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Operations

On the Horizon: Network-Enabled Control Platforms

When most automation professionals think about control platforms, categories that usually come to mind are programmable automation controllers (PACs), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), PC-based controllers, and embedded controls. But the categories don’t end there for Connie Chick, global product manager at GE Intelligent Platforms (www.ge-ip.com). For...

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| June 11, 2013

On the Horizon: Network-Enabled Control Platforms

The next generation of process control includes at least two new categories made possible by advances in networking technology, according to Connie Chick of GE Intelligent Platforms.

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| June 11, 2013

Track-and-Trace Has Its Place

People talk about track and trace all the time, usually in the context of manufacturing execution systems.

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Feature Article

| June 11, 2013

Creating an Asset Management To-Do List

Cost-effective and efficient manufacturing processes depend on asset management data for both production and business operation strategy and tactics.

Product

| June 11, 2013

Washdown AC Motors

The WSS stainless steel AC motors have anti-rust coated rotor to protect against corrosion.

Feature Article

| June 7, 2013

A Window into Lean Production

Plant floor and management visibility of OEE data provides European packager with better inventory control and a reduction in raw material use.

Feature Article

| June 7, 2013

What is OEE?

OEE is a measure of three components: availability, performance and quality.

Feature Article

| June 7, 2013

OEE in Packaging: Deceptively Simple

Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) is being used with increasing frequency in the packaging industry.

Column

| June 7, 2013

The Automation World Is a Service World

My first job out of college in 1969 was as an instrument engineer in Monsanto’s corporate engineering department, which had more than 800 engineers.

Column

| June 7, 2013

A Business Case for Asset Management Software

It’s still critical to build a solid business case and get upfront management support to be able to justify and obtain funding for your asset management software project.

Column

| June 7, 2013

Automation Technologies Do Exist

Users give examples that show the benefits of digital technologies, including reduced scrap through better data, and money savings in operations.

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| June 6, 2013

Offer Services to Succeed in the Industrial Equipment Market

Industrial equipment manufacturers are increasingly offering services to customers as part of their product portfolios. But doing so also has added to their competitive challenges.

Kuka Robots Communicate with FDT

Case Application

| June 6, 2013

Solving Robot Communication Issues

Kuka Robotics explains its use of FDT to address complex robot bus scenarios across multiple gateways.

News

| June 4, 2013

ABB to Supply Electrical Equipment for Mongolian Copper Plant

The Tsagaan Suvarga copper and molybdenum plant aims to achieve safe and energy-efficient operation under very tough climatic conditions

ABB SCADAdvantage through cloud

News

| May 29, 2013

ABB, GlobaLogix Take Oil and Gas SCADA to the Cloud

ABB’s oil and gas SCADA platform combines with GlobaLogix’s secure, encrypted and redundant cloud-hosted infrastructure

Case Application

| May 19, 2013

From Overmolding to Water Testing in Record Time

Experience, creativity and cooperation were essential to developing the automated production process and machinery for a unique microbiological test vial that certifies water free of E.

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.

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.

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

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.

Kai Mariappan, Coca-Cola

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| 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 ‘cloutomation.’

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