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Feature Article
 | March 12, 2013

Barcodes and RFID: On the Same Team

Years ago, when barcode technology and radio-frequency identification (RFID) were first finding a footing in industrial applications, observers would often see the process as a kind of horserace.
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Feature Article
 | March 12, 2013

Do You Know Where Your Inventories Are?

It’s 2013, and it’s more important than ever to keep track of where your materials came from and where your work-in-process is going.
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Pat Reynolds
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The last thing we wanted to be doing is pounding the PLCs, adding more code, said Campbell's Tom Braydich.
Campbell Soup’s Data Acquisition Journey
CM Process Solutions ET 75 sanitizer
Blog Post | February 20, 2013

Contaminant-Free Food Processing Starts at the Dock Door

Not all food processors realize that contaminated containers entering the plant could be exposing their products to possible pathogens. Some are opting to sanitize their containers, and the buggies and totes that transport them, with automated systems.
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Food bin sanitizing equipment from CM Process Solutions
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 | February 20, 2013

Container Sanitization Systems as Part of the Food Safety Mix

Most plants employ sophisticated washing and sanitizing equipment to ensure that pathogens do not travel via containers from the back of the plant to the food preparation areas.
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Demo Shows PLC, RFID, Profinet, and Variable Frequency Drive Technology
Video | February 6, 2013

Demo Shows PLC, RFID, Profinet, and Variable Frequency Drive Technology

Conveyor picking and delivery, conveyor replenishment and new product spotlight: Simogear geared motor delivers 96% mechanical efficiency, NEMA class, for conveyor applications.
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PLR Camera for Robotic De-racking Applications From Sick
 Video | February 5, 2013

PLR Camera for Robotic De-racking Applications From Sick

Racks get bent and parts don’t always sit in the same place. This robot uses 2-D and 3-D camera to update its position for accurate picking of parts–-self-contained unit, no PC required, web-based interface can be set up and monitored from an HMI on the factory floor.
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Robotics smoothes tote loading
 Video | February 4, 2013

Robotics smoothes tote loading

Pack Flow Concepts showed a robotic system that takes individual packs from a tote or case and places them efficiently in a delivery tote.
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Supply Chain Risk and Automation
Blog Post | August 28, 2012

Can Automation Reduce Supply Chain Risk?

Supply chains are a fact of life for all modern manufacturing operations. And though most manufacturers have outsourced at least some components of their production process, few have any real insight into the true capabilities and vulnerabilities of their supply chain partners that only production-related software can provide.
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News
 | May 6, 2012

Spring Renaissance for Italian Divisions of Automation Vendors

In March, with the spring “renaissance” of nature, also came the renaissance of Italian companies and subsidiaries.
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Automation Applied: Tracking & Visualization
 Video | February 13, 2012

Automation Applied: Tracking & Visualization

John Ashodian with Sick Inc. explains the company's Sick Visualization Platform for aggregating automated data collection device information to analyze how your systems are performing.
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