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Enjoy full PLC functionality with a 5.7-inch, color touchscreen. Can support up to 1,000 I/O points, with options including high-speed, temperature and weight measurement

EnVision is a FREE SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) package allowing users to assemble a control and data acquisition system for up to 128 Future Design Controls control devices, each with their own data log file as well as one system data log file of any combination of devices (up to 129 concurrent data log files).

The latest version, ABB Ability Knowledge Manager 9.0, incorporates digital capabilities and technology to provide mining and cement industry customers with the ability to view, analyze, and act upon critical process data from any mobile device.

Conneqt with top companies and unleash better business outcomes at Seeq Conneqt in Miami this May.

From workforce changes and supply chain disruptions to evolution of semantic data models, socioeconomic trends push industry to respond. This feature originally appeared in Bill Lydon's 7th Annual Industrial Automation & Control Trends Report.

In 2017 robot installations are estimated to increase by 21 percent in the Asia-Australia region. Robot supplies in the Americas will surge by 16 percent and in Europe by 8 percent.

The MDA (Motion, Drive & Automation) trade fair will be part of HANNOVER MESSE.

Migrating or updating your control system is necessary and inevitable once it has reached the end of its life. Migration only replicates your current system. You will be struck with the same problems just on an updated control platform. Why replicate your current system when you can enhance it with new and better technology? What good is migration without modernization?

Jay Douglass, COO of the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, recently shared his insights on the role played by automation and robotics in the manufacturing industry today, as well as his future outlook for the industry.

We’ve reached that point in the year when it’s time to reflect upon the trends from the past 12 months, while looking ahead at what 2024 has in store for the world of robotics and automation.

The global shipment volume of industrial robots in 2024 totaled just over 505,000 units, reflecting a 2.4% decrease compared with 2023.

The aerospace sector continues to invest at a rapid clip, increasing the value of orders by 6% in the first half of 2025.

Globally, robot installations are expected to grow by 6% to 575,000 units in 2025.

The intensifying need for energy-efficient motors to reduce operational costs is a key driver in the European fractional horse power (FHP) and integrated horse power (IHP) motors market.

The distinction between PLCs and distributed control systems is narrowing, but their combined market in Europe will hit €6.45 billion in 2017.

The report studies the unconventional gas market on the basis of type, application, and region. By type, unconventional gases are segmented into shale gas, tight gas, coal bed methane, and gas hydrates. On the basis of application, the market is divided into power generation, commercial, industrial, residential, and transportation.

IMS Research forecasts that global compact AC low-voltage drive sales will grow to $3 billion in 2016.

The rising demand for improved technologies and the growing investment in the research and development of the same have catapulted smart machines to the forefront of the global industrial sector.

According to the report, the distribution automation (DA) market was estimated at US$9,986.3 million in 2012. This market is anticipated to be worth US$17,677.2 million by the end of 2019, growing at a CAGR of 8.5% during the forecast period of 2013 to 2019.

The global human machine interface (HMI) market, estimating the overall value of this market to reach US$5,579.3 by 2019, expanding at a CAGR of 10.4% during the period from 2013 to 2019.