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IDS camera Helps Brew Perfect Cup of Coffee
Optima Group Consumer, a German manufacturer of coffee capsule filling stations, is using an IDS camera to check the quality of coffee packets. -
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Aligning Business and Manufacturing Objectives: A Quick Guide
By Mark Davidson, LNS Research Largely due to the misalignment of goals and objectives, a considerable number of organizations struggle to realize the full business value that manufacturing can generate. There are several steps all organizations that utilize manufacturing can take to properly and optimally align goals. -
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RTU as an Intelligent Remote Gateway
By Kevin L. Finnan The trend toward intelligent devices in remote SCADA installations would seem to put remote terminal units (RTUs) on the path to obsolescence. Instead, it illustrates the evolving value of RTUs in contemporary systems. -
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The Technical Advantages of Polyamide Cable Protection Systems
For the past several decades, most industries within the US market have been dominated by the use of PVC jacketed metallic conduits. In Europe, they use polyamide conduits and fittings. What's the difference? -
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NIST says MTConnect works with robots
In the test at NIST, MTConnect enabled a robot conversant in ROS-Industrial to load and unload parts into an MTConnect-conversant lathe for cutting, precisely when the machine tool was ready to perform the task. -
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Machine tools demand growing from Auto, Aerospace and Defense
Frost & Sullivan says the Global Machine Tools and Cutting Tools Market earned revenues of $15.72 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $21.18 billion in 2017. -
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World Relays Market Fell in 2012
After two years of double-digit growth, the world market for electro-mechanical and solid-state relays contracted by $125 million, or 3.6 percent, to approximately $3.35 billion in 2012. -
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Multi-Tenant vs. Hosted Cloud ERP – Pros and Cons
By Pat Garrehy, Rootstock There is a general consensus that, by 2023, most of the installed MFG ERP systems will be Cloud-based. But, will they be multi-tenant or hosted? There are arguments for both. -
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Process Automation I/O Market Driven by Safety
The market for process I/O modules is mainly driven by two forces: an increasing need for intrinsically safe I/O modules and the increasing demand from the Middle East and the BRIC countries. -
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Manufacturing technology orders level off for April
$372.50 million in orders were down 26.6% from March and down 12.6% when compared with the total of $426.44 million reported for April 2012. -
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Improving Equipment Utilization with vimana
By Thomas R. Cutler Curtiss Wright Controls in Shelby, NC used vimana to improve equipment utilization on a production cell with 4 high-end CNC-based Horizontal Milling machine tools by over 20% in just ten weeks. -
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Open Source Building Automation
By Bill Lydon, Editor The inaugural Haystack Connect event introduced a movement that has the potential to be the next big wave in building automation by fostering an entirely new open system in the industry that goes beyond open protocols to encompass system software. -
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Honda gives Grant for STEM Education
Honda of America has committed $75,000 to support the SME Education Foundation’s PRIME program over the next three years. -
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ISA Fugitive Emissions-LDAR Symposium report
More than 200 plant and refinery professionals responsible for maintaining leak detection and repair (LDAR) programs attended ISA’s 13th annual Fugitive Emissions-LDAR Symposium held 21-23 May 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. -
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PACTware FDT seminars being held in October
The half day events will kick off with an overview of the technology, followed by user-oriented, vendor neutral workshops focusing on operation and maintenance benefits. -
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Fox obtains hazardous area approvals for Mass Flow Meter
Model FT3 Thermal Mass Flow Meter & Temperature Transmitter obtained FM, FMc, ATEX, and IECEx approvals. -
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Autodesk acquires Inforbix PLM software
Autodesk appointed Oleg Shilovitsky as Senior Director of PLM and Data Management. Shilovitsky is a co-founder of Inforbix. -
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Winners announced for National SkillsUSA Championships
The National SkillsUSA Championships is a competition that engages more than 275,000 students in occupational, technical, skilled and service-related training programs at the high school and college level. -
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CNC solution accelerates NASCAR wheel production
A NUM CNC retrofit of a spin forming lathe is improving manufacturing efficiency for NASCAR wheel supplier, Aero Race Wheels. -
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CISCO's Connected Industries Business Unit poised for growth
Automation.com, August 2012 By Bill Lydon, Editor Cisco's newly-formed Connected Industries Business Unit, recently created to help customers realize the benefits of the transition to Ethernet and IP in manufacturing plants, launched a new switch series and is reaching out to a broad base of potential partners.