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Case StudyInductive Automation helps Madison-Kipp Corporation enhance efficiency
Madison-Kipp Corporation (MKC), based in Madison, Wisconsin, makes precision machined aluminum die castings and subassemblies for the transportation, lawn & garden, and industrial markets. When it wanted to bring down costs and raise efficiency, MKC implemented Ignition by Inductive Automation -
AR and VR: The Missing Links
Experiential learning is increasingly accepted as the most effective way to develop competency for both operators and field workers. To build truly effective operations, though, we need to bring them together. -
Industry ProductH2W Technologies announces model TWR-034-800-1RC rotary voice coil actuator
The TWR-034-800-1RC has a total angular displacement of 34 degrees [0.59 radians] and a motor constant of 275 in-oz/sqrt(watt) [1.92 N-m/sqrt(watt)]. The voice coil motor requires 1.7 amps of continuous current per coil and 5.1 amps of peak current per coil to generate the specified forces. -
Industry ProductFLIR Systems announces FLIR GF77a Gas Find IR camera
A camera in FLIR Systems’ optical gas imaging (OGI) series, the connected GF77a provides upstream and midstream gas processors, producers, and operators with the ability to monitor continuously for invisible, potentially dangerous methane leaks at natural gas power plants, renewable energy production facilities, industrial plants, and other locations along a natural gas supply chain. -
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FeatureCybersecurity Is a Business Imperative [Infographic]
For the most effective management of industrial cybersecurity, it should be baked into a company's culture. -
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Alliance Sensors Group announces LP-22 series of linear potentiometers
LP-22 series potentiometers are constructed to satisfy applications like robotic control, X-Y table feedback, injection molding machine slides, press or die arm position, control valve shaft position, and mil/aero test stands. -
Industry ProductProGlove introduces MARK Display wearable screen scanning solution
MARK Display brings essential information right where front-line workers in the supply chain need it most: the back of the hand. -
NewsRolls-Royce announces electronics manufacturing capability at Purdue
The first controller has been completed at Rolls-Royce in the Purdue Research Foundation’s Discovery Park District adjacent to the Purdue University campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, and will be installed onto a Rolls-Royce AE 3007H engine, manufactured at the company’s facilities in Indianapolis. -
NewsSiemens launches nationwide Process Automation Innovation Tour
The traveling tour is designed to bring the latest innovations in automation, instrumentation, networking, and cybersecurity right to the doorstep of the process industries. -
NewsVector Solutions announces 60+ Facilities Maintenance Courses in 3D
The Facility Management & Maintenance Library features 69 courses in 3D specifically designed to train facility managers, building engineers and maintenance technicians of commercial buildings. -
FeatureGuiding the Industry: AGVs and the Smart Factory
This article discusses how automated guided vehicles have advanced from simple materials handlers to intelligent autonomous robots. -
NewsIndustrial Automation Jobs in the Making
Research by Salesleads, a company that tracks industrial companies that are planning construction, expansion, or relocation projects in North America, 435 new projects are in the works as of February 2020, an activity increase of 1% from the previous month. -
Industry ProductNippon Pulse introduces Commander evaluation kit
This kit is designed for those evaluating the Commander core for a new application, and need a complete setup to get started on software development and testing. The evaluation kit helps OEMs prototype and implement their motion control system. -
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EXAIR introduces 1/8 NPT No Drip Internal Mix Air Atomizing Spray Nozzles
The No Drip Internal Mix Atomizing Spray Nozzles work in the same way our standard atomizing nozzles do, but have the added benefit of positively stopping liquid flow when compressed air is shut off. -
Industry ProductUnited Electric Controls announces HART-Registered Vanguard WirelessHART Gas Detector
This registration ensures that all WirelessHART users will be able to add Vanguard device drivers the next time they update their device descriptor (DD) libraries. It also assures users that they can add Vanguard systems to existing WirelessHART networks. -
Industry ProductMoore Industries announces Instrument Panels and Systems engineering service
Moore Industries can supply and assemble ready-to-install instrument sub-systems for customers’ control and monitoring needs with instrumentation, cabinets, wiring, tubing, relays, and power supplies. -
Industry ProductThorlabs releases Ultra-Low-Noise semiconductor lasers
Offered in both polarization maintaining and single mode fiber variants, these lasers can be optimized for wavelength tuning by temperature or current depending on the application. -
Case StudySmartRay ECCO sensors help Italian machine builder to enhance inspection
One of the challenges of this application was the metal and shiny surface of the parts, which the ECCO 55.100 sensor was able to manage perfectly, producing a high-quality profile of the inspected part. -
NewsVecna Robotics announces partnership with UniCarriers Americas
Through this partnership, UniCarriers will manufacture and promote their pallet jacks running Vecna Robotics’ Pivotal automation software. -
Industry ProductMHS launches MHS Helix software solution for e-commerce-driven warehouses
MHS Helix consists of template-based modules for equipment control, inventory management and order fulfillment functions, designed to work together in customized configurations according to each facility’s unique requirements.