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Carnegie Mellon research aims at identifying causes for defects in 3D Printing

  • February 22, 2019
  • News

New research published today in Science, led by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Argonne National Laboratory, has identified how and when these gas pockets form, as well as a methodology to predict their formation – a pivotal discovery that could dramatically improve the 3D printing process.

Inside the Advantages of Sensorless Closed Loop Control

  • February 21, 2019
  • Feature

By Mark Checkley, KEB Automation While feedback devices may be the usual choice for control of motors, sensorless closed loop control can provide design engineers and machine builders with the ability to add value and a competitive advantage to their machines.

Manufacturing Automation - Inside Universal Robots Efforts to Empower the Small/Medium Enterprise

  • February 19, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Collaborative robots are re-defining the way manufacturers operate today. To help further that process is Universal Robots (UR), a collaborative robot manufacturer driven by a vision & mission to help industries become more productive, with a particular focus on Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

Predicting the Future of Industrial Maintenance

  • February 19, 2019
  • Feature

By Gernut van Laak, Group Automation Solutions Leader, ABB Food and Beverage The need for factory maintenance often goes unnoticed. This article explains how plant managers can budget for maintenance and ensure optimum efficiency for all processes.

Softomotive announces Softomotive’s RPA Academy online learning portal

  • February 15, 2019
  • News

The Softomotive Academy is designed to improve the employability quotient of professionals and developers. It provides them with the opportunity to develop and deepen their RPA-focused skills which are in short supply at present as enterprises seek to accelerate their digitization efforts and improve productivity.

Cressall releases enclosure design infographic

  • February 7, 2019
  • News

The guide aims to support design engineers as well as resistor end users across all industries to understand the requirements of their power resistor enclosure.

Ponemon Institute releases study on Managing Safety, Security and Privacy in the Interconnected Worl

  • February 7, 2019
  • News

The purpose of this study is to understand the concerns that organizations have for functional safety, cybersecurity and data privacy when there is a convergence of IT, operational technology (OT) and industrial internet of things (IIoT).

Graphic Produces introduces Best Practice Guide for Chemical Risk Assessment

  • February 6, 2019
  • News

Professionals in any industry that work with or produce chemicals will learn how to identify, evaluate, and control chemical hazards to improve safety.

FieldComm Group announces OPC Foundation (OPCF) endorsement of process automation device information

  • February 6, 2019
  • News

Announced at the 2018 ARC Forum, FieldComm Group and the OPC Foundation presented their joint vision for creating a protocol independent, process automation device information model (PA-DIM) specification to implement the requirements of the NAMUR Open Architecture (NOA).

Bedrock Automation to help Temblor Petroleum to implement cloud-based well head control

  • January 31, 2019
  • News

The application enables Temblor to monitor and operate well heads remotely, providing secure real-time production data while minimizing the requirements for onsite operators.