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Best Practices: IT Management for Manufacturing

IT professionals working in the manufacturing sector must establish a secure, efficient and regulatory compliant IT infrastructure.
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Ethernet for Machines and Robots

OEMs are increasingly using industrial networks to connect their HMIs, controllers, distributed I/O, instruments and sensors to each other within a machine or a robot; to connect to their customer’s control and communication systems, and to connect back to their home offices from their customer’s site.
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How to Specify High-Performance Cables: The Devil Is In The Details

Many of the problems that surround cable failure, especially in extreme and harsh operating environments could have been avoided by selecting the correct cable from the outset.
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To Flex or Not to Flex: How to Specify a Cable for Flexing Applications

In this white paper, we discuss the difference between a flexible cable and one that is designed for constant flexing. We also discuss the necessary parameters in specifying all types of flexing cables.
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Heat-Shrink Tubing: The Versatile Tools for Maintenance and Repair

Heat-shrink tubing is versatile, easy to use, and finds wide applicability in maintenance and repair. It can be used for preventive maintenance to avoid problems and is a wonderful tool for making minor repairs to cables and connectors.
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EcoWire™: Better Performing, Better for the Environment

EcoWire is the latest innovation in hook-up wire. A true engineering breakthrough, EcoWire is fully recyclable and halogen-free, yet features vastly superior performance characteristics to PVC-insulated wire.
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How to Stop the Noise with Shielded Cable

In industrial control systems, it's estimated that well over 50 percent of all system hardware failures are caused in part by electrical noise. Choosing the right shielding system for your cable is imperative – and is simply a matter of knowledge and foresight.
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Sustainability: The Best of Both Worlds

Implementing sustainable initiatives requires an in-depth understanding of what technologies are available and how to integrate them into your system. This article discusses cable constructions that aid sustainable systems, such as Variable-Frequency Drives.
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How to Pick the Right VFD Cable: Reduce Problems and Increase Reliability

Variable-frequency drives (VFD) allow sophisticated control by AC motors, but also create several phenomena that can negatively affect the overall system. Thus, choosing the proper VFD cable is of utmost importance to prevent costly downtime.
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Expanding the Use of Smart Operator Panels

Advantech discusses the growing trend of Smart Operator Panels.
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