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Improving Manufacturing Productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision

  • March 25, 2019
  • Feature

By Nir Zamir, Inspekto Having a happy workforce may be the first step to improving productivity, but proper tools and advanced technologies will take productivity significantly further, particularly for industrial manufacturers. This article explains how manufacturers can improve productivity with Autonomous Machine Vision systems.

maxon motors announces opening of Massachusetts manufacturing facility

  • March 20, 2019
  • News

The building will provide design engineering and production operations, advancing maxon precision motors presence and capabilities in North America.

Applied Motion Products announces tools for Python language with its stepper and servo motors

  • March 15, 2019
  • News

These new tools, including an application note and sample code, guide Python programmers in sending high-level motion commands, using Applied Motion’s Serial Command Language (SCL), to one or more axes of stepper and/or servo motors.

Automate announces seven Launch Pad Startup Competition finalists

  • March 13, 2019
  • News

On April 10 at 3 p.m. in the “Win the Future” theater, the seven finalists will have five minutes to pitch their technology solution to a panel of judges comprised of industry leaders and investors.

Wunderlich–Malec announces acquisition of Control Concepts & Case M&I, LLC

  • March 7, 2019
  • News

This acquisition is intended to strengthen both companies by providing customers a broader range of industrial engineering and system solutions to meet their needs from a single source solutions provider.

Is IT/OT Convergence Becoming Misguided Thinking?

  • March 5, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The convergence of Information Technology (IT) & Operations Technology(OT) has been a growing topic of importance in manufacturing. Many times, however the focus on IT/OT convergence can be too narrow in scope to leverage the increasingly advanced technologies to achieve a manufacturing competitive advantage

Hannover Messe 2019 Preview: Digital Networking Humans & Machines in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

  • by Bill Lydon
  • February 26, 2019
  • Feature

During a January preview for the event, over 120 journalists, including yours truly, gathered for presentations and discussions from the Hannover Messe team, and over 40 exhibitors, expanding on the topics and technologies that so many will experience

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.

Calculating Acceleration for Linear Motion

  • February 22, 2019
  • News

By H2W Technologies Determining the right motion control solution may require some calculations to match the specifications found on a given motors data sheet.

Maplesoft and Sigmetrix announce direct operations in China

  • February 21, 2019
  • News

The two Cybernet Group companies now have an office in Shanghai that is staffed by local experts to provide products and solutions to their customers within all of China.

ISA announces creation of ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance

  • July 10, 2019
  • News

The ISA Global Cybersecurity Alliance will bring together a global group of stakeholders from end-user companies, control system vendors, IT and OT infrastructure providers, system integrators, and others affiliated with global industry to benefit everyone, especially the communities in which we operate and serve.

Cooling Tower Optimization

  • June 27, 2019
  • Feature

By Darcy Simonis, ABB Food and beverage production requires a large range of temperatures. This means that plants must have effective cooling systems to deal with the excess heat. Removing the excess heat from the system requires a cooling tower, however, traditional designs require frequent maintenance

RT Engineering announces opening of Controls Direct automation parts store

  • June 26, 2019
  • News

Controls Direct’s goal is to deliver an easy process for ordering automation parts. They offer support, with access to all of RT’s mechanical and electrical engineering expertise, whether if it just more information on a product, or assistance for any ongoing or future projects.

Menzel announces transition to digital order management

  • June 19, 2019
  • News

The manufacturer of large industrial motors is working to shorten its response times and improve the quality of operational processes, whilst creating transparency through a unified data base, which is available to every employee in real time.

CIMdata releases 2019 CIMdata CAM Market Analysis Report

  • June 7, 2019
  • News

CIMdata estimates that based on end-user payments, the worldwide CAM software and related services market grew by 8.8% in calendar year 2018. The estimated end-user payments grew from $2.1 billion in 2017 to nearly $2.3 billion in 2018.

Thomson Industries announces availability of online selection tool

  • June 6, 2019
  • News

his addition to the Thomson website enables design engineers and system integrators to zero in on the right bearings for their applications in mere minutes.

Why Actuators for Connected Industry Run on Brushless DC Motors

  • May 17, 2019
  • Feature

By Boris Wassmer, CIRCOR Brushless DC technology is making electric actuators more efficient, more adaptable, and more connected—and changing expectations for what an actuator can do.

Machine Learning, Big Data, and Manufacturing: The Perfect Trifecta

  • May 16, 2019
  • Feature

By Michael Schuldenfrei, OptimalPlus Big Data Analytics (BDA) tools have changed how organizations everywhere do business, and they are already saving many electronics manufacturers millions of dollars today.

Lenze announces German-based Mechatronic Competence Campus

  • May 15, 2019
  • News

Approximately 800 employees, who are currently spread over three separate locations in Extertal, will work at the facility when the final phase is completed.

Bentley Systems announces acquisition of Keynetix

  • May 14, 2019
  • News

The addition of Keynetix software is intended to expand Bentley’s geotechnical offerings and accelerate Bentley’s vision of enabling subsurface digital twins for infrastructure projects and assets.