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Nabil Hasan

Nabil Hasan, a strategic engineering consultant for North American warehouse solutions at Vanderlande, helps retailers solve their warehouse challenges with innovative and proven automation. He works closely with customers to understand their unique needs and designs tailored solutions that leverage the extensive depth and breadth of Vanderlande’s solutions and services. 

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  • Thumbnail for Weintek introduces Gateway model cMT-G03/G04

    Weintek introduces Gateway model cMT-G03/G04

    cMT-G03/G04 can independently communicate with the devices, and convert the protocols to MQTT, OPC UA, and SQL...etc, integrating data to IIoT.
    18 September, 2018
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    Are Industrial Protocols Going the Way of AppleTalk, DecNet & Netware?

    By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The industrial automation industry has a reputation and history of being behind the technology adoption curve. With an prganizational need for reliability and system availability, the key question is: When is a new technology reliable enough that the benefits outweigh the risk?
    18 September, 2018 | 4 minutes
  • Thumbnail for CIMdata announces strategic partnership with the Institute for Process Excellence

    CIMdata announces strategic partnership with the Institute for Process Excellence

    Under this partnership, CIMdata and IpX will launch several industry initiatives. These joint programs will provide organizations with the tools and services to solve complex challenges facing global enterprises.
    17 September, 2018 | 1 minute
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    Why You Can’t Afford to Ignore Robot Batteries

    By Michele Windsor, Ultralife Corporation For robots to be truly reliable and safe, engineers should ensure they have the correct power solutions. This article explains the impact poor design and integration of batteries can have on industrial robots.
    By: Ultralife Corporation
    17 September, 2018 | 3 minutes
  • Thumbnail for HANNOVER MESSE announces "Integrated Industry – Industrial Intelligence" theme for 2019 event

    HANNOVER MESSE announces "Integrated Industry – Industrial Intelligence" theme for 2019 event

    The theme of HANNOVER MESSE 2019 underlines the growing importance of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the production and energy industries, including such areas as energy efficiency and use and autonomous production processes as well as challenges in terms of interfaces, protocols and security.
    17 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for ABB to highlight ABB Ability solutions at CEPSI 2018 in Malaysia

    ABB to highlight ABB Ability solutions at CEPSI 2018 in Malaysia

    Highlights from ABB’s showcase include solutions that can enable digitalization and enhance the grid, in line with this year’s conference theme, “Re-imagining utility of the future.”
    By: ABB
    17 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for Seeq to sponsor Ignition Community Conference

    Seeq to sponsor Ignition Community Conference

    The ICC is hosted by Inductive Automation for partners and customers of the Ignition SCADA system.
    17 September, 2018 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for Rockwell Automation announces support for Energy Observer expedition

    Rockwell Automation announces support for Energy Observer expedition

    To help ensure 24-hour energy autonomy throughout its global expedition, the Energy Observer uses a combination of intermittent renewable energy: solar panels, wind turbines, lithium-ion batteries and a hydrogen production system.
    By: Rockwell Automation
    17 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Position Sensor Technology Comparison for Hydraulic Cylinder Feedback

    Position Sensor Technology Comparison for Hydraulic Cylinder Feedback

    By Edward E. Herceg, Alliance Sensors Group The strengths and weaknesses of magnetostrictive, variable resistance, and variable inductance sensors are examined in this white paper, along with a chart for feature-by-feature comparisons.
    17 September, 2018 | 5 minutes
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    Position Sensor Technology Comparison for Hydraulic Cylinder Feedback

    Recent electronic advancements and the flexibility of package designs make LVIT variable inductance sensors very cost effective for mainstream in-cylinder applications, especially those that tend to be near the peak of that bell curve.
    By: Edward E. Herceg
    17 September, 2018 | 5 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Honeywell introduces Honeywell SmartTE emulation software for CN80 mobile computers

    Honeywell introduces Honeywell SmartTE emulation software for CN80 mobile computers

    Honeywell SmartTE powered by StayLinked enables secure emulation to connect mobile workers to backend system. Honeywell is offering the software in collaboration with StayLinked.
    By: Honeywell Industrial Automation & Control
    17 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Novotechnik introduces TFD Series of touchless linear position sensors

    Novotechnik introduces TFD Series of touchless linear position sensors

    The TFD-4000 Series utilizes a magnetic position marker to provide a stroke length of 0 to 14, 24 or 50 mm—depending on model. These sensors make touchless measurements through air and non-magnetic materials.
    By: Novotechnik
    17 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Siemens introduces "PCU Retrofit for Sinumerik 840D" service

    Siemens introduces "PCU Retrofit for Sinumerik 840D" service

    During the retrofit, the existing Sinumerik PCU50 and MMC103 hardware and software components are removed and replaced with a Simatic IPC 427D industrial PC with Windows 10 and up-to-date HMI Advanced (human-machine interface) operating software.
    By: SIEMENS, SIEMENS
    17 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for Bronkhurst introduces D-6390 MASS-STREAM mass flow meter

    Bronkhurst introduces D-6390 MASS-STREAM mass flow meter

    On the D-6390 model, the maximum measuring range has been expanded to 10,000 ln/min air equivalent. Analogue I/O signals as well as an RS232 interface are provided by default.
    17 September, 2018
  • Thumbnail for The Three Most Desirable MRP Software Features for Manufacturers

    The Three Most Desirable MRP Software Features for Manufacturers

    For manufacturers, material requirements planning (MRP) software is one of the key elements to running a smooth manufacturing operation.
    By: Contributing Authors
    17 September, 2018 | 4 minutes
  • AutoQuiz: What Are Multiple Independent Protection Layers in Relation to Industrial Safety?

    A consequence of the concept of multiple independent protection suggests minimization of risk occurs when safety instrumented systems are completely independent from process control systems.
    By: Joel Don
    14 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
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    What Do Design Engineers Need to Know about Brushless DC Motor Technologies

    The disruptive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and next-generation smart manufacturing, also known as Industry 4.0, is placing demands on designers to develop motion-enabled solutions that are powerful, small, precise and efficient.
    By: Walter Smith
    13 September, 2018 | 5 minutes
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    What do Design Engineers Need to Know about Brushless DC Motor Technologies

    By Walter Smith, Sensata Technologies The advent of rare-earth magnets and advanced brushless DC motor (BLDC) motor design has empowered a new range of motors small enough to fit into confined spaces, powerful enough to do real work, and efficient enough to be used in wireless or remote applications.
    13 September, 2018 | 6 minutes
  • Thumbnail for University of Birmingham chooses Renishaw systems for healthcare research

    University of Birmingham chooses Renishaw systems for healthcare research

    The facility will bring together academics from different disciplines to explore the full potential of additive manufacturing (AM) for medical devices. The University of Birmingham has several active projects to innovate new medical devices and technologies to assist recovery following disease or injury, covering various clinical remits.
    By: Renishaw Inc
    13 September, 2018 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Three Steps to Ensuring Machine Safety

    Three Steps to Ensuring Machine Safety

    By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Machine safety is of the utmost importance to manufacturers to reduce the risk of accidents and safeguard staff. However, the benefits of a comprehensive safety strategy can extend far beyond this. But how can manufacturers reap the rewards safety brings?
    13 September, 2018 | 2 minutes
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