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Gigabit Ethernet and Line Scan Cameras - do they really fit?

Content Type Image  Basler's Gigabit Ethernet based line scan cameras are total redesigns that use the newest components available and eliminate the typical bugs and restrictions found on older cameras.

Environmentally Friendly Operator Interface

Content Type Image  IVC Displays, Inc. is proud to offer products that comply with the most stringent of the requirements of the RoHs standards.

New High-Efficiency Motors from SEW-EURODRIVE

Content Type Image  SEW announces the new efficient DR Motor series available in three efficiency levels: standard, high-efficiency and NEMA Premium® efficiency.

Using Ethernet Auto-negotiation protocol to avoid slow network connectivity or application time outs

Content Type Image  In this white paper N-TRON discusses the details of Auto-negotiation protocol and how to properly configure Auto-negotiation settings for maximum performance of industrial Ethernet networks.

Matrox Imaging Library helps delta robot sort biscuits

Content Type Image  A major European cookie and chocolate maker is working to improve the efficiency of their factories. In one plant, this manufacturer outputs 30 million packages a year, and they contain over 80 different types of assorted cookies. This manufacturer needed a solution that could support the wide variety of products and a high throughput.

Choosing a multiport serial board for serial communication

Content Type Image  Serial communication has been used in Industrial Automation (IA) for many years notes this white paper from Moxa. Since computers come equipped with a limited number of serial ports, multiport serial boards (MSB) are needed to expand the number of ports to connect additional peripheral devices.

Applying multicore and virtualization to industrial and safety-related applications

Content Type Image  Multicore and virtualization provide the opportunity to improve device performance, reduce costs through hardware consolidation, and upgrade applications more cost effectively throughout the product lifecycle as this white paper from Wind River explores.

Flexible Machine Control System from National Instruments

Content Type Image  Sylvania Lighting Develops Flexible Machine Control System Using NI Vision, Motion, Intelligent DAQ, and LabVIEW.

Reference: ABB Motors, Drives and Generators

Content Type Image  A complete range of motion technologies for OEM's, system integrators and end users.
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Case Packer Uses a Power Monitor to Minimize Energy Consumption

Content Type Image  A three-axis, side-load case packer receives up-to-the-minute information on energy use from a component mounted in the controls cabinet.

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.

Automation Controls Energy Consumption

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

Ethernet Protocols' Flexibility A Boost For Manufacturing

Content Type Image  The ability of Ethernet to carry multiple protocols enables innovation in communication for effective manufacturing efficiency.

Machine Control Integration Produces Savings

Content Type Image Plants are relying on new generations of more fully integrated control technology to run smaller, faster and more efficient machines.
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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.

Mintchell Video Report - 2010 ARC Forum Report

Content Type Image Gary Mintchell, Editor in Chief, discusses happenings at the 14th annual ARC Forum in Orlando. There were product announcements from many companies, an in-depth discussion of the multi-year Invensys strategy that has led to the formation of IOM, WBF and OMAC and their separation from ISA, and a few thoughts about wireless from the Forum.

Podcast Bytes: OSSID Adopts PackML Standards

Content Type Image  Wes Iversen, Managing Editor, talked with Joe Grove, vice president of engineering at OSSID, about his company's adoption of the PackML standards.
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