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  • Thumbnail for Industry 4.0 Concepts for Discrete Manufacturing Applied to Process Automation

    Industry 4.0 Concepts for Discrete Manufacturing Applied to Process Automation

    Industry 4.0 initially focused on discrete manufacturing, and now there is an additional focus on process automation
    By: Bill Lydon
    02 December, 2019 | 11 minutes
  • Five factors that can affect your weighing system's accuracy

    This article discusses five factors that can affect the weighing system's accuracy and provides advice on selecting, installing, and operating the system to handle these factors.
    By: Ted Kopczynski and Dave Ness
    13 February, 2020 | 13 minutes
  • The Manufacturing Predicament

    Automation.com, February 2011 By Gerald Shankel, Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Manufacturing creates jobs, but manufacturers simply cannot find the skilled labor needed today to handle the kinds of sophisticated production processes and tasks required on the manufacturing shop floor.
    17 February, 2011 | 13 minutes
  • Introduction to Modbus

    The Modbus protocol provides an industry standard method that Modbus devices use for parsing messages. This protocol was developed by Modicon, Incorporated, for industrial automation systems and Modicon programmable controllers.
    By: Bruce Cyburt
    24 February, 2012 | 27 minutes
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    Opportunities and Challenges for New Automation Engineers

    There are many opportunities and some challenges for new engineers entering careers in industrial automation and manufacturing. A Q&A offers many insights.
    By: Contributing Authors
    25 March, 2013 | 17 minutes
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    Does Industrial Control System Cybersecurity Need to Be Complicated?

    Industrial control system cybersecurity can be intimidating. Automation professionals can begin with a layered defense-in-depth ICS security approach.
    By: Contributing Authors
    04 November, 2019 | 33 minutes
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