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Bumble Bee CEO One-Minute Video: How To Communicate Through Crisis
Jan Tharp, CEO of Bumble Bee Seafood, has navigated turbulent waters. Recently, Jan sat down with OEM's Stephanie Neil during PACK EXPO Connects to discuss her journey to the top of this revamped CPG. Watch this 'Management Minute' with Jan.
IIoT
A Refined Smart Manufacturing Definition for 2021
Discover how industry organizations need to converge on concrete guiding principles and a definition for smart manufacturing, in order to achieve the next phase of Industry 4.0—democratization of smart manufacturing.
Design
ABB’s Adaptive Execution Takes a Leaf from Nature’s Book
The company’s latest offering can reduce automation capital expenditures by up to 40%.
IIoT
Is the Cloud Beneficial for Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturers?
Learn how manufacturers are actually using cloud computing today and how it can be leveraged for optimal application by smaller manufacturing organizations in this discussion with Brian Fenn, COO of system integration company Avanceon.
Sustainability
Developing a Sustainability Program Focus
Though industrial sustainability efforts certainly have not stopped in the past few years, they also haven’t moved forward at the pace seen several years ago. Part of the problem is determining where to focus efforts.
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Compact, Scalable Drive System
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Sensor Network-to-Cloud System
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IIoT
Network Portal Targets Interoperability
IIoT
Is the Cloud Beneficial for Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturers?
Robotics
Cobot Gripper Helps Automate Hydraulic Manifold Production
Sensors
Smart Sensors for Moisture Measurement
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IIoT
A Refined Smart Manufacturing Definition for 2021
Design
ABB’s Adaptive Execution Takes a Leaf from Nature’s Book
Workforce
What Financial Metrics Drive Manufacturing Company Value?
Plant Maintenance
Optimizing Asset Performance Through Procurement
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Robotics
Technology Matters: New Servo Drive, Robots, and Flexible Feeder System
PEC 2020
Technology Matters: Material Handling, IIoT PLC, Connected Workers
Motion
Technology Matters: Beckhoff's XPlanar System
IIoT
Technology Matters: IIoT Missteps, Cybersecurity Readiness, and Volkswagen's Industrial Cloud
Robotics
Technology Matters: Robot Employment Agency, MRP-Led Operations, and Data Analytics
Workforce
What Financial Metrics Drive Manufacturing Company Value?
Find out what metrics manufacturers should use to gain insights into their performance, drive their stock price, and create long-term financial impact—outside of just routine financial statement-oriented accounting systems.
Plant Maintenance
Optimizing Asset Performance Through Procurement
Discover how procurement determines the management of risk and ultimate success of asset performance optimization and why finding the right outsourcing delivery model is so critical.
IIoT
Network Portal Targets Interoperability
With the release of its PCH Portal, Parker Hannifin looks to address industry’s ongoing need to integrate disparate networks and devices with a flexible network portal capable of communicating across protocols, standards, and vendors.
IIoT
Is the Cloud Beneficial for Small and Mid-Sized Manufacturers?
Learn how manufacturers are actually using cloud computing today and how it can be leveraged for optimal application by smaller manufacturing organizations in this discussion with Brian Fenn, COO of system integration company Avanceon.
Robotics
Cobot Gripper Helps Automate Hydraulic Manifold Production
Use of a collaborative robot and gripper at Tomenson Machine Works leads to a 40% reduction in misloads and return on investment in six months.
Sensors
Smart Sensors for Moisture Measurement
With quality assurance procedures continuing to move away from inspection and toward a real-time, continuous approach relying on process feedback, Kett has leveraged the growing computing power of sensors to provide a better means of measuring moisture.
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Belden HighFlex VFD Cables Available from Digi-Key
Belden's series of UL-rated, extra flexible VFD cables provides supremely pliable, flexible constructions for use on-machines (16-8 AWG) and increases ease of installation without sacrificing any crucial elements.
IIoT
Emerson Takes on Magnolia Power Plant Project in Mississippi
Manufacturers aren’t the only adopters of Industry 4.0 technologies—the utility sector has long been active in the space as well, and the Tennessee Valley Authority has recently pledged $110 million to digitally transform its power generation fleet.
IIoT
Edge Computing Gets a Platform Focus
Recent announcements from Siemens and Stratus Technologies/Rockwell Automation show how edge computing is evolving into a platform for broader industrial digitalization applications.
IIoT
Volkswagen Expands Cloud Project Beyond Europe
The Industrial Cloud Initiative at Volkswagen, designed to streamline data gathering and analysis as well as best practice adoption, is expanding to one U.S. plant and two in Mexico.
Plant Maintenance
The Benefits of a “Deny All” Approach to Security
Software-Defined Networking (SDN) has typically been used to protect and manage IT networks, but its device-based, zero-trust security, and administration benefits can provide real value for operational technology (OT) spaces as well.
Workforce
Where Do Operators Fit With Current Manufacturing Technology Trends?
What if technology could be adopted that brought about an improvement in business processes and fostered the up-skilling of people?
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Barcode Readers Aid in Serialization
Packaging machinery OEM Packaging Efficiency Solutions found just the right bar code scanners for a system that inspects all angles of the bottle or label at speeds to 100 bottles/min.
Workforce
Easing the Path to a Connected Workforce
In an effort to extend overall operational visibility to plant floor workers, the Aveva Teamwork platform promises to provide knowledge sharing, digital training, and streamlined communication capabilities.
Robotics
Technology Matters: New Servo Drive, Robots, and Flexible Feeder System
Highlights of several new automation technologies showcased at PACK EXPO Connects, including Lenze's new i950 servo drive, Omron's HD-1500 autonomous mobile robot & FH 3D vision sensor, and Epson Robots' IntelliFlex flexible feeder and C12XL 6-axis robot.
IIoT
Manufacturing Innovation – Who Do The Little Guys Turn To?
Learn how organizations like the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Delaware Valley Industrial Resource Center are working to close the manufacturing innovation gap which impacts many small to mid-sized manufacturing companies.
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Remote Access Technologies Help Keep Food Sanitation Workers Safe
Cloud services, augmented and virtual reality, and videoconferencing applications are among the latest tools that suppliers are using to keep food and beverage workers safer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
IIoT
Improving Process Accessibility with Wireless Metering
Emerson’s 5700 Coriolis transmitter features Wi-Fi connectivity, but can also be delivered without Wi-Fi for applications in which such connectivity brings undesirable risk.
Communication
Crossing the Interoperability Chasm
A new white paper from the Open Manufacturing Platform highlights production asset level connectivity issues, with a focus on OPC UA and MQTT.
Cybersecurity
Bridging the OT Cybersecurity Gap
With the need for remote access ballooning, Claroty offers users an integrated platform to detect, investigate, and respond to cybersecurity threats at the OT level.
IIoT
Digitization – A Case For Manufacturing
Learn how implementing Industry 4.0 can improve your company’s productivity, opportunity, and growth from the Managing Director of Nukon.
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Networks Take Center Stage
With networking technologies increasingly taking the lead role and acting as the heart of automated processes, does that change the role of controllers in more connected industrial environments?
