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Industrial Automation Group earns designation as Inductive Automation Premier Integrator
Inductive Automation looks forward to working more closely with IAG, which is becoming a more active member of the Ignition community. -
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ABB and Hewlett Packard Enterprise partner to create merged IT and OT solutions
ABB and HPE will deliver joint industry solutions that merge OT and IT to turn industrial data into insights and automatic action, combining cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure with IT systems running in corporate data centers and at the edge of the network. -
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METTLER TOLEDO releases guides for food manufacturing productivity & compliance
METTLER TOLEDO’s new food guides are designed to help manufacturers improve their understanding of food-safety standards and introduce them to processing equipment and solutions that can help operations become more efficient: -
Industry Product
Control Station announces Fall 2017 release of PlantESP
With its release the company augments PlantESP’s ability to support the diagnostic and optimization needs of single site, multi-site and enterprise process manufacturers on a global basis. -
Industry Product
Schneider Electric announces availability of PLC Modernization Services
The migration combines a Unity M580 application converter with a migration expert configuration utility tool, which identifies operational gaps and provides recommendations to solve each customer’s unique systems challenges. -
Industry Product
NI introduces IC-3173 Industrial Controller
The controller is suited to act as an Industrial Internet of Things edge node in harsh locations including spray down manufacturing environments, test cells and outdoor locations without the need for a protective enclosure. -
FeatureWebinar Recording: How to Choose a Modern, Integrated DCS Solution
DCS selection for an industrial application is critical to the successful integration of plant assets, people & processes for improved business operations. -
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IFR Report: Japan delivers 52 percent of global industrial robot supply
The production capacity of the Japanese suppliers has reached 153,000 units in 2016 – the highest level ever recorded. Today, Japan´s manufacturers deliver 52 percent of the global supply. -
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MESCO partners with Unified Automation to expand OPC UA in North America
The partnership is intended to provide OPC UA Toolkits and extended consulting, training and development services to North America. -
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HMIs Evolving to Serve the Enterprise in an Industrial IoT World
By John Krajewski III, Schneider Electric Human Machine Interfaces started as point solutions, but are now progressing to company-wide Operations Management Interfaces to leverage Industrial IoT and Industry 4.0 strategies. -
Industry Product
Technosoft introduces iPOS2401 servo drive with EtherCAT interface
Measuring 19 x 50 x 10 mm, and weighing 12 g, the iPOS2401 MX-CAT drive can be used in high precision positioning applications with any motor technology (brushless, stepper, DC/voice coil or linear) that requires no more than 1 A continuous at 24 V. -
Industry Product
Siemens introduces Simotics SD Add low-voltage motors
By offering low start-up current levels, this addition to the series is designed to open up greater application scope: for instance, to comply with sector-specific requirements in the process industries, or in fields requiring enhanced grid stability by reducing grid loads in the event of voltage dips. -
Industry Product
ABB and Werum partner to create 'Shop Floor Integration for Life Sciences' software solution for Pharma 4.0
GE Healthcare is among one of the first customers that will implement this Plug & Produce solution. The “Shop Floor Integration for Life Sciences” module is a new addition to the ABB Ability Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) offering. -
Industry Product
igus releases honeycomb strain relief CFU for e-chains
The strain relief system is designed as a replacement for commonly used cable tie-wraps and other strain relief solutions. -
eBookAdvancing Automation: Cloud Analytics
This eBook is designed to serve as a resource showing organizations both the technologies that can help them efficiently leverage all the data that their facilities have to offer, as well as strategies to fully connect and secure your systems in the process. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: How to Measure the Resistance of a Conductor
The resistance of a length of a conductor can be determined using the specific resistance and the cross-sectional area by using the equation R = r L/A -
FeatureWhen and How to Use Derivative Action in a PID Controller
The least frequently used mode in a PID controller, derivative is more useful when dead time is not pure dead time but is a series of small time constants. -
Case Study
Lighthouse Systems helps SunPower integrate MES and automation in Mexican facility
The manufacturing system - combining smart equipment, improved processes, plant automation and MES software - delivered on traceability and compliance requirements as well as on efficiencies. -
Case Study
BA Systèmes helps Sappi automate Dutch paper mill
BA Systèmes has completed the partial automation of Sappi’s Maastricht paper mill in the Netherlands. The fleet of 7 counterbalanced AGVs constitutes an automated solution for integrated production and storage flows. -
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Endress + Hauser partners with Aucotec to facilitate Industry 4.0-compatible networking
This link gives users of the Engineering Base (EB) software system direct access to data throughout the service life of the measuring devices concerned, including such items as instruction manuals, certificates, and details of maintenance and calibration procedures.