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By Honeywell Cybersecurity Although a part of disaster planning and recovery in increasing resilience, industrial-grade secure remote access also represents a strategic investment that can help grow a company’s operational excellence and capabilities.

The OPC Experts Interview is a series taking a deep dive into open platform communications, OPC/OPC UA and related technology. This interview is with Stefan Hoppe, President and Executive Director of the OPC Foundation.

The market may see the integration of different metallurgical techniques, leading to more efficient and environmentally friendly battery recycling solutions.

A new generation of analytics is being used to improve upon traditional continuous improvement efforts.

By Louis Columbus To stay competitive, manufacturers must continually reinvent themselves and find new ways to improve—whether by delivering differentiated products, controlling costs, or improving quality.

There are a host of advantages in adopting the SaaS model for business solutions such as labeling. Not surprisingly there is both a growing trend for companies to integrate labeling with their cloud-based enterprise applications as well as a distinct move to embrace cloud based labeling solutions.

ISA past president Paul Gruhn, PE, CFSE, will be presenting at local meetings around the country during the first quarter of 2020. As a global functional safety consultant with aeSolutions, Gruhn has gained extensive experience consulting with sites around the world.

A fuel cell is a device that converts energy stored in molecules into electrical energy. Using hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) as power, the fuel cell produces water, electricity and heat without creating any emissions other than water vapour. This article explains the possibilities of hydrogen fuel cells.

By Rich Carpenter, GE Digital The connectivity made possible through Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is fueling the growth of the Industrial Internet. These industrial technologies are creating disruptive opportunities that will define a new set of winners and losers in the industrial space.

By TE Connectivity This guide shares how the IP rating system works and how users can decipher what they mean.

Beckhoff Automation has been offering multi-core industrial controllers since 2006 with users benefiting from the advantages that this increased performance delivers. We discuss multi-core technology with Beckhoff Automation’s Daymon Thompson, Automation Specialist.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Festo's Multi-Carrier System, along with accompanying Siemens software, provides machine designers with an innovative tool to deliver greater industry efficiency.

By: Bill Lydon, Editor Automation.com's editor spoke with executives at Hilscher about their new NetIOT line and how they can enable better data-driven decision making from the plant floor.

By Terumi Okano, Aspen Tech Successful chemical manufacturers are now implementing advanced integrated software solutions to help them maintain production margins, improve product quality and continue to meet regulatory compliance.

By Victor Polyakov, CEO of Tibbo Systems The Internet evolution has achieved the level when it is simply here for us at all times. We don’t even think of how we connect to a network, nor analyze the connection technical details, as well as we don’t care about who our communications service provider is. All-round Wi-Fi penetration and gradual IPv6 extension enable thousands of simple devices and trackers to interoperate continuously and send data “to the cloud.”

By Bill Lydon, Editor In January, Honeywell completed the acquisition of Elster for $5.1 billion. Elster is a leading provider of gas, water, and electricity measurement solutions used in commercial, industrial, and residential applications. Offerings include smart meters, software, and data analytic solutions.

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A lot of folks imagine the process of bringing a robot onto their production floor as, literally, bringing a robot in. Alternatively, you can assign a worker who will service the robot while contemplating a philosophical question: “Who works for whom? Does the robot work for me or do I work for the robot?”

We want to help manufacturing engineers and managers get a better understanding of the overall considerations when approaching automation projects. Take a deeper look at our blog series explaining the What, Why, And When to Automate.

By Gerrit Boysen and Mariam Coladonato, Phoenix Contact The requirements placed on a firewall in a production zone are different from those in the office world. Therefore, using an industrial firewall with a NAT function can support the individual, simple segmentation of networks.