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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).

Integro partners with Industrial Eye to enhance machine vision solutions

  • February 19, 2019
  • News

Industrial Eye and the Integro team are joining forces to provide vision solution applications to a wide array of industries.

Beckhoff Automation announces Kevin Barker as President

  • February 14, 2019
  • News

As the new president, Barker will oversee all sales, engineering, marketing and administrative operations from the headquarters of Beckhoff Automation LLC in Savage, Minn. (Minneapolis area).

To CNC or not to CNC?

  • February 11, 2019
  • Feature

By Jonathan Wilkins In industry, both 3D printing and CNC machining allow manufacturers to produce complex parts but sometimes it can be difficult to know which technology will better suit an application. This article discusses the applications for CNC machining and additive manufacturing.

Indegy announces integration of Cybersecurity Suite with IBM’s QRadar Security Intelligence Platfo

  • February 1, 2019
  • News

The integration between its Indegy Industrial Cybersecurity Suite and IBM’s QRadar Security Intelligence Platform i designed to bridge the visibility gap between enterprise information technology (IT) environments and industrial, operational technology (OT) environments.

ABB helps enhance Spanish indoor skydiving facility with variable speed drives

  • January 31, 2019
  • Case Study

The Windoor Realfly vertical indoor wind tunnel in Empuriabrava uses variable speed drives (VSDs) to control the fans that generate winds of 150-300 km/hour.

Kaspersky announces patch of seven vulnerabilities in Moxa’s ThingsPro Suite

  • January 22, 2019
  • News

Kaspersky Lab Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS CERT) experts have identified and patched seven previously unknown vulnerabilities in Moxa’s ThingsPro Suite.

Fives partners with National Research Council of Canada to enhance manufacturing of composite parts

  • January 22, 2019
  • News

They are developing a profilometer that will provide part inspection. Based on an optical technology, the profilometer for composite placement has in-process inspection technology designed to help manufacturers meet strict standards by providing measuring information without limiting the process functionality.

HARTING announces opening of Polish production facility

  • January 16, 2019
  • News

HARTING Customised Solutions (HCS) is now manufacturing tailor-made solutions in its 500m2+ facility. These products and solutions are primarily intended for mechanical and plant engineering.

PI releases Nanopositioning for Microscopy catalog

  • January 14, 2019
  • News

Selecting the best drive technology for each application can become a tedious job for the microscope designer as well as the researcher. PI’s “Nanopositioning for Microscopy” brochure is designed to simplify this selection process with flow charts and application tables.