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By Bob McIlvride, Skkynet Amidst all the conversation and occasional hype about the Industrial IoT, there has been cautious but steadily increasing implementation. Here are some questions to consider when evaluating an IIoT solution, to help cultivate an evolutionary approach

Ulrich Krauss will become the company’s new Chief Executive Officer as of 1 October 2016. Klaus Berka, who founded Analytik Jena with two partners in April 1990 and has led the company ever since, will become a member of the Supervisory Board as of 1 April 2017.

Manufacturers and producers across the globe can see the latest products, services and solutions that help enable a Connected Enterprise at this year’s event, being held at the Georgia World Congress Center on Nov. 9 and 10 in Atlanta.

By Dan Seger, Rockwell Automation Today in the era of smart manufacturing, end users want to optimize their production and supply chain by bringing together islands of information – and they want OEMs to help. Delivering on the promise of smart manufacturing is paramount.

Semiconductor devices are an essential part of our daily life. Without integrated circuits, we would not have computers and smartphones. And without newer and even more sophisticated device technology, recent breakthroughs in internet speeds as well as assisted driving would not be possible. Many of these devices are not only electronic, but are interacting with, or creating, light.

Vision inspection plays an instrumental role in factory automation. In the past, manufacturers struggled between relying either on a team of operators to manually inspect parts for defects or on an expensive early generation automated vision system.

A recent survey of manufacturing executives indicates many respondents (67 percent) are pressing ahead with plans to invest in data analytics even as they pare back spending in other areas to combat tough business conditions.

The system will combine Secomea’s SiteManager hardware and RRAMAC’s EdgeScout Remote Monitoring solution to create an advanced system for the industrial marketplace.

This is the latest move in Trihedral’s strategy that recently included a new office in Calgary, Alberta, and the addition of Alan Hudson as the VTScada US Sales Manager based in Trussville, Alabama.

ACP’s two core products, ThinManager and Relevance, provide manufacturing and industrial leaders with visual display and software solutions to manage information and streamline workflows for a more connected manufacturing environment.

HIMA Asia Pacific wurde vom Branchenmagazin Control Engineering Asia als Best Process Safety System Provider 2016 ausgezeichnet. Friedhelm Best und Jeyan Nadarajah nahmen die Auszeichnung am 25. August im Marriott Hotel Singapur entgegen.

Through the convergence of information technology and operations technology, mining operators have the ability to streamline data management, gather better insights and predict recoveries.

With this cloud-based application (MindApp), machine tools at small or large production sites can be monitored, and their availability and productivity enhanced.

Newton, MA – September 9, 2016 – Industrial Video & Control (IVC) announced today a line of low-profile, stainless steel, IP cameras designed for challenging environments. The cameras can withstand water and chemical wash down processes often necessary with equipment used in food and pharmaceutical processing environments. The cameras deliver high quality video and excellent performance in varying lighting conditions, at a low price point.

A Belgium-based producer of dairy products, Inex is achieving minimum energy savings of at least 18% from its refrigeration process as a result of switching to Dyneo permanent magnet motor technology from Control Techniques & Leroy-Somer. .

Following a strategic review of the business and their long-term objectives, the safety specialist relaunched its Chinese operation on July 1, 2016, as the wholly foreign-owned enterprise HIMA (Shanghai) Industrial Automation Co., Ltd.

GrafTech needed a secure, scalable solution that provided improved visibility into machine operations. The company partnered with Rockwell Automation to incorporate FactoryTalk VantagePoint EMI software into GrafTech’s newest version of the ArchiTech system.

Automated Test Equipment Market is driven by demand for system on chip products in consumer electronics, Automated test equipment market is fueled by various design of electronic devices, investments and results from R and D are expected to gain a lead in automated test equipment market

The new Certified Platinum status acknowledges System Integration companies that have experienced engineers on staff and have been trained on the latest technology available from Cognex.

Jouret has been Chief Technical Officer at Nokia Technologies since April 2015, and recently drove a major acquisition in the digital health sector. Jouret will work from ABB’s Silicon Valley and Zurich offices.