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With continuous force ratings to 200 kN (45,000 lbf) pressing, and speeds to 401 mm/sec (15.8 in/sec), and stroke lengths from 150 mm (6 inches) to 900 mm (36 inches), the FTP Series can be applied across a wide range of pressing applications.

Previously, Bishop was the Vice President of Finance, Planning, Analysis, Reporting, and Process Improvement for Macy’s Logistics. He also has experience as the Senior Vice President of Logistics at Levitz Furniture, Vice President of Supply Chain at Giggle, and Director of the East Region Distribution at Toys R Us.

By Nick Boughton, Boulting Technology Engineering giant Rolls Royce pioneered servitization in 1962 with its Power-by-the-Hour approach to jet engine maintenance management. This article discusses what servitization can offer other industries including high-volume, low-margin manufacturing.

The linear travel of the X and Y axes is 100mm x 100mm (3.937 in. x 3.937 in.), and the resolution of each axis is 20 microns(non-micro-step) or 1 micron(20 micro-steps per step motor driver in use), repeatability is 2 microns, and the positional accuracy is 3 microns.

With S-mount lens holder, the See3CAM_CU55 is suitable for applications such as smart surveillance, digital microscopy, document scanning cameras, optical character recognition, smart parking lot management, microscopy/magnification, drones etc.

RC-WebView combines enterprise tools with an interface that connects multiple, independent control systems into a single enterprise website. Accessed by a secure Single Sign-On (SSO), RC-WebView empowers operators to have scalable visibility and control at a glance.

The COMBIVERT S6 is suitable for a range of servo applications, including highly automated, safety-oriented machines. The drives provide motor control in real time, integrated safety functionality and are designed in a book-style format for easier mounting in control cabinets where space can be limited.

The 2019 product catalog features performance data, sizes, specifications, and technical references for the company’s portfolio of current sensing switches, transducers, transformers, and ground fault protection products.

Bernardin succeeds Jim Cooper, who is moving on to become the full-time CEO of DigitalEd, a company Maplesoft spun-off in early 2018.

ISA's success depends on its ability to seize key opportunities while continuing to deliver value, both to individual members and to the global automation community.

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It is designed to be installed into strategic locations where unsteady pressure fluctuations and cavitation occur. For example, around impellers, propellers, or fluid jets.

These sensors are specifically designed to meet the needs of system integration. The SDK including C+, C++, C#, Halcon, LabVIEW, OpenCV, Python and MATLAB assists application development.

Material Traceability and Batch Validation can be instrumented on all semi-automatic hand-add, kitchen-type systems or automatic batching control systems.

RHINO PSH series 12, 24 and 48 VDC power supplies offer efficiencies up to 94.5%, temperature performance range of -25°C to 70°C and agency approvals for extreme conditions. RHINO PSX series power supplies are Class I, Div. 2 hazardous location rated with 12 and 24VDC output voltages, universal 120/240 VAC input voltage, adjustable DC output, DC-OK LED indication, and output current limitation.

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Based on discussions at the Rockwell Automation Fair, this article explores Rockwell Automation and PTC's committment to building out software into an integrated Industrial Digitization solution, in order to fully achieve the goals of Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing.

By combining each party’s strengths, the resulting joint solution will provide real-time measurement of ore grades and byproducts by MineSense’s BeltSense in combination with a single material and quality management system, Siemens Simine MAQ

Dead time is the source of the ultimate limit to control loop performance.

The SCM180 is suitable for a range of smart, portable/mobile-integrated IoT applications including robotics, automotive, factory automation, smart agriculture, casino gaming, medical, retail, surveillance and more.

The combined memberships will continue to drive the momentum of the Industrial Internet including the development and promotion of industry guidance and best practices for fog and edge computing. The organizations expect the details to be finalized in early 2019.