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HMS Report: Industrial Ethernet and wireless growing fast in 2017
Industrial Ethernet now accounts for 46% of the market (38 last year). Wireless technologies are also coming on strong, now at 6% (4) market share. Combined, industrial Ethernet and Wireless now account for 52% of the market, while fieldbuses are at 48%. -
ComicOtto Mation Comic Caption Contest - February 22, 2017
We couldn't pick just one! We have two winners for our recent comic caption contest. The winning captions were submitted by Kim K. of British Columbia and Klaus G. of Germany, respectively. -
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POSITAL adds PROFINET interface to IXARC rotary encoders
Areas of application for these encoders include oil and gas facilities, underground mines, chemical plants, milling operations and grain-handling facilities. -
Industry Product
Define Instruments introduces Zen RTU Mini SCADA for data acquisition
Designed for DAQ applications requiring the collation of multiple signals and signal types from industrial sensors, the Zen RTU Mini collates up to 16 signals for direct routing to SCADA systems and PLCs. -
Industry Product
Bestech Australia introduces the capaNCDT 6112 displacement measurement sensor
The capaNCDT system can be used for thickness, coordinate and oscillation measurements, as well as brake test stands. Other applications can be found in R&D, semiconductor production, automation, medical engineering and machine building. -
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Enhanced productivity to be on display at the 2017 HANNOVER MESSE
What happens when a machine fails or a customer changes its order? Production has to be re-configured, which is time-consuming and expensive. What if there was a better way? -
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Otto Motors to supply self-driving vehichles for Mississippi Toyota plant
The OTTO self-driving vehicle will be used to sequentially load and deliver tires lineside. The solution will integrate with additional appliances for automatic unstacking onto conveyors. Tires will then move to team members on the line for final assembly. -
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Control Station announces technology partnership with OSIsoft
Control Station is one of a select group of software technology companies to join OSIsoft’s Partner EcoSphere. The Partner EcoSphere engages technology and service firms in the creation of value through real-time data collection and analytics. -
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Siemens announces collaboration in 'Road to Digital Production' research project
The declared aim of the 26-month project is to advance the development of products and technologies enabling the implementation of digital industrial production. -
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The Cloud Holds the Answer to Business Optimization
By Mark Humphlett, Infor The total output of U.S. manufacturing has increased by more than 250% in the past 25 years, and this growth is expected to continue. In this environment, manufacturers must be proactive about simplifying complex supply chains, or risk falling behind their competitors. -
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ISA Director: Oil & Gas facilities must take action now to protect against cyberattack
Patrick J. Gouhin, speaking at a Bloomberg LIVE conference in Houston, Texas on the future of cybersecurity in the US oil and gas sector, urged energy executives to take action now to protect their facilities and operations from cyberattack. -
FeatureThe Autonomous Workplace: Robotics Developers Focus on Safety
The “Automation Age” is the most influential period of technological advancement since the invention of the steam engine. -
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Cloud-Based MES: The Effort to Empower Small Manufacturers
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com In this day and age, it can sometimes seem like the small manufacturer is getting buried underneath the bigger entities in the industry. Yet, many of today’s advances, like the cloud-based MES, are making it possible for small and medium size manufacturers to improve their operation -
Industry Product
Comark announces EDT1700 EnduraTouch II series of industrial computer
The EDT1700 is a fit for applications such as total wash-down spray areas, areas requiring resistance to bacteria, sanitation areas, high temperature areas, or in wet, dirty or corrosive environments. -
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AMETEK releases PTC-425 temperature calibrator
The PTC-425 has a temperature range of 33C to 425C (91F to 797F) making it ideal for sterilization tunnels as well as validation and monitoring applications in the pharmaceutical, medical and food industries. -
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BEI Kimco releases LA05-05 and LA15-16 models of actuators
BEI Kimco’s low out-gassing VCAs are suitable for a wide variety of demanding OEM environmental conditions such as semiconductor, military, aerospace, microelectronics, test and measurement, and industrial manufacturing applications. -
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Fluke announces Fluke 1732 and 1734 three-phase energy loggers
These loggers capture key measurements — voltage, current, power, power factor, and other variables like temperature — to enable managers to understand their energy usage and correlate it to their activities. -
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Siemens announces launch of Lifelong Educational Advantage Program
The effort is designed to give high school and technical school graduates a basic-to-advanced machine tool knowledge that will benefit them in future careers as CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machinists. -
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InfinityQS Report: Enterprise visibility is the first step to Industry 4.0
InfinityQS found in its recent survey of 260 manufacturers that 75% of respondents are still manually collecting data. 47% of those rely on pencil and paper. -
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Improving Worker Safety with Automatic Tank Gauging
By Christoffer Widahl, Emerson Automation Solutions Manual tank gauging at oil and gas extraction sites is a dangerous and potentially fatal operation. The new API MPMS 18.2 standard, which allows automatic tank gauging to be used for custody transfer on production tanks, will help to prevent injuries.