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Next Generation Cyber Defense: How RASP Technology Helps Automation Industries Combat Malware
By Lisa Silverman, RunSafe Security As more and more controllers, servers, remote terminals, monitoring equipment, and sensors are tied to the internet, the cyberattack surface has increased exponentially, making our critical infrastructure and manufacturing plants vulnerable to unprecedented threats. -
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Bill's Deep Dive on Opto 22 EPIC System Programmable Edge Controller
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Today we take another dive into the world of new technologies in today's automation ecosystem. For this article, I had opportunity to examine Opto 22's groov EPIC product at the 22nd annual ARC Industry Forum in February. -
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HANNOVER MESSE 2018 Report: Industrial technology providers collaborating to bring digital factory to life
HANNOVER MESSE USA 2018 covered more than 114,200 square feet of exhibit space and featured 510 exhibitors who showcased their innovations to a record breaking 129,415 registered visitors attending both shows. -
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Accu Tech USA announces expansion of North Carolina production facility
The expanded factory doubles the size of its facility and is part of the company’s strategic growth plan to increase its inventory, manufacturing and production capabilities to meet increasing customer demand. -
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Will Manufacturers Ride the Servitization Wave to Greater Profitability?
By Charles Rathmann, IFS Servitization is driven in part by limited opportunity for many product-centric companies to grow in terms of product revenue and profits—due to factors like downward price pressure, volatile demand and increasing prices for inputs and raw materials. -
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IMTS 2018/HANNOVER MESSE USA co-located event report
The 32nd edition of the show drew a record registration of 129,415 people and featured 1,424,232 sq. ft. of exhibit space representing 2,123 booths and 2,563 exhibiting companies. IMTS 2018 ran from Sept. 10 – 15 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. -
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OPC Foundation announces Volkswagen as 600th OPC Foundation member
Volkswagen joins a host of other end user market leaders like LG CNS, Samsung and Miele, who adopted OPC UA in their operations as a step toward realizing the potential benefits Industrie4.0 and IIoT promise into tangible results. -
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CIMdata announces strategic partnership with the Institute for Process Excellence
Under this partnership, CIMdata and IpX will launch several industry initiatives. These joint programs will provide organizations with the tools and services to solve complex challenges facing global enterprises. -
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OPC Foundation announces Veronika Schmid-Lutz of SAP as Chair of the OPC Foundation’s Board of Directors
In this position, the Chair manages the strategic and tactical directives of the Board of Directors and ensures the marketing, technical, and overall business activities of the OPC Foundation consistently align with its vision and objectives. -
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HANNOVER MESSE announces "Integrated Industry – Industrial Intelligence" theme for 2019 event
The theme of HANNOVER MESSE 2019 underlines the growing importance of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the production and energy industries, including such areas as energy efficiency and use and autonomous production processes as well as challenges in terms of interfaces, protocols and security. -
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Seeq to sponsor Ignition Community Conference
The ICC is hosted by Inductive Automation for partners and customers of the Ignition SCADA system. -
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Position Sensor Technology Comparison for Hydraulic Cylinder Feedback
By Edward E. Herceg, Alliance Sensors Group The strengths and weaknesses of magnetostrictive, variable resistance, and variable inductance sensors are examined in this white paper, along with a chart for feature-by-feature comparisons. -
NewsWhat Do Design Engineers Need to Know about Brushless DC Motor Technologies
The disruptive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and next-generation smart manufacturing, also known as Industry 4.0, is placing demands on designers to develop motion-enabled solutions that are powerful, small, precise and efficient. -
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What do Design Engineers Need to Know about Brushless DC Motor Technologies
By Walter Smith, Sensata Technologies The advent of rare-earth magnets and advanced brushless DC motor (BLDC) motor design has empowered a new range of motors small enough to fit into confined spaces, powerful enough to do real work, and efficient enough to be used in wireless or remote applications. -
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Three Steps to Ensuring Machine Safety
By Jonathan Wilkins, EU Automation Machine safety is of the utmost importance to manufacturers to reduce the risk of accidents and safeguard staff. However, the benefits of a comprehensive safety strategy can extend far beyond this. But how can manufacturers reap the rewards safety brings? -
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National Energy Services Reunited to partner with Dhahran Techno Valley Company to build research center
The agreement calls for the creation of a global center for the development of scientific research in DTVC. -
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CP Automation helps enhance power capabilities for UK port
As part of a larger infrastructure investment, CP Automation recently installed a Riello 3/1 phase UPS system at 40 kVa at one bustling UK port to improve the duration of its power supply. -
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FieldComm Group announces Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Limited as 2018 FieldComm Group Plant of the Year
This annual award is presented by FieldComm Group to recognize the people, companies and plant sites around the globe that are using the capabilities of FOUNDATION Fieldbus, HART and WirelessHART technology in real-time applications for improved operations, maintenance and asset productivity. -
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Fostering Creativity and Ideas to Improve Manufacturing: In-depth at HANNOVER MESSE USA
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Keeping a manufacturing business vital and competitive requires a flow of ideas and creativity of the need to be stimulated with information from outside your organization. -
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Elite Control Systems helps Edrington facilitate integrated distillery control
From a controls perspective, the three-pod design meant a complex system was required. The challenge was developing a system to manage the production interfaces alongside all of the sequencing, interlocking, etc. that is required between each of the pods.
