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Reshoring efforts are slowing down
A.T. Kearney says reshoring is down 20%. Outsourcing is outpacing reshoring. Un-outstanding news! -
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Here come the Robots!
By Norman and Amelia Lobsenz A look back at robot predictions in 1950. -
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Mobility opportunities & challenges
By Bill Lydon, Editor The dramatic cost reductions and increased computing power of mobile devices are creating opportunities to operate plants more efficiently and increase the productivity of personnel. Mobile devices can include smart phones, tablets, netbooks and notebook computers. -
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The Implication of the Internet of Things for Manufacturing
By Bill Lydon, Editor The goal of the Internet of Things (IoT) is to massively instrument the world with intelligent sensors and actuators (analog/digital) that communicate over both wired and wireless networks and leverage the Internet Protocol (IP). . -
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India's Prime Minister Modi to Open HANNOVER MESSE 2015
India’s role as the Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE underscores the new Indian Prime Minister’s ambitious economic course. -
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U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption Up 9.7% in October
October U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $193.6 million, up 9.7% from September’s total and up 3.3% from October 2013. -
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Cressall opens research and development (R&D) department
Cressall’s test facility provides it with the means to carry out impulse tests of up to 400,000 Volts in order to prove designs and test resistor prototypes. -
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Cost and Efficiency Make Electric Drives Indispensable in Europe
The ability to provide higher energy efficiency and precise motion control are fuelling the uptake of electric drives in European discrete industries. -
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L.B. Foster acquires Inspection Oilfield Services
Inspection Oilfield Services is a Houston-based supplier of non-destructive testing and inspection services for tubular products used in critical oil and gas applications. -
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End of Arm Tooling - Three dimensions of flexibility
The Schwope family are pioneers in the field of automation -
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Ethernet Migration Reveals Knowledge Gaps
By Dino Busalachi, The Applied Group Many system integrators and OEMs – even the most experienced – lack the knowledge required to engineer a holistic Ethernet architecture on the plant floor. -
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Materialise acquires CENAT
CENAT is a developer of embedded computing software and solutions for additive manufacturing control systems. -
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Micro-Epsilon offers custom sensors
Acceleration, inclination (tilt angle) and shock/vibration sensors can be custom-engineered in low-to-medium volumes to suit specific OEM, R&D or machine build applications. -
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Comark acquires Total Control Solutions
Total Control Solutions specializes in embedded and industrial computer and display interface solutions. -
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Cyber Security in Industrial Automation Applications
By Roy Kok, Ocean Data Systems It used to be that security through obscurity was enough to protect automation systems from cyber-attacks. We know from the famed Stuxnet and its derivatives that automation systems are now a prime target. -
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U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption Down 1.7% in January
January U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $181.9 million, down 1.7% from December’s total and up 1.9% from January 2014. -
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Transition to Welding Robotics Inevitable
Need for automated welding in heavy machinery and metal processing will bolster the unit shipment of welding robots. -
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COPA-DATA shows HMI/SCADA at Hannover Messe
COPA-DATA is presenting solutions for Smart Factories alongside Microsoft in Hall 7, Booth C48. -
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Rollon acquires Tecno Center
Tecno Center makes ball screw-driven actuators, and belt-driven and rack and pinion-driven gantries. -
Case Study
Alliance Sensors solves crosstalk problem at Rawhide Energy Station
When LVDT signal cables from valve positioners were bundled together or laid close to each other in a wire trough, even for short distances, the result was a mutual interference phenomenon called heterodyning or “beating.”