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Using “lights, camera, action” to critique pit stop performance

Imagine being in second place when it appears you are neck and neck. Here's where every 1/100th of a second counts!

When just 100th of a second determines a winner, car racing team owners and members constantly seek ways to shave time from every aspect of a race. Gillett Evernham Motorsports (GEM) in Statesville, N.C. knows that the performance of a tire handler behind the pit wall can be as important to winning as the right driver. For its three teams that compete in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series and one team in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, consistent execution and continuous improvement are a way of life ... Read more

Arc Flash Safety: Compliance and Mitigation

Don't overlook this powerful 35,000 degree beast.

When it comes to manufacturing-related accidents, the images that come most readily to mind are mishaps with industrial machines, chemical spills, or fires caused by the processing of highly combustible materials. But one of the most frequently occurring industrial accidents involves an all-too-common fault with the very power needed to operate any sort of manufacturing operation... Read more

Let Ethernet Standardize Your Factory Floor

What once could only link machines together via field busses can now function as your complete homogenous network.

The many networking schemes that once connected equipment on the factory floor are being replaced by a single well-known technology. Ethernet is rapidly becoming the standard for industrial networking, simplifying communication throughout an entire facility while easing installation and maintenance... Read more

Product News


Mount this compact I/O block right on your machine

Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. has added the new compact, cost saving, and rugged ET 200eco PN Ethernet I/O blocks to its SIMATIC® ET-200 distributed I/O product line ... Read more

New, compact HMIs have improved visibility

Completely scalable in 4-inch, 10-inch and 15-inch screen sizes, these new touch panel HMIs each offer bright TFT color displays with extended screen areas... Read more

New RFID read /write devices with ISO functionality

New RFID read/write device readers from Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. can now accommodate both low and high feature transponders (tags). These HF (high frequency) 13.56 megahertz readers have been enhanced with ISO 15693 functionality, making them suitable with low to high memory tags ... Read more

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