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Keyence IM-6500 image dimension measurement system
News
 | May 17, 2013

Timex Speeds Up, Simplifies Quality Inspections

An image dimension measurement system improves the quality inspection process by eliminating the need for X-Y stages, and allowing several parts to be measured simultaneously.
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News
 | May 15, 2013

Why Do Automation System Integration Projects Fail?

A panel of certified control system integrators share the hard questions end users should be asking to ensure they get the automation systems they need.
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News
 | May 15, 2013

Addressing the ‘Fatal Flaw’ in Engineering Education

At The Automation Conference, Purdue’s Gary Bertoline explained the problems with a theoretically based higher-education system in the U.S., and gave solutions to bring it back in line with manufactur
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News
 | May 15, 2013

Scholarship Supports Chicago Manufacturing Initiative

At TAC 2013, Summit Media Group presented a check to a Chicago high school program looking to put a fire in the belly of students to pursue manufacturing-related jobs.
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Kai Mariappan, Coca-Cola
News
 | May 14, 2013

Get Your Head Into the Cloud

Coca-Cola’s Kai Mariappan explained at The Automation Conference why the cloud makes perfect sense for automation maintenance. And why it should be called ‘cloutamation.’
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Wonderware Intelligence 2012 software now offers concurrent licensing.
Blog Post | May 9, 2013

How Concurrent Software Licensing Can Benefit EMI Users

Software licensing agreements can be complicated for an enterprise. Using a multi-plant cereal maker as an example, a maker of enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) software explains how concurrent licensing compares to traditional named licenses in terms of cost and administration.
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Barriers to Human Reliability
News
 | April 30, 2013

Barriers to Human Reliability

The idea of placing greater emphasis on operator interaction with automated systems has been gaining traction.
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The Human-Automation Intersection
News
 | April 25, 2013

The Human-Automation Intersection

A developing trend among a number of automation interface hardware and software suppliers is to focus more on the operator experience.
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Automation Applied: ABB Services
 Video | April 5, 2013

Automation Applied: ABB Services

An explanation of key ABB Services offerings at ABB Automation and Power World 2013.
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Belden program certifies industrial networks
News
 | March 28, 2013

First Vendor-led Industrial Network Certification Program

Belden’s industrial Ethernet infrastructure certification program will validate that network infrastructures are built to the highest standards and have the ability to evolve.
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Column
 | March 26, 2013

Quality Is a Competitive Advantage

Companies spend a lot of time on financial and competitive analysis, but many fail to realize that the most significant threat to their business can come from within.
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The Automation Conference 2013 Offers Unique Educational Benefits
 Video | March 25, 2013

The Automation Conference 2013 Offers Unique Educational Benefits

Dan Allford of machine-builder ARC Specialities explains why The Automation Conference is a unique educational event for manufacturers. This year's conference features over 20 sessions for professionals in discrete and batch manufacturing, the processing industries and packaging.
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White Paper | March 20, 2013

Building an HMI that Works

In this 12-page whitepaper with references, automation manufacturer Opto 22 delivers best practices for operator interface design for machines and small systems based on the research it's done to create groov, its HMI appliance and development platform. While the groov platform enables secure monitoring and control of machines and systems via smartphone, tablet and other commercial hardware, the interface design advice comes from industrial best practices and resources such as PAS's "High Performance Design Handbook."
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Feature Article
 | March 15, 2013

Vapor Clouds: Fires and Ongoing Learning

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Typical products designed for hazardous areas
Feature Article
 | March 15, 2013

Products and Processes: Explosion-Proof and Intrinsically Safe

While hazardous conditions are a fact of life in industrial plants, end users, safety organizations and automation suppliers are doing everything they can to ensure products are explosion-proof, proce
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