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Vision-Assisted Robotics, an Enabling Technology for Packaging

Content Type Image  From sliced meat to late-capitalism, the reasons that vision-assisted robotic packaging applications have been increasing are many. Within this complex picture, though, certain trends seem clear.

Sustainability Leads To Next-generation Manufacturing

Content Type Image A thorough evaluation of every phase of manufacturing with appropriate executive leadership can lead to cleaner manufacturing that creates far less waste.

Envac—Optimizing an Already Efficient Process

Content Type Image  Envac AB, of Sweden, found a number of savings in its trash collection system.

Automation Controls Energy Consumption

Content Type Image Plant operators are turning to their automation systems to help measure and drive down their energy use.

Building Sustainable Businesses: Turning Lip Service into Reality

Content Type Image  Automation companies are taking the lead in finding ways to produce alternative fuel and power sources.
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Podcast Bytes: Automatic Code Generation for Industrial Control

Content Type Image  The MathWorks, a Natick, Mass.-based developer of mathematical computing software, has teamed with controls supplier Rockwell Automation Inc., Milwaukee, to introduce a new approach to programming for industrial control systems. In this podcast interview, recorded on March 4, 2010, Automation World Managing Editor Wes Iversen talks with The MathWorks’ Tom Erkkinen and Rockwell’s Jason Weber about the introduction.

Automation Video: Case Study - Verizon Monitors Power

Content Type Image Verizon and integrator Marine Interface, Inc. show Opto 22 engineer Kelly Downey how they use Opto 22 products to monitor power usage and control systems in Verizon's New Jersey central phone switching office. This central office is a model for such offices, using cogeneration and sophisticated energy management techniques to lower energy costs and make sure critical phone service is always available. 

Next-Generation Cartoning Machines, from Bosch Rexroth

Content Type Image  Bosch Rexroth’s GenNext™ technology boosts uptime, productivity, ease of use of cartoning machines.
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