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Fielddevice.cloud
Cloud Based Asset Monitoring for Field Devices, Out-Of-The-Box Supported by PACTware. -
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Find Out How Endress+Hauser Makes Your Plant Intelligent
White paper focuses on mobilizing field device management in the era of connecting IoT with Field Xpert. -
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Secure from the Core
By Lee Lane, FDT Board of Directors Chairman Security team focuses on end-to-end information integrity. -
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FDT Solution Advances Industrial Cyber Security
FDT Server-based architecture enables comprehensive data security for IIoT applications -
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Predicting the Future of Industrial Maintenance
By Gernut van Laak, Group Automation Solutions Leader, ABB Food and Beverage The need for factory maintenance often goes unnoticed. This article explains how plant managers can budget for maintenance and ensure optimum efficiency for all processes. -
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Inside the Advantages of Sensorless Closed Loop Control
By Mark Checkley, KEB Automation While feedback devices may be the usual choice for control of motors, sensorless closed loop control can provide design engineers and machine builders with the ability to add value and a competitive advantage to their machines. -
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Making the IoT Work for Test
By Mike Santori, National Instruments The IoT and IIoT are making test more complex. IoT technologies can help address automated test challenges. Engineers need to understand and focus on the use cases with the most business value. -
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The Year of Decentralization: Energy trends heading into 2019
By Jürgen Resch, COPA-DATA As the EU sets the pace in the global race against climate change, this article forecasts the key trends for energy in 2019, which will reaffirm Europe's position in the global renewable energy market. -
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Automotive Companies Are Taking Leadership Role in AGV Automation
By Carlos Millan, Oceaneering International For decades, automated guided vehicle (AGV) technology has delivered materials handling and logistics solutions to automotive companies. Automotive manufacturers, in general, have embraced the lean principles of advanced logistics and manufacturing solutions. -
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A Brave New World of Industrial Automation, Robotics and Taxes
By Stephen Hayes, Beckhoff Automation One of the key economic concepts for government to iron out before IDT can deliver performance, is the contributory capacity that robots, automation and AI fulfil in the overall economy. -
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Selecting the Best Control System for Automation Applications
Many factors come into play when selecting a new or upgraded control system, with careful consideration of each resulting in the best outcome. -
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Better Inventory Management Strategies to Improve Financial Reporting
By Asael Sharabi, Emerson Automation Solutions Inventory is one of the most important assets of an organization, and its effective management is increasingly recognized as a key component of financial health and profitability. -
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Defining AI’s Vital Role in Industrial IoT
By Stephane Daeuble, Nokia Particularly in sectors that rely heavily on operational technology (OT) such as manufacturing, transportation, energy and healthcare, enterprises are progressing along their transformational journeys faster, thanks to the exciting promises of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI). -
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Tips for Reducing Error When Using Eddy Current Measuring Techniques
By Kevin Conlin, Kaman Precision Products To get the most out of eddy current sensors, follow these tips for reducing errors that can affect a measurement’s accuracy. Pay attention to circuit selection, placement, calibration and mounting. -
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Regulations Require Surge Protection for Safety Circuits
By Brent Purdy, PE, AutomationDirect Recent additions to the National Electrical Code (NEC) mandate surge protection for safety interlock circuits to protect operators and machinery. -
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Strategy and Standards Determine the Value of Your Big Data
By Daymon Thompson, Beckhoff Automation Many tools enable capturing the potential value that Big Data and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) provide, but companies need to know what kind of information they want and how to gather it securely. -
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Strategic BPA and RPA Layers: Necessities for a Smart City Data Center
By Jack Wilson, Optimum Consultancy Services The lack of strategically implemented Business Process Automation (BPA) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) within the Smart City’s Data Centers could result in the city’s inundation by the data wave following a Smart City transformation. -
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Why Actuators for Connected Industry Run on Brushless DC Motors
By Boris Wassmer, CIRCOR Brushless DC technology is making electric actuators more efficient, more adaptable, and more connected—and changing expectations for what an actuator can do. -
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Avoiding Downtime in Commercial Coding Equipment Service
By Chinaecherem Omenyinma, Videojet Technologies Helping manufacturers to meet regulatory requirements and to provide a means of traceability, commercial printers can be an important part of production. However, when competing with other priorities on the production floor, they don’t always rank high on the list. -
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Robotic Process Automation: Human Touch Still Required
By Jack Wilson, Optimum Consultancy Services RPA allows a robot to observe human-initiated actions between multiple data sources and technologies on a User Interface, memorize the actions and corresponding sequences, and replicate.
