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The Digital Twin – Enabling Realtime Closed Loop Manufacturing Optimization

  • September 17, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com The Digital Twin has become one of the most powerful concepts of Industry 4. 0. The implementation of model-based, real-time, closed-loop monitoring, control, and optimization of the entire manufacturing and production process, the Digital Twin concept is helping organizations achieve real-time integrated manufacturing.

Sensing The Rise of Vertical Farming

  • August 28, 2019
  • Feature

By Darcy Simonis, ABB Food and Beverage Vertical farming is the process of food being produced in vertically stacked layers, instead of on a single level such as in a field or greenhouse. The layers are commonly integrated into urban structures like skyscrapers, shipping containers and repurposed warehouses.

ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference to shed light on issues in the energy processing and proces

  • August 26, 2019
  • News

ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference (PIC) is taking place 4-6 November at the Westin Houston, Memorial City. This is an event for those who wish to understand the demands and find answers to problems in energy processing and process manufacturing.

ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference to shed light on issues in the energy processing and proces

  • August 26, 2019
  • News

ISA’s 2019 Process Industry Conference (PIC) is taking place 4-6 November at the Westin Houston, Memorial City. This is an event for those who wish to understand the demands and find answers to problems in energy processing and process manufacturing.

Emerson helps BP Alaska enhance process safety with wireless pressure gauges

  • August 23, 2019
  • Case Study

Rosemount Wireless Pressure Gauges work to contribute to decreased personnel and environmental risk by providing visibility into well integrity without the need to physically enter the well, protecting personnel from potentially hazardous conditions.

Fluid Components International (FCI) announces registration open for Product Knowledge Workshop

  • August 20, 2019
  • News

This workshop is designed to provide customers training on FCI thermal dispersion mass flow meters, flow switches, and level switches.

AutomationDirect releases “Pneumatics: A Practical Guide” ebook

  • August 15, 2019
  • News

This updated eBook is intended for users who want to broaden their knowledge of pneumatic components, circuits and systems.

Smart Optical Sensors Put Industry 4.0 to Work

  • August 7, 2019
  • Feature

By Sergey Komarov, TT Electronics Powered by the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), connected devices and smart equipment are streamlining manufacturing and supply chain processes on a global scale. Smart sensors are integral to this sea change, extending the legacy sensor’s inherent abilities―to collect, store and monitor data―to new levels that capitalize on data to optimize processes.

Mitsubishi Electric announces investment in Akribis Systems

  • August 7, 2019
  • News

Mitsubishi Electric, through its investment in Akribis, which has a high share of the global market for linear servo motors and linear stages, aims to accelerate its advancement of e-F@ctory and strengthen its total industrial automation solutions by combining its own servo systems and other industrial automation products with Akribis' product lineup and customization abilities.

Inside Bosch Rexroth’s Factory of the Future Experience

  • August 6, 2019
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Automation.com Continuous manufacturing improvement is fundamental to remain competitive. Understanding new technologies, methods, and what these technologies and methods make possible is important for manufacturers to prosper in the new wave of manufacturing digitalization.