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Unity Scientific announces CommUnity Networking Suite
NIR spectrometers analyze thousands of samples daily, providing data in support of a variety of production and laboratory requirements. -
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What Should a Plant Manager Do During the First 90 Days on the Job?
Learn five "must-do" activities that every new industrial plant manager should build into initial plans to ensure everything kicks off in the right direction. -
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Ohio Manufacturing Workforce Partnership awarded $12 Million Department of Labor grant to scale manufacturing apprenticeships
The funding will play a vital role in helping Ohio address the workforce shortage and skills gap affecting manufacturing, as manufacturers across the state have repeatedly cited workforce as their top issue of concern. -
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Dow Performance Silicones earns 2019 Customer Excellence Award from Siemens
At an executive level meeting called in 2017 between Siemens and Dow, the companies mutually agreed to initiate a special program called “PCS 7 health check.” The main objective was to optimize system reliability. -
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FDT Group announces Executive Committee approval of FDT IIoT Server (FITS) specification for release to the FDT membership
The emerging FITS standard, set to release at year-end, will provide control system and device vendors with the opportunity to advance their intelligent automation solution offerings with FDT's standards-based, platform-independent, information-driven business models meeting the demands of the process and discrete markets. -
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FDT Group announces Executive Committee approval of FDT IIoT Server (FITS) specification for release to the FDT membership
The emerging FITS standard, set to release at year-end, will provide control system and device vendors with the opportunity to advance their intelligent automation solution offerings with FDT's standards-based, platform-independent, information-driven business models meeting the demands of the process and discrete markets. -
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Phoenix Content announces expansion of IP-protected PRC series of circular connectors
Inverted cable connectors and couplings ensure cable-to-cable connections in building, industrial, and outdoor applications. Modular basic housings and contact inserts also make angled conductor outlets possible for the first time. -
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Nanotec introduces SCA5618 stepper motor
The SCA5618 is available in three lengths and with two different windings. Depending on length, the holding torque of this stepper motor is 0.6 to 2.3 Ncm; it has a resolution of 1.8°. -
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AutomationDirect announces eight I/O expansion modules to BRX Micro PLC product line
Eight analog input and combination analog I/O modules are available. 16-channel current input (0-20 mA / 4-20 mA) and 16-channel voltage input (+/- 10VDC, +/- 5VDC, 0-5 VDC, 0-10 VDC) modules provide higher density analog I/O. -
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Democratizing Digitalization to Achieve Manufacturing Competitiveness at PTC LiveWorx 2019
By Bill Lydon, Automation.com While attending LiveWorx 2019, for example, it was obvious to me that that PTC has created the most open system architecture which manufacturers can use to leverage digitalization and collaboration to achieve strong competitive positions in their industries. -
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Advancing Automation: Manufacturing Software
Automation.com has teamed with industrial innovators to showcase efficiency and productivity technologies within manufacturing operations. IoT gateways, cloudbased MES and more are covered in this Manufacturing Software ebook. -
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Otto Mation Comic Caption Contest - July 2019
The winning caption for this comic caption contest was submitted by Troy W, in Pennsylvania. Congratulations, Troy! -
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A Superhero’s Toolkit: The Engine Behind Automation
By Jack Wilson, Optimum Consultancy Services Even superheroes have toolkits that can make or break their ability to power automation for large complex processes. This article covers a few of those tools. -
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Industrial Internet Consortium announces IIoT Maturity Assessment
The IIoT Maturity Assessment helps organizations become adopters of IIoT by guiding business managers through a range of questions about the adoption, usage and governance of IIoT within their organizations. -
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Samsung Electronics selects Optomec’s Aerosol Jet for electronics production
The Optomec Aerosol Jet 5X system supports 5-axis of coordination motion with a 200mm x 300mm x 200mm (x, y, z) print envelope and the ability to print features ranging from 10 microns to millimeters. -
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Rittal partners with Atos and Siemens to develop Intelligent Edge Data Center
The ‘Intelligent Edge Data Center’ (IEDC) is a configurable datacenter solution that enables companies to process IoT data in real-time -
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Sager Electronics announces acquisition of Technical Power Systems
Sager Electronics, a North American distributor of Interconnect, Power and Electromechanical components and provider of value-add solutions, announced it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Technical Power Systems -
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EVT introduces Machine Learning-based EVT Scratch Inspector
As standard the Scratch Inspector is available in three different illumination variations. Depending on the requirements, the illuminations can be adapted to the different sizes of the component parts. -
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EXAIR introduces Hot Tap Digital Flowmeters
Hot Tap Digital Flowmeters incorporate two valves that the measuring probes pass through. A sound muffler that also collects chips from the drilling process works to eliminate installation debris from entering the airstream and minimize noise exposure. -
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Rockwell Automation introduces enhancements to Kinetix 5700 servo system
The Kinetix 5700 regenerative bus supply regenerates excess energy, putting it back on the facility’s grid or making it available for plantwide use. The Kinetix 5700 large frame drive is designed for machines with large axis counts and higher power requirements. An added large-frame inverter extends the power capability up to 112 kW.
