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By Cory Fogg, Automation.com A future lacking in skilled laborers has been a dark cloud looming ahead of the manufacturing industry for several years now, but some major corporations are already working to alleviate the shortage.

Understanding what influences accurate web tension control & taking correct actions is critical to achieving high product quality and machine performance.

Determining whether to use in-house staff to perform maintenance or to outsource to a contractor is a source of continual headaches for many a company. The decision-making process will come down to three approaches to maintenance management

ISA's CAP certification provides a non-biased, third-party, objective assessment and confirmation of an automation professional's skills

The success of advanced control depends on the basic control system foundation. The PID controller is the common key component of all control loops.

By Harold Schaevitz, Alliance Sensors This first article, of a three part series, discusses the true cost of the utilization of position sensors and how businesses can evaluate that cost when making long-term strategy decisions

Technical discussion of the design of a decentralized switching control for uncertain multivariable plants.

A direct acting valve travels to the closed position when the signal increases. When there is a failure, there is no signal and power.

Service robotics market is driven by increase in investment in research and development and rapid industrialization, Underdeveloped mobile automation is a major opportunities of service robotics market, North America held largest market size for service robotics market

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The event, a follow-on to the successful 1st End User Industry Day event in June, provided the opportunity for more users to learn about and consider joining the new open process control standards initiative.

By Jim Rock, Seegrid South Carolina is one of leading locations for vision guided vehicles (VGV), driven in part to the increasing North American fork truck free (FTF) initiatives.

The increasing use of mobile devices means industrial marketers must focus on content optimized to be noticed, consumed and acted upon.

The applications of embedded systems have increased drastically over the past years, especially in the automotive industry. Multi-core technologies are being appreciated and are now in great demand across various industry verticals. Embedded graphics systems have now become a mainstay in consumer electronics, which is another industry growing at an exceptional rate.

Protected in a rugged aluminum housing with key lock mechanism, three connectors for each panel combined with display port, HDMI, or DVI video input, and adjustable depth for bracket room.

Non-destructive test systems are increasingly applied in industry for their strong potentialities in improving and standardizing quality control.

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Cyber protection is certainly a major issue for industry, but a comprehensive security protection program needs to focus on the physical and personnel aspects of protection and detection as well.

By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation With tech life cycles becoming shorter, it is important for product designers to plan in advance for component obsolescence to maximise the life span of their products.

For HMI screen design, studies show people can remember only a select number of new things for about 20 seconds.

Efficient business processes could not be more important in the current climate of competitive global markets, subdued demand, and competitive pricing.

The increasing production output of automotive, chemical, food and beverages, agriculture, and aerospace industry worldwide is directly influencing the rise in demand for industrial dispensing system.