturing is located just a few miles away from R&R’s existing Grand Haven operations, but is approximately three times the size.