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Manufacturers have an array of good tools to help them implement proven operational excellence strategies.
Energy savings has become a major issue for companies providing manufacturing equipment.
Production of practically everything seems to be moving overseas these days, but the perception doesn’t always match reality.
The fact that wireless industrial standards are so new provides an excellent vantage point for observing the process of making a standard. Standards depend on consensus, and the means for reaching consensus can be intrinsically interesting.
Everyone likes a good technical standard. But they tend to like it only when it is done, and there are plenty of competitive products that meet the standard.
It’s no secret that automakers are facing increased demands from shareholders to curb their exposure to warranty/recall issues and are, in turn, passing that pressure onto their suppliers in the form of stiff penalties for missing deadlines, substandard quality or even merely delivering assemblies out of sequence.
Today’s motion control systems possess greater functionality and intelligence than in the past. But do they risk getting too smart for their own good?
Standards,the lifeblood of the technology world, are being improved by a shift to models, which reduce ambiguity and reduce the possibility that various interpretations will cause incompatibilities.
Here’s a brief look at the requirements of the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards, taken from the January 2008 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order approving the standards.
Why install the latest generation of safety networks? Most people would put the money saved on less wiring at the top of their list of answers.
Safety is a topic that is on everyone's mind. No one wants to be interviewed on television after an explosion at their plant or after a severe injury occurs.
Using wireless sensor technologies in process automation is finally getting out of the labs and into the plants. There remains a reluctance to publicly come out of the closet about using it.
Scott Fraser is the Electrical Technology Department Chair at Long Beach City College in California. Besides providing electrical training, the Department offers specialty areas in robotics and industrial automation.
“What do we mean by automation software?” asks Nathan Massey, sales
engineer for B&R Industrial Automation Corp., Roswell, Ga. A trick
question? More of a thought starter.
Last year, the Colombia-based engineering firm, Omnicon Ltd. wanted to
help a dairy customer integrate its automation production system with
its enterprise business system.
By developing closer links between 3D simulation tools and factory floor automation, major PLM and controls vendors are aiming to move digital manufacturing technology one step closer to the mainstream.
The goal of tightly integrating processing and packaging, as well as
devising an industry standard method of machine control, is still
gaining momentum.
Forget the politics. Doing good for the environment can be very good for the bottom line.
Plants are turning to automation tools to drive down energy costs and reduce carbon emissions.
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