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Case Study
TM Robotics helps Ralawise automate for accident reduction
Box opening robots are not as common as the more traditional six-axis or SCARA robot models. To find a robot that could perform this task effectively, Ralawise approached TM Robotics, the European, North and South American distributor of Toshiba Machine industrial robots. -
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Sea Machines Robotics demonstrates autonomous systems to assist marine oil-spill response
The on-water demonstrations took place aboard the world’s first autonomous spill response vessel – a Vigor/Kvichak Marine Industries-built skimmer boat, owned by Marine Spill Response Corp. (MSRC) – before a live audience of MARAD, government, naval, international, environmental and industry representatives. -
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ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference to shed light on issues in the energy processing and process manufacturing industries
ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference (PIC) is taking place 4-6 November at the Westin Houston, Memorial City. This is an event for those who wish to understand the demands and find answers to problems in energy processing and process manufacturing. -
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ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference to shed light on issues in the energy processing and process manufacturing industries
ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference (PIC) is taking place 4-6 November at the Westin Houston, Memorial City. This is an event for those who wish to understand the demands and find answers to problems in energy processing and process manufacturing. -
Industry Product
B&R introduces Safe Speed Observer virtual sensor for ACOPOS P3 servo drive
From the electrical variables of a permanent magnet synchronous motor, the Safe Speed Observer calculates two redundant models of the motor – achieving a safety level for the calculated speed. The virtual sensor can be used for both linear and rotary synchronous motors. -
Industry Product
igus announces plastic clamps for energy chains
The plastic clamps can be attached to the arm of the robot by a screw connection. The triflex R is attached to the clamp by a clip and fixed. The clamps are suitable for cobots from Universal Robots, TMS and Kuka LBR iiwa robot arms. -
Industry Product
Electromate announces LoPro linear actuators
UtiliTrak is constructed with DualVee Motion Technology in vee and vee/crown designs, and using MadeWell Crown Rollers, and are designed for commercial applications. -
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inVia Robotics announces Ilya Kravchenko as senior director of engineering and Lauren Ziccardi as senior director of solutions.
Kravchenko will report directly to Randolph Voorhies, co-founder and chief technology officer and Ziccardi will report directly to Lior Elazary, co-founder and chief executive officer. -
FeatureAutoQuiz: Characteristics of an Industrial Controller
For a direct-acting controller, the resulting output movement is in the same direction as the movement of the process variable. -
Industry Product
NUM introduces accelerometer-based active vibration control system for CNC machine tools
Primarily designed to improve machining by eliminating tool head vibration, the system further helps maximize material removal rate (MRR) and can also provide real-time feedback for predictive maintenance purposes. -
Industry Product
TrendMiner introduces Production Cockpit analytics software with the release of TrendMiner 2019.R3
This latest TrendMiner release is Intended companies in the chemicals, oil & gas, water & wastewater, utilities, pharmaceuticals, food processing and metals & mining sectors. -
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Mission Secure announces Don Ward as Senior Vice President of Global Services
In addition to leading MSi's global services department, Don contributes technology leadership experience with more than 20 years in cybersecurity, IT and data networking. -
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port GmbH announces name change
The "port Gesellschaft für computergestützte Automation mbH" will become "port industrial automation GmbH" -
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Semcon announces partnership with EDRMedeso with focus on digital twins
The partnership in digital twins was launched in June 2019 and is part of Semcon’s increased focus on digital services. The goal is to start the first project with EDRMedeso during the autumn. -
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inVia Robotics announces Ilya Kravchenko as senior director of engineering and Lauren Ziccardi as senior director of solutions.
Kravchenko will report directly to Randolph Voorhies, co-founder and chief technology officer and Ziccardi will report directly to Lior Elazary, co-founder and chief executive officer. -
Case Study
Emerson helps BP Alaska enhance process safety with wireless pressure gauges
Rosemount Wireless Pressure Gauges work to contribute to decreased personnel and environmental risk by providing visibility into well integrity without the need to physically enter the well, protecting personnel from potentially hazardous conditions. -
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How to Take Control of Equipment Lifecycle Risks Before They Cause Downtime
By Dave Mayer, Rockwell Automation Running production equipment for decades comes with inherent risks, like spares shortages and technology obsolescence. And if you don’t control these risks, they’ll control you. Real-time data can help you get ahead of challenges like spares shortages and technology obsolescence. -
Industry Product
AutomationDirect announces C-more EA9 series remote (headless) HMI unit
The EA9-RHMI has an 800MHz CPU and 82MB of project memory, includes (2) serial ports, USB 2.0 Type A and B ports, a built-in SD memory card slot and one Ethernet port. The Ethernet 10/100 Base-T port supports program download, remote Internet access, and communications to PLCs and PCs. -
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Going From a Crisis to a Competition: How the US turned around its manufacturing sector
By Mark Howard, United States Country Manager, EU Automation Even though the US economy is the largest in the world by nominal GDP, it was a crisis in the manufacturing sector that prompted the US Government to act to save the industrial sector over the last decade. This article investigates how the US has turned it around. -
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Kaspersky Report: Over half of ICS incidents caused by employee errors
According to the survey, digitalization of industrial networks and adoption of Industry 4.0 standards are a priority for many industrial companies. Four out of five organizations (81%) consider operational network digitalization to be an important or very important task for this year.