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Control

How Embedded Vision Can Improve Inspection and Inventory Tracking

How Embedded Vision Can Improve Inspection and Inventory Tracking

There’s always been a great deal of interest in vision system technology in the manufacturing industries. Though the technology has been widely applied, some would argue that vision system technology application never quite reached critical mass in manufacturing because of the high costs associated with the purchase and installation of these systems....

Latest Control News

March 5, 2014

MTConnect Formalizes Work With Defense Manufacturing

March 4, 2014

HMIs as Troubleshooting Tools

February 20, 2014

Ford’s Focus on Control

February 12, 2014

Dual-Core Microcontroller for Industrial Applications

February 10, 2014

Emerson Automation Helps BP Refinery Quadruple Capacity

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Feature Article

| March 7, 2014

Are Consumer Technologies Hardened Enough?

Despite their promises of productivity, many consumer technologies may not be quite ready to withstand the rigors found in some industrial environments.

News

| March 5, 2014

MTConnect Formalizes Work With Defense Manufacturing

The MTConnect Institute and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining (NCDMM) have signed a memorandum of understanding to continue their collaboration on the MTConnect open standard

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HMIs as Troubleshooting Tools

News

| March 4, 2014

HMIs as Troubleshooting Tools

Vision systems and remote technologies enable HMIs to become useful tools for diagnostics.

How Embedded Vision Can Improve Inspection and Inventory Tracking

Perspective

| March 4, 2014

How Embedded Vision Can Improve Inspection and Inventory Tracking

From providing new methods of improving product tracking to eliminating the bottlenecks often encountered with visual inspection, embedded vision technologies are poised to change the game in many cor

Telcos Becoming More Prominent in Manufacturing

Perspective

| February 27, 2014

Telcos to Play More Prominent Role in Manufacturing

Expanding use of Ethernet to connect machines, devices, and entire systems to each other and to operators is leading telcos to become more heavily involved in manufacturing, starting with remote maint

Feature Article

| February 26, 2014

Control Room Best Practices Push Comfort, Communication, Collaboration

Transforming gradually over the past decade, today’s process control rooms incorporate new ways to collaborate and communicate enterprise-wide, and protect operators from fatigue and stress.

Case Application

| February 26, 2014

Two Brothers Taps New Filler for Expansion

To position itself for greater expansion, Two Brothers Brewing leverage an electro-pneumatic filling system--a technology used by major brewers--into its new packaging operations.

Feature Article

| February 26, 2014

Time to Upgrade Your HMI?

Advances in video, touch, high-definition graphics and other consumer technologies have changed the way you might upgrade your interface.

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Industry View

| February 25, 2014

Oil and Gas Processes Are Instrumental

The oil and gas industry makes up a quarter of the revenue in process field instrumentation. Shale is a particularly hot sector, presenting challenges for instrument suppliers.

Feature Article

| February 21, 2014

Tuning Tools Maintain Harmony in PID Loops

Half of all PID control loops will suffer performance degradation within their first year.

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Feature Article

| February 20, 2014

New interface tool tightly integrates robots and packaging machines

Generally speaking, when a robot made by a robotic OEM is integrated into a piece of packaging machinery like a case packer or cartoner, the robot comes with its own controller while the packaging mac

Ford’s Focus on Control

News

| February 20, 2014

Ford’s Focus on Control

Using Profinet and various automation systems to tie its plant floor systems together and connect to IT, Ford lays the groundwork for continuous automation and production advancement.

Process Technology and Engineering Trends

Perspective

| February 18, 2014

Process Technology and Engineering Trends

From project execution, total cost of ownership, and lifecycle support issues to field device and systems integration and increased focus on software, Yokogawa executives discuss specific user trends

Product

| February 15, 2014

CONCOA: Gas Distribution/Management System

The 544 Series IntelliSwitch Iiv automatically switches between two high-pressure, high-flow gases to provide interchangeable service and continuous supply.

Product

| February 15, 2014

Beckhoff: EtherCAT Box for Acceleration and Angle Measurement

The EP1816-3008 is a compact, IP 67-rated I/O solution for measurement in harsh industrial environments.

Product

| February 14, 2014

B&R: Communication Link for HMIs

Smart Display Link 3 allows displays to be placed at distances of up to 100 meters.

Product

| February 14, 2014

AIS: Scalable Operator Interface Panels

These units cover a wide range of industries.

Product

| February 14, 2014

ABB: Small Motor Drives

The ACS250 series is designed for simple machine interface.

Product

| February 13, 2014

Pepperl+Fuchs: Hazardous Area Encoder

The 78E Series Ex Encoder is designed for applications in hazardous areas.

Dual-Core Microcontroller for Industrial Applications

News

| February 12, 2014

Dual-Core Microcontroller for Industrial Applications

Texas Instruments’ new C2000 Delfino F2837xD series is designed to boost execution of industrial devices such as servo drives and inverters.

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