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  • Thumbnail for PTC LiveWorx on Moving Digitalization from Vision to Reality

    PTC LiveWorx on Moving Digitalization from Vision to Reality

    The multi-session live event, recorded and available on demand for those who missed it, described how digitalization is a competitive imperative for manufacturing and production companies that want to thrive and survive.
    By: Bill Lydon
    18 June, 2020 | 6 minutes
  • Thumbnail for HARTING awarded German Brand Award

    HARTING awarded German Brand Award

    The HARTING Technology Group has been awarded the golden German Brand Award, with the company garnering the prize for its European Distribution Center (EDC) logistics centre. This marks the fifth time the award has been conferred.
    17 June, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for Yokogawa to help Turkish company monitor Saudi Arabian water project

    Yokogawa to help Turkish company monitor Saudi Arabian water project

    The Jubail-Riyadh water transmission system, owned by the state-run Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC), will transport water from desalination plants near Jubail on the Persian Gulf coast to Riyadh, the growing capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    16 June, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for How Field Tablets are Changing the Game in Instrumentation

    How Field Tablets are Changing the Game in Instrumentation

    Device libraries have been a common problem for many field communicators, and the complicated update procedure has been a nightmare for many users. Vendors sometimes struggle to understand what really happens in the field, and the chat groups on WhatsApp prove that the challenges still exist out there.
    By: Fabrício Andrade
    15 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for PRM’s New Features Optimize Plant Maintenance

    PRM’s New Features Optimize Plant Maintenance

    PRM centralizes management of large volumes of data from instrumentation and equipment.and fully supports communication standards such as HART, FOUNDATION fieldbus™ (FF-H1), PROFIBUS, PROFINET, ISA100 and FDT/DTM (Field Device Tool/Device Type Manager4) interface standards
    15 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for FDT 3.0 Standard and Development Tools Now Available

    FDT 3.0 Standard and Development Tools Now Available

    By Lee Lane, FDT Chairman of the Board of Directors Created on the long legacy of the rock solid FDT standard, we now release the features and capabilities that are needed for IIoT, remote monitoring, mobility, and IT/OT integration.
    By: Lee Lane
    15 June, 2020 | 4 minutes
  • Thumbnail for ABB helps Indian cement plant enhance electrification and automation systems

    ABB helps Indian cement plant enhance electrification and automation systems

    ABB will also provide the new cement plant with electrification infrastructure items such as MV Switchgear with MV relays on IEC 61850 communication and LV Switchgear with ABB UMC100.3 intelligent motor controllers which combine intelligent motor protection and control functions and fieldbus communication, and fault diagnosis in a single device.
    07 June, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for IBASE Technology collaborates with National Chiayi University to build smart agriculture control room system

    IBASE Technology collaborates with National Chiayi University to build smart agriculture control room system

    The collected agricultural production data and fertilizer management data are fed to a remote monitoring system using big data analysis technology to explore the most suitable agricultural production conditions and the best decision-making plan in visually creating a smart agriculture integration framework.
    04 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for FDT Group releases FDT 3.0 – FDT IIoT Server (FITS) standard

    FDT Group releases FDT 3.0 – FDT IIoT Server (FITS) standard

    The FDT 3.0 standard is intended to accelerate the evolutionary journey into the Fourth Industrial Revolution by enabling an ecosystem of FDT-based solutions to meet demands for IIoT and Industrie 4.0 applications.
    04 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for PHD, Inc. announces Aurelio Banda as Chief Executive Officer

    PHD, Inc. announces Aurelio Banda as Chief Executive Officer

    As President and CEO, Banda will oversee all activities and operations of PHD, Inc. leading the global organization by leveraging his 30 years of experience in the industrial automation industry. Banda has a background in technology leadership, business management, finance, operations, strategic development, and market strategy.
    04 June, 2020 | 1 minutes
  • Thumbnail for FDT 3.0 Common Components Decrease Development Efforts and Increase Interoperability

    FDT 3.0 Common Components Decrease Development Efforts and Increase Interoperability

    The FDT ecosystem is evolving to incorporate modern web-based and mobile applications in the process, hybrid and discrete manufacturing markets.
    By: Manfred Brill
    15 June, 2020 | 8 minutes
  • Thumbnail for OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA and Security

    OPC Experts Interviews: OPC UA and Security

    Learn from an interview with Darek Kominek of Matrikon about the concepts of built-in security, the IT-OT gap, protecting against hacker/malware attacks, and many other features that have made OPC UA the secure data-exchange standard it is today. his is the third in the series of OPC Experts Interviews.
    By: Michael Clark
    12 June, 2020 | 10 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Industrial Cybersecurity: Back to USB School

    Industrial Cybersecurity: Back to USB School

    By Eric D. Knapp USB attacks blur the line between a network threat and a local physical threat. The USB protocol essentially extends every one of our networks into something exponentially bigger.
    By: Eric D. Knapp
    09 June, 2020 | 3 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Case Study: Single-Serve Coffee Manufacturer Uses ERP to Double Business Volume

    Case Study: Single-Serve Coffee Manufacturer Uses ERP to Double Business Volume

    Pod Pack leverages DELMIAworks to automatically prompt line operators to run the appropriate inspections, trace and manage inventory, and achieve better utilization and uptime on existing equipment.
    02 June, 2020 | 5 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Rapid Testing Production Lines Adapt to Combat COVID-19 Using PC Control

    Rapid Testing Production Lines Adapt to Combat COVID-19 Using PC Control

    Machine builder Ginolis implements XTS and automation technology from Beckhoff for modular production of test kits.
    03 June, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for FDT Group and ODVA announce addition of FDT 3.0 support to Common Industrial Protocol

    FDT Group and ODVA announce addition of FDT 3.0 support to Common Industrial Protocol

    FDT and ODVA share a common core mission that includes advancing open, interoperable information and communication exchange for the industrial automation marketplace.
    27 May, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for CPAPs RE-INVENTed into Emergency Ventilators Using PLCs and HMIs

    CPAPs RE-INVENTed into Emergency Ventilators Using PLCs and HMIs

    AutomationDirect helped the team supply large quantities of reliable automation components in a short span of time, delivering products ready for development right out-of-the-box. Should circumstances require it, RE-INVENT is ready to save lives.
    By: Tom Burch
    04 June, 2020 | 7 minutes
  • Wood Adopts Connected Worker Solution Enabled by Honeywell Forge

    Honeywell Forge Workforce Productivity is being adopted by Wood, a global leader in consulting, projects and operations solutions in energy and the built environment.
    22 May, 2020 | 2 minutes
  • Thumbnail for Beumer Corporation announces Joseph Dzierzawski as President and CEO

    Beumer Corporation announces Joseph Dzierzawski as President and CEO

    Mr. Dzierzawski will be fully responsible for the business of BEUMER Group in the North American market in alignment with BEUMER Group business objectives, strategy, and key pursuits.
    21 May, 2020 | 1 minute
  • Thumbnail for OPC Experts Interviews: The Technology Behind OPC UA

    OPC Experts Interviews: The Technology Behind OPC UA

    Learn how the science of the open platform communication standard, OPC UA, is applied across the industrial automation sector from an interview with Uwe Steinkrauss, CEO of Unified Automation. This is the second in the series of OPC Experts Interviews.
    By: Michael Clark
    28 May, 2020 | 6 minutes
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