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Industrial Automation Workers Need a Wider Array of Technical Skills and Knowledge
The complexity of modern automation systems requires partnership and collaboration with an expanded set of industrial and technical disciplines. -
Virtual Commissioning in the Food Industry
By Brith Isaksson, ABB Food & Beverage Commissioning a new system for a food manufacturing plant requires software assistance to plan effectively and with digital twinning, manufacturers can optimize its ongoing operations. -
As Easy as CNC
By John Mitchell, CP Automation In modern computer numerical control (CNC) machines, there may be less need to replace cutting tools in these machines, but there’s more complexity to their upkeep. This article explains how poor power quality can cause recurrent issues for CNC machines. -
What Types of Process Control Models are Best?
First principle models can be used to gain a deeper understanding of cause and effects, process relationships, process gains, and the response to abnormal situations. -
AutoQuiz: Design Specifications for Building Automation Systems
Energy management, access control, lighting control, asset management, communications, life safety, fire alarm, and HVAC controls are all of interest when designing a building automation system -
Load Speed Regulation in Mechanical Transmission Systems Using Feedback and Feedforward Control [technical]
Researchers develop a method for controlling the load speed of a mechanical transmission system using both motor and load speed feedback, and design an adaptive feedforward action to reject load torqu -
Robotic Revolution: Why Now? A hardware perspective
By Dr Khasha Ghaffarzadeh, IDTechEx In this article, we draw from that report to consider developments in price-performance ratio of hardware components to make up a new robotics: transistors, memory, sensors, energy storage, and electric motors. -
Challenging Machine Vision Misconceptions
By Harel Boren, CEO, Inspekto As the machine vision industry goes on to embrace Autonomous Machine Vision, misconceptions remain. This article explains the truth behind some common machine vision misconceptions. -
How to Select the Best Sensor for an Industrial High-Temperature Measurement System
High-temperature applications are found in the metal processing, power, refining, and other industries. Sensor type will usually be a thermocouple, and selecting the right type is the first step when -
AutoQuiz: What Is the Continuous Sequence of Steps Performed by a PLC Processor?
The time it takes for the PLC to complete its scanning of all program steps in one operating cycle is called the scan time. -
Hiring Hard-to-Find Manufacturing Talent in a Competitive Market
By Robert Cohn, Direct Recruiters, Inc. As job vacancies continue to exceed the number of available employees, manufacturing organizations are forced to adapt the way they hire. -
Are Collaborative Robots Safe?
A collaborative robot is a robot that is aware of its environment. The big concern revolves around how these robots operate alongside humans, making sure each operation is safe. -
How to Choose the Right Power Supply: Starting with accurate DC/DC converter measurements
By Florian Haas, TRACO POWER GROUP It is well-known that there are many manufacturers out there, so the quality, as well as price of a specific product, can vary greatly. -
Staying Secure in the Smart Era: 3 Rules for Cyber Security
By Lee Sullivan, COPA-DATA UK One of the biggest challenges for manufacturers is choosing from the range of products and services available to protect against these crimes. This article offers three cyber security rules that manufacturers should abide by when selecting vendors. -
How to Get Rid of Level Oscillations in Industrial Processes
Use rate limiting when a ripple is significantly faster than a true change in the process variable. The velocity limit is the maximum possible rate of change of the level. -
Situational Awareness is the Key to Protecting OT systems from Cyberattacks
By Nina Hesby Tvedt, Secure-NOK As owners and operators find themselves faced with security challenges that were unthinkable to most less than a decade ago, society’s concern is rising for good reason. -
AutoQuiz: What Network Security Technology Does Not Use Encryption?
A virtual local area network (VLAN) is achieved through configuration of Ethernet switches and not encryption. It divides a physical network into smaller logical networks to increase performance, impr -
Edge Computing: A Catalyst for a New Data Protection Approach
By Jason Andersen, Stratus Technologies With today’s increase in frequency and complexity of cyberattacks, security and data protection are suddenly at the forefront of many industries including industrial and manufacturing. -
The New Face of Insider Security Threats
By Mille Gandelsman, Indegy Although they have existed for years in manufacturing, advances in technology have escalated their scale and made prevention even more difficult -
How to Test and Validate a Pipeline Leak Detection System
Pipeline leak detection testing provides the assessment of how a system can work, how it’s working now, the tools for analyzing unusual occurrences, and a vehicle for training and testing operators.
