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The Rise of the 'Digital Maverick'
Characterized by strategic, big-picture thinking, relentless determination, strong business understanding, technical prowess and sometimes a chip on their shoulder, the digital maverick is a new breed of industrial leader who is critical for taking an industrial digital transformation program. -
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Motion Solution Precision Is Key for Surgical Robots
The patient outcome of surgery performed by a robot is contingent on the control precision of its end effectors. Central to this delivery is the motion performance achieved by the robot’s miniature motor system. -
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Smart Moisture Measurement Technology Continually Optimizes Product and Process Quality for Pulp/Paper Processing
Instant measurement and production line correction is enabled since calculations are performed in real-time inside the sensor and data is analyzed multiple times per second with integrated software. -
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Hg Joins EQT and TA Associates as Investors in IFS and WorkWave
EQT, Hg, and TA will form a trio of world-class investors with decades of software experience, backing IFS and WorkWave for their next wave of growth. -
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Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Automation Transforming the Film Industry
Recently the Manufacturing Media Consortium and its founder, TR Cutler (TRC) set up a new division examining the role of manufacturing and technology in the entertainment industry. What follows is an interview of Jacob Kyle Young (JKY) actor and founder of Post Modern Entertainment. -
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Ransomware Persisted Despite Improved Detection in 2022
Although ransomware's share of incidents declined only slightly from 2021 to 2022, defenders were more successful detecting and preventing ransomware. -
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Messe Frankfurt Expands Southeast Asian Presence with New Electronics and Automation Events
Messe Frankfurt will join Yorkers Trade & Marketing Service and GMTX to co-organize three events in the field of Electronics and Automation Technologies targeting the ASEAN region. -
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SAP Leonardo Enterprise Wide IT/OT Integration
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com Taking place from November 2-3 2017, the event put a spotlight on SAP’s IT/OT real-time transaction processing and integration of manufacturing controls and automation for their customers. -
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How Industry 4.0 Can Get Factories Running At Full Speed
By Chris Turlica, MaintainX Modern factories are as sophisticated as any server farm or computer lab, and to keep them firing on all cylinders we’ll need high-tech solutions too. -
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Yale helps Continental Tire enhance drive process optimization
Continental Tire needed a technology-based solution to provide greater lift truck fleet visibility and drive process optimization. The telemetry solution needed to address four key areas. -
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IFR Report: Robot investment reaches 16.5 billion USD record in 2018
The World Robotics report presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) shows an annual global sales value of 16.5 billion USD in 2018 – a new record. 422,000 units were shipped globally in 2018 - an increase of 6 percent compared to the previous year. -
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5 Innovative Approaches to Improve Wire Bonding Techniques for High-Reliability Electronics
As the Internet of Things (IoT) grows, high-reliability electronics manufacturing is becoming increasingly important. Customer expectations around device performance and versatility are rising. -
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Advocacy is Vital to the Future of the Automation Profession
Advocacy is one of ISA’s long-term strategic objectives and at the core of the Automation Federation’s mission. -
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Why You Should Decrease PID Gain and Reset Time for Pipeline and Inline Control
Pipeline and inline control loops have no back mixing and hence no process time constant in the response of the outlet to changes in the inlet. -
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Automation Industry Career Tip: Be a Team Player
For a successful automation industry career, work together on a one-on-one basis, and seek inspiration and recognition as a team. -
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5 Ways to Transform Your Packaging Lines with Cutting-Edge Machine Vision Technology
5 ways to transform your packaging lines with cutting-edge machine vision technology and how to make the most of packaging vision systems -
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Are Industrial Protocols Going the Way of AppleTalk, DecNet & Netware?
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The industrial automation industry has a reputation and history of being behind the technology adoption curve. With an prganizational need for reliability and system availability, the key question is: When is a new technology reliable enough that the benefits outweigh the risk? -
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OPC UA over TSN: A Realistic Future for a Unified Industrial Control Network?
At Hannover Fair 2018, the vision for a seamless architecture from edge devices to enterprise and cloud computing was a prominent theme. Numerous product demonstrations, announcements, and discussions promoted the combination of Time Sensitive Networking (TSN IEEE 802.1) with OPC UA messaging and data models to create a new manufacturing and production architecture -
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The New Era of Automation Architectures: What does it mean for users?
By Bill Lydon, Editor, Automation.com The application of revolutionary new concepts and technologies, including the Internet of Things (IoT), sensor advances, embedded controllers, and improving technology, are rapidly changing automation architectures. -
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Unleashing the Potential of Edge AI: Standardizing Data for Enhanced Quality and Interoperability
In the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), the journey from Edge to Cloud is critical for organizations seeking to harness the power of data.













