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The DGST slide and yoke plate are machined from a single piece of aluminum. Backlash free piston rod/yoke connection contributes to the slide. Twin piston drives and recirculating ball bearing guides provide the DGST with power– from 7.6 to 132.6 lbf (34 to 590 N) at 6 bar.

The enhancements are intended to help companies to increase user adoption and capture the critical data insights that are essential to continuous improvement.

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Continuous manufacturing improvement is fundamental to remain competitive. Understanding new technologies, methods, and what these technologies and methods make possible is important for manufacturers to prosper in the new wave of manufacturing digitalization.

Fluke is adding condition monitoring data to IBM Maximo with Integrated Condition Monitoring for Maximo, a solution that incorporates real-time asset data within existing IBM Maximo workflows.

The Antaira management software on these switches helps monitor, react, and troubleshoot applications. Features such as SNMP Traps, Syslog, and port mirroring can help maintain a system.

The small portable device can scan color on any object. It then links to a Color Sensor app which provides the paint color match.

The embedded CSB200-818 houses a 3.5-inch single board computer powered by an Intel Atom processor E3930, N4200 or N3350 and is equipped with 4GB (default) of DDR3L-1866 system memory that is upgradeable to 8GB.

The PSRswitch offers an RFID non-contact safety door switch system with M12 connections. The safety switch can be connected in a series with Y distributors, bridge plugs, and SAC cabling.

Despite widespread awareness of cybersecurity issues and availability of training competency & preparedness remain varied in the industrial landscape.

This 2-watt unit operates on 30V DC and provides 200k ohm resistance. This device is used to support vehicle steering systems.

Marktech Model MTE6063M-UHR visible red LED emitters offer output power, typically 27.5 mW, along with a radiation pattern, and a peak emission wavelength of 630 nm.

These capacitive sensors are suitable for detecting the presence of solids, but are equally good at detecting material or liquids like granulates, sugar, oil, and aqueous media through a nonmetal wall, such as packaging, glass or plastic, with a maximum thickness of 4 mm.

As a sponsor of the Houston Section, EPLAN will be participating in some of ISA’s events like the 17th Annual Expo & Chili Cook Off, Pipeline Cajun Cook Off & Table Top Show and the 15th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament.

The IR-TEC product line consists of Passive Infrared (PIR), High Frequency Doppler (HFD) and Ambient Light Sensors (ALS) among others. These sensors are combined to make up a variety of ceiling and wall mount occupancy sensors, light sensors, and wall switching/sensing stations

By Mark Howard, EU Automation According to data from the Energy Information Administration, wind power is set to surpass hydroelectric as the largest renewable energy source in the United States in 2019. As the nation transitions to greener energy, how can plant managers maintain facilities and substations on this ever-evolving grid?

Some 500 participants from around the world are expected to attend the event on 22 April 2020 being staged under the tagline “Industrial Transformation”. Toby Walsh, international expert on artificial intelligence, to give keynote address.

Common applications include maintenance and troubleshooting of gauges, switches, transmitters, transducers, valves, gas meters, flow computers, pumps, and filters. The HPC50 can also replace a deadweight tester.

ROI equations do not account for lost opportunity to collect investment interest on money diverted to fund an automation project or the time value of money.

The Unified Operations Center is a central hub that transforms the control room into a collaborative workspace. Functional silos are broken down by contextualizing operational and business data to enable teams to make better decisions based on accurate, real-time information.

EVT’s Label Alignment and Position Inspector checks the position and the alignment of the previously defined label. The parameters are defined by the user. Afterwards the inspection can be applied immediately to the production process.