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Chris Jones, Managing Director at Micro-Epsilon UK, outlines the 10 most important factors to consider before purchasing a non-contact displacement measurement sensor.

Smart battery market is driven by rising uptake of battery-enabled consumer electronic devices, Smart battery market expands due to high consumer awareness about energy savings

By Barak Perelman, Indegy The emergence of cyber-threats is forcing industrial sectors to take a long, hard look at how they protect their control systems. This article discusses how best to ensure that your ICS networks remain secure.

Engineers can now look securely at a plant through its automation systems and see exactly what is happening in real time from anywhere in the world.

By Tom Finan, Ark Network Security Solutions What’s needed is a method to accelerate compliance with ISA’s automation standards, one that ensures that achieved compliance actually enhances an entity’s security posture. Imagine if organizations could obtain automated, continuous, and real-time awareness about whether their chosen control solutions are working and making them safer.

Industrial automation market is emerging as an attractive investment space.Industrial automation market: use of robotics in industrial control established trend.

Opinions of minority participants actively working in the field of automation. They aren’t asking for any special treatment, just fairness.

By Kapil Venkatachalam, Technology Crossover Ventures While manufacturing software vendors want their customers to focus on the technological bells and whistles of the future, many manufacturers are still grappling with the clunky and highly customized systems they’ve relied on for the past 20 years.

By Rick Delgado, Freelance Technology Commentator As robots become more prevalent and capable, they’ll likely require bigger investments from organizations seeking to utilize them. Could that lead to robots being equipped with self-defense capabilities?

By Amanda Eason, Rockwell Automation In industry, there’s always a growing need to find ways to increase throughput without increasing production time. One way to achieve this is through the use of highly flexible and adaptable smart devices in control system architectures.

Smart machines refer to intelligent devices that use machine-to-machine technology for resolving problems and make choices without human interference.

AutoQuiz: Continuous Sequence of Steps Performed by a PLC

By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Technology is advancing at a phenomenal pace and now, many industrial components are becoming obsolete in as little as three years. As the worlds of engineering and IT continue to band together, this article discusses what this combination means for manufacturing.

A major driver for the effort for open process control standards, has been the widespread call for accelerative automation technology, along with an ecosystem of suppliers that can leverage the latest technology.

By Graham Mackrell, Harmonics Drive UK Robots are still mainly used in industry and they have only just been permitted to operate outside a robot cell, but the robotics revolution is in full swing. This article explores what a robotic future really looks like.

By Cisco Find out how Cisco’s communication infrastructure benefits Industry 4.0 developments and expands the options for enterprises looking to build a reliable, stable, scalable, safe and powerful end-to-end communication network.

An electric motor and generator assembly, also called a dynamometer is a setup used fro converting electrical energy into other forms of energy.Electric motor and generator assemblies are used commonly for household appliances

New opportunities from ISA in the late Summer and early Fall of 2016.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The Schneider Electric Connect 2016 event was buzzing with energy and Schneider fueled the excitement with the introduction of products that increase the performance and power of hybrid system offerings

When it comes to machine safety, we regularly hear plant personnel worry safety procedures and controls will affect their line’s productivity. It’s a legitimate concern, but it’s also a myth that safety procedures will ultimately hinder plant efficiency.