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Advancing Automation: Manufacturing Software, Volume XI
Automation.com has teamed with some of the leading innovators and providers of manufacturing software in order to deliver this in-depth guide to the variety of software options that drive different aspects of today’s manufacturing operations. -
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OnRobot announces acquisition of Purple Robotics
The Purple Robotics dual vacuum gripper can, so to speak, give a robot arm two “hands” and thereby the ability to handle several items simultaneously and solving multiple tasks in one movement. -
Industry Product
NK Technologies releases AGT-FD Series ground fault sensors
The AGT's sensing window is large enough to monitor 100 amp circuits. It can also be used to measure and monitor any low-value AC circuit current by passing just one of the conductors through the sensing window. -
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Rockwell Automation to present on smart manufacturing at PACK EXPO
This year, Rockwell Automation will conduct a series of presentations and demonstrations for end users, machine and equipment builders in packaging and related industries to share the most recent innovations in independent cart technology, analytics and network security. -
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Applying Apps in Industrial Automation
By Don Pham, IDEC Smartphone and tablet users prefer apps to browser-based access for everyday tasks, and this preference is spreading to industrial automation. -
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Beckhoff Automation announces opening of Quebec office
The Laval office establishes an automation solution center for Beckhoff customers in Quebec, located conveniently within driving distance from downtown Montreal and Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. -
Industry Product
Inspekto announces Autonomous Machine Vision QA solution
Plug & Inspect powered systems provide full autonomy to the manufacturing plant: systems immediately self-adapt to any changes in the inspected object environment, such as changes in light conditions and object location or orientation. -
Industry Product
Calex announces 48S14.250BC Bi-Directional DC/DC converter
The Bi-Directional DC/DC converter charges a low side (12V) battery during normal operation (buck mode) and charges or assists the high voltage (48V) battery in emergency situations (boost mode). It is packaged in an 9.45” x 5.366” x 0.725” mechanically enclosed package weighing 2.86 lbs. -
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Novotek releases Reality of IIoT whitepaper
The company outlines the technologies available, and the value in using them, in its new industrial internet of things (IIoT) whitepaper. -
Industry Product
Enerpac announces ZC-Series cordless hydraulic pump
The pumps are suited for use in industrial applications such as foundation repair, rail maintenance and concrete post-tensioning. -
Industry Product
Thermon announces TraceNet Genesis Control & Monitoring System
The TraceNet Genesis System gives access to comprehensive heat trace circuit information, including circuit performance history, fault analysis, and circuit drawings. Using this information, maintenance personnel can predict failures. -
Industry Product
New Scale Robotics introduces NSR-PG-10-20 Precision Parallel Gripper
The NSR-PG-10-20 Precision Parallel Gripper is a smart gripper available for collaborative robots, including the UR3, UR5 and UR10 robots from Universal Robots (UR). -
Industry Product
Nexen Group introduces Motor Ready Sealed (MRS) precision rotary indexer
For high load applications, the customer can drive the system with a reducer/motor combination. Additionally, the gear-to-pinion reaction loads are fully supported so the servo motor shaft is not subjected to radial loading. -
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Siemens announces latest version of Siemens Converting Toolbox
The Siemens Converting Toolbox has separate modules for each of the Siemens product categories typically found on converting machines, including SIMOTION motion controllers, SINAMICS drives and SIMATIC PLCs. -
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Honeywell helps Japanese turbocharger plant enhance performance monitoring technology
The cloud-based technology allows Honeywell’s Transportation Systems business to remotely identify, analyze and optimize energy consumption of the overall plant as well as all connected field devices. This is the first deployment of the solution in Asia. -
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InfinityQS Report: 64 Percent of manufacturers view budget as the main barrier to digital adoption
Further, 59 percent cite lack of available resources, and 47 percent claim other business priorities as additional factors holding them back from their digital ambitions. -
FeatureKey Insights to Control System Dynamics
Learn important strategies and concepts that can lead to a better industrial career and significantly improved system performance at your plant or facility. -
Industry Product
Peratech introduces distributed force array (DFA) sensor
The distributed force array (DFA) sensor uses Peratech’s quantum tunnelling composite (QTC) technology to provide an array of single point sensors that can be used in conjunction with a position sensor (such as capacitive) to measure force and correlate it with position. -
Industry Product
EVT announces EyCheck 4000 Z series of smart line scan camera
All EyeCheck 4000 Z cameras have a FPGA, DualCore ARM processor as well as a GigE interface with Power over Ethernet (PoE). The user also gets the IP core for using the FPGA. And in addition to the EyeVision library the cameras support also other libraries such as OpenCV. -
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National Tooling and Machining Association announces Dean Bartles as President
Bartles brings to NTMA almost four decades of experience in the manufacturing sector, most recently as the Director of the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center at the University of New Hampshire.