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RS Components announces winners of Hackster contest for SIMATIC IOT 2020 open gateway
The contest was aimed at engineers, makers and students and challenged them to come up with innovative applications and solutions based on the open and flexible IoT gateway, which is manufactured by Siemens. The winning design came from Belgium and was for a rolling material monitoring system. -
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toolcraft announces expansion of German facility
The growing demand for 3D-printed parts is reflected in both toolcraft's need to expand its machine park and to construct its own laser melting centre. The centre will include a staff restaurant, which will not only fuel the company's employees, but will provide them with a place to meet and hold events. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: Which Fuse Has the Quickest Response to Over Currents?
Certain types of fuses have a very high speed of response to over currents. They provide excellent short-circuit component protection. -
Industry Product
port introduces GOAL middleware
The new GOAL middleware offers already without fieldbus functionality many features like Switch-Management, Core to Core communication As well as the 5 most frequently used Communication Protocols like PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, EtherCAT, POWERLINK and CANopen. -
Industry Product
VPG Foil Resistors introduces Model 303337 military-grade resistor
The design of the Model 303337 incorporates VPG’s Bulk Metal Z Foil resistive technology, along with a four-terminal Kelvin connection, for current sensing and temperature stability to 3W. -
Case Study
OCC helps Tampa water treatment company upgrade fiber optic cabling
By Jeff Miller, Optical Cable Corporation (OCC) Fiber optic cabling upgrade helps fend off lightning strikes, gnawing animals, environmental toxins, and other threats that can interrupt critical communications and control. Concerns of this kind recently drove the Tampa Bay Regional Surface Water Treatment Plant to upgrade from PE-89 outdoor direct burial copper cable to fiber optic cable. -
Industry Product
ABB announces RFID technology for Jokab Safety Eden sensors
The entire line is IP69K rated, making ABB Jokab Safety Eden safety sensors ideal for applications that require resistance to dust and liquid ingress, such as wash-down operations in food and beverage processing plants. -
Industry Product
PI introduces N-865 and Q-845 models of multi-axis positioning stage
This system is based on proprietary PiezoWalk linear motor technology. It provides 2 nanometer minimum incremental motion in X, Y, Z with 0.2 microradian angular motion in Pitch, YAW, and Roll. -
Industry Product
Pepperl+Fuchs release SC-System family of 6mm signal conditioners
The SC-System's family of signal conditioners by Pepperl+Fuchs consists of a single rotation speed monitor with a 6 mm installation width, which processes digital input signals of all binary sensors and is now fitted with a restart inhibit. -
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Implementing Industrial Ethernet: The challenges of connecting a multiprotocol network
By Andrew McIntyre, Texas Instruments At the core of Industry 4.0 is the need for reliable communication networks. These networks are closely tied to real-time operational needs; therefore, they must be able to handle information in a deterministic and redundant manner. -
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Infor announces Coleman AI Platform
A platform that operates below an application's surface, Coleman mines data and uses machine learning to improve processes such as inventory management, transportation routing, and predictive maintenance -
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10 things you need to know about precision displacement measurement
Learn the 10 most important factors to consider when using a non-contact displacement measurement sensor. -
Industry Product
Emerson announces launch of Roxar RMS 10.1
Through advances to the seismic to flow simulation workflow and decision-support tools, Roxar RMS 10.1 takes collaboration and integration between domains a step further, supporting enhanced decision-making. -
Industry Product
Festo introduces red/green demarcation for pressure and vacuum gauges
Red/green zone dial-face adjustability allows a unified visual warning system to be applied across a range of processes for quicker recognition of issues. Festo designed these new gauges to be visible and easily understood. -
Feature
Remote Monitoring of Pumps with WirelessHART Transmitters
By Tom Bass, Emerson Automation Solutions Pumps in remote locations can be monitored with wireless transmitters in a cost-effective manner to improve uptime, avoid incidents and increase reliability. -
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Endress+Hauser announces opening of new Malaysian office
The roughly 3,000-square-meter facility houses a calibration center for flow, level, pressure and liquid analysis instruments, in addition to training rooms and an auditorium that provide ample space for hands-on customer training. -
FeatureSeparating Hype from the True Value of Industrial Big Data Analytics
Perhaps no other new technology comes with more promise to manufacturing executives than big data analytics for manufacturing and the process industries. -
Industry Product
Hoffmann-Krippner announces EHEDG hygenic mounting kit for P53 “Steel Head” ultrasonic sensors
This hygienic sensor solution has been designed for the food and beverage sector and chemical and pharmaceutical industries – suitable for any manufacturing/assembly/bottling/packaging system that requires a clean and hygienic environment. -
Industry Product
Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence introduces PC-DMIS 2017 R2 measurement software
This is the second of two releases scheduled for PC-DMIS in 2017. PC-DMIS 2017 R2 introduces Slideshow for INSPECT software, allowing users to create customizable layouts with inspection results populated during measurement. -
Industry Product
MEMSIC introduces MDP2000 differential pressure sensor
Leveraging its thermal accelerometer technology and experience in consumer electronics, MEMSIC will be offering a differential pressure sensor for medical, HVAC and other applications.