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IFR Report: Top Robotics Trends Heading into 2020
From 2020 to 2022 almost 2 million new units of industrial robots are expected to be installed in factories around the world. New technology trends and market developments enable companies to react to changing requirements. The International Federation of Robotics shows top trends to innovate. -
Industrial Internet Consortium announces winners of Smart Buildings Challenge
Designed to help digitalize the smart buildings industry, the Smart Buildings Challenge had technology suppliers compete to design solutions for four different use cases. -
Sustainable Manufacturing Through Obsolescence
The amount of worldwide e-waste generation is expected to exceed 50 million tons by 2020. Americans specifically, throw away an estimated 55 billion USD in e-waste material each year. This article explains how manufacturers can achieve sustainable manufacturing through obsolescence management. -
How to Reduce Control Valve Noise
Understanding and reducing noise from control valves is an important consideration for the process industries, especially those close to residential areas. -
FieldComm Group version 1.2 of Field Device Integration standard including support for HTML5, JSON and OPC UA
Announced in conjunction with the availability of version 1.2 of the FDI specifications (IEC 62769), this release of the FDI Device Package Integrated Development Environment (FDI-IDE) provides enhancements for field instrument software developers. -
AutoQuiz: What is “Slip” in an AC Induction Motor?
Slip is usually expressed as a percentage, and varies by motor, from nominally 0.5 percent for very large motors to about 5 percent for small, specialized motors.. -
Emerson partners with Belgian research group to enhance digital automation training
The project further expands Emerson’s initiative to collaborate with higher education institutions and its commitment with both schools to build a globally competitive craft brewing and brewing industry in Flanders, -
World Economic Forum 2020 - Fourth Industrial Revolution or Evolution?
By Bill Lydon, Contributing Editor Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies are disrupting the manufacturing industry, and that disruption has risen to the highest levels: a topic for discussion at the 2020 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in late January -
AutoQuiz: Identify Three Levels Within the Manufacturing Computer Systems Hierarchy
The manufacturing computer systems hierarchy is defined in ISA-88 and ISA-95 by Level 0 through Level 4. -
Edge Analytics Can Help When Cloud Computing and Big Data Fall Short
Big data analytics is valuable, but cannot be used for all industrial needs. Edge analytics can help where big data falls short. -
Verizon partners with Honeywell to integrate connectivity LTE solutions into smart meters
By integrating Verizon’s Managed Connectivity LTE solutions into Honeywell’s smart meters and other electric, gas, and water solutions, the two companies intend to drive energy savings by more quickly deploying smart electric grid technologies. -
How Virtual Reality Makes Industrial Training More Immersive and Meaningful
With advances in computer and graphical processing, virtual reality for training personnel has now become practical for process industries. -
AutoQuiz: What Are the Limitations of an Analog Multimeter?
An analog voltmeter works by passing a current through a coil that is suspended between two permanent magnets. -
Trust Automation announces Teddy Ross as Chief Operations Officer
Mr. Ross holds a degree in Industrial Management from Northeastern State University and brings 30 years of operations and production management expertise to Trust Automation. -
AutoQuiz: How Are the Maintainability and Maintenance of Automation Systems Related?
Maintainability is the probability that a device will be restored to an operating condition within a specified period when maintenance is done with prescribed resources and procedures. -
AutoQuiz: How to Use the Parity System to Detect Data Transmission Errors
Parity is a simple method using a binary code (“1” or “0”) to detect data transmission errors by making the sum of the “1” bits in the source data either an odd or an even number. -
AutoQuiz: What Electrical Event Can Occur With a 24 VDC Open-Collector Output Sinking Configuration?
An NPN (sinking) open-collector, when “energized,” switches the load side of the relay (at terminal “A”) to ground (terminal “B”). -
How Visual Data Analytics Software Improves Natural Gas Well Site Efficiency and Reliability
Oil and gas fields in several states use new technology at production well sites to capture methane and natural gas liquid streams. -
AutoQuiz: What Device Is Used to Convert an Analog Signal From a Transmitter to the Signal Required by a Digital Controller?
A digital controller requires a digital signal as its input. A 4-20 mA transmitter outputs an analog signal. Therefore, a device to convert an analog (A) signal to a digital (D) is required. -
Will Blockchain Technology Disrupt the Industrial Control System World?
Potential blockchain applications are protection and verification of device firmware and application software updates.