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One leading industrial automation giant, specialized in Manufacturing, Production and Lifecycle Services for Valves, Actuators & Regulators, and other plant assets faced practical difficulty in configuration and maintenance of their various field devices. Utthunga developed a single Device DTM, which reduced the operational time and time to market while ensuring compliance with FDT 1.2 standard.

To meet the new demands of today, hardware must evolve from control and rules-based systems to data-centric environments to accommodate edge AI.

Operators can drive plants to their maximum capability and avoid costly incidents with a fully integrated corrosion and erosion monitoring suite of software and service solutions.

Accompanying the MAX48 linear encoder, the MAX30 provides integrated cylinder position measurement for mobile machines.

Careful sourcing of remote access devices and their components is critical to ICS cybersecurity, in order to safeguard against supply chain attacks.

HMS Networks launches new PTC Marketplace solution which enables users to bridge machine data to PTC’s ThingWorx® Platform using Ewon® Flexy and the Talk2M® cloud.

Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of digital high-speed imaging systems, introduces its Phantom® TMX Series, featuring the first high-speed cameras with back side illumination (BSI) sensor technology.

Developed by Servotronix with an EtherNet/IP interface from STXI Motion, the softMC compact microcontroller enables any major OEM programmable logic controller (PLC) to seamlessly control any motion control component, including robots, drives, and motors, to add innovation and modularity to packaging systems.

FreeFORM Technologies delivered a complex end-of-arm tooling solution in 17-4PH stainless steel for a high-volume automotive inspection process using binder jet 3D printing technology from ExOne.

Expanded product offering with robust device certification and characterization gives customers programmable logic solutions ideal for thermally challenging environments.

NEMA welcomes a recent Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publication, U.S. Industrial and Commercial Motor Systems Market Assessment (MSMA), a study that delves into considerable detail on the number, disposition, and operating characteristics of electric motor-driven systems in U.S. industrial and commercial facilities.

The company joins the world in recognizing engineering’s achievements and its role in supporting sustainable development.

Germany students develop 3D printer for cost-effective production of structural elements.

The first mechatronic solution packages are already available or are in the test phase.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure introduces the new KNX Touch Control TC5 room operator unit.

The Compact SDLM-051-070-01-01 Direct Drive Linear Actuator with integrated position and temperature sensors is the latest addition to the patented series of zero backlash, zero cogging, high acceleration, high speed, high resolution, long life actuators from Moticont.

Harold G. Schaevitz Industries LLC (HGSI) has expanded its sensor product offering by adding a line of ILPS-18S Series Spring Loaded Inductive Linear Position Sensors using LVIT Technology.

In this post, I will briefly go over the steps we took to build a 7-axis robotic arm, some of the things we learned along the way, and a way to do it with less components.

This excerpt of the 28-page Automation.com 2020 Salary Survey report reflects the early effects of pandemic-related economic upheavals for engineering, business and technical professionals in manufacturing and industry.

New ARC Advisory Group research on the global Supply Chain Planning market finds that the term “digital supply chain transformation” means different things to different companies. At some companies, it means replacing manual, paper, and pencil processes with digital data and process support. At some companies, it means using robotics in their supply chain.